Supportive Care Seminar
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 Discussion 1: Oral complications from radiation therapy
Acute complications from the oral cavity
Late complications from the oral cavity
Prevention and management of xerostomia
Prevention and management of osteoradionecrosis |
| 14:45 |
Panel Discussion 2: Oral complications from chemotherapy
Mucositis: etiopathogenetic factors and clinical characteristics
Mucositis: Current treatment strategies
Bisphosphonates and jaw necrosis
Late complications from the use of antineoplastic drugs |
| 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:45 |
Panel Discussion 3: Oral health management of the oncologic patient
Dental complications from chemoradiation treatment
The use of dental implants in the post irradiated patient
Oral and dental diseases associated with hematologic malignancies
Quality of life after chemoradiation for head and neck cancer |
| 18:15-18:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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