MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANGEMENT OF HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY
Vienna, Austria, June 27 - 29, 2010
Course Directors
Vincent Grégoire, Radiation Oncologist, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels (BE)
Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Head and Neck Surgeon, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille (FR)
Lisa Licitra, Medical Oncologist, Istituto Tumori, Milan (IT)
Teachers
Peter Birner, Pathologist, Clnical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Cai Grau, Radiation Oncologist, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (DK)
Robert Hermans, Diagnostic Radiologist, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven (BE)
Eric Lartigau, Radiation Oncologist, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille (FR)
Jean-Pascal Machiels, Medical Oncologist, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels (BE)
Piero Nicolai, Oto-Rhino-Laryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon, University of Brescia, Brescia (IT)
Jochen Werner, Head and Neck Surgeon, University of Marburg, Marburg (DE)
Course aim
Over the last decade tremendous progress has been made in the management of patients with head & neck cancer. Progress has been made in the understanding of the pathogenesis of head and neck malignancies which rapidly leads to the elaboration of tailored treatments. Functional imaging has emerged as a complementary modality to anatomic imaging methods for better staging, treatment response evaluation and optimal treatment targeting. Surgery has significantly improved, in particular with better reconstruction techniques reducing the limits of operability. Randomized studies have demonstrated the increasing role of combined modality approaches with chemotherapy and biological targeted therapies. New radiation techniques, expected to impact on survival and quality of life of Head and Neck patients, have taken off the ground and are being validated.
In this framework, ESTRO, ESMO and EHNS have decided to join forces to organize this first edition of a multidisciplinary course aiming at promoting an integrated approach to the diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up of patients with Head and Neck malignancies.
The course will be interactive through integration of multidisciplinary lectures and more focused workshops. The faculty includes renowned European experts involved in the multidisciplinary treatment of Head and Neck cancer.
Target Group
The course is meant for specialists and trainees with interest and expertise in head and neck surgery (head and neck surgeons, oto-rhino-laryngologists, maxillo-facial surgeons, reconstructive surgeons, …), radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and other medical specialties involved in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.
Educational programme
· Anatomy (clinical and radiologic aspects)
· Incidence, pathology, risk factors (including HPV) of head and neck tumors
· Clinical work-up for oral cavity and pharyngo-laryngeal tumors, and staging
· “Organ preservation” approach
· Rationale for unconventional radiotherapy fractionation, hypoxic sensitizers, concomitant chemo or EGFR inhibitors
· Management of oral cavity tumors: surgery and radiotherapy (including brachytherapy)
· Management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
· Management of oropharyngeal tumors: surgery and radiotherapy (including brachytherapy)
· Management of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal tumors: surgery, radiotherapy and induction chemotherapy approach
· Management of the neck nodes
· Concepts behind selection and delineation of target volumes in radiotherapy
· Salivary glands and para-nasal tumors: surgical and radiotherapy aspects
· Morbidity (acute and late) of treatment
· Supportive care during and after treatment
· Metastatic disease
· Management of recurrent tumors
· Second primary tumors