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Supportive Care Seminar
Sponsored by Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and International Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO)
Prevention and Management of Complications of Cancer Therapy
Saturday July 11, 2009: 13.00 – 18.30
Organized by Crispian Scully, IAOO Secretary General
A half day Supportive Care seminar will run after the IAOO conference. The programme is for the head and neck cancer support team, and has concise educational aims and objectives as follows:
- to improve the head and neck cancer support team's understanding of oral cancer.
- to update the head and neck cancer support team in contemporary oral cancer care complications and their prevention and care through didactic contributions from an international panel, with interactive discussion, in a half day programme.
Following the seminar the head and neck cancer support team should understand the complications of treatments available for oral cancer, and their management
Programme Overview
| 13:00 |
Opening Remarks |
| 13:15 |
Panel Disucssion 1: Oral Complications from radiation therapy
Moderator
David Wiesenfeld, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Chair
Brian O'Sullivan, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada
Panelist - Acute complications from the oral cavity
Kian Ang, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Panelist - Late complications from the oral cavity
Jean Bourhis, Institut de cancérologie, France
Panelist - Prevention and management of xerostomia
Joel Epstein, University of Illinois, USA
Panelist - Prevention and management of osteordionecrosis
Alexander D. Rapidis, Greek Anitcancer Institut, Greece |
| 14:45 |
Panel Discussion 2: Oral Complications from Chemotherapy
Chair
Arlene Forastiere, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA
Moderator
Marshall Posner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Panelist - Mucositis: Etiopathogenetic factors and clinical characteristics
Jan Vermorken, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium
Panelist - Mucositis: Current treatment strategies
Stephen Sonis, Harvard Medicine, USA
Panelist - Bisphosphonates and jaw necrosis
Joseph Helman, University of Michigan, USA
Panelist - Late complications from the use of antineoplastic drugs
Alessandra Majorana, TBC, Italy |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:45 |
Panel Discussion 3: Oral health management of the oncologic patient
Chair
Merrill Kies, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Moderator
Lillian Siu, Princess Margaret hospital, Canada
Panelist - Dental complications from chemoradiation treatment
Debbie Saunders, Canada
Panelist - The use of dental implants in the post irradiated patient
David Wiesenfeld, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Panelist - oral and dental diseases associated with the treatment of hematologic malignancies
Judith Raber, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Panelist - Quality of life after chemoradiation for head and neck cancer
James Sciubba, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
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| 18:15-18:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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Location - Toronto


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