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SPOHNC and CancerCare Teleconferences
Welcome to SPOHNC's Teleconference In October, 2000 SPOHNC teamed up with Cancer Care, Inc. to present the first teleconference of its kind for oral and head and neck cancer patients. Since then, more teleconferences have been held, and more are planned! Please see the details of these virtual teleconferences below, and listen to the Real Audio archives. Each teleconference is approximately one hour in length. To listen to these teleconference workshops, you will need Real Audio's RealPlayer. It is available at the RealAudio Web Site. Be sure to download the FREE Real One Player. Click the RealPlayer button below to get it:
"New Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer" New Treatments for Head and Neck cancer was presented on January 21, 2004, co-sponsored with The American Head and Neck Society, CancerCare, The Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses, Inc., and The Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, Inc. Topics include:
The presenters are: Barbara Murphy, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Head and Neck Research Team, Director, Pain and Symptom Management Program, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center. Neal E. Ready, MD, PhD, Oncologist, Division of Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine. David Ira Rosenthal, MD, MA, BA, Director, Head and Neck Translational Research, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center. Merrill S. Kies, MD, Professor of Medicine, Deputy Chairman, Department of Thoracic / Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center. Terry A. Day, MD, FACS, Associate Professor and Director, Division of Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Director, Head & Neck Tumor Program, Hollings Cancer Center. Kay Rankin, DDS, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A & M University System Health Science Center. [ Listen to the "New Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer" Teleconference ] Made possible by an educational grant from Bistol-Myers Squibb Oncology. "Clinical Trials for Oral and Head and Neck Cancer" Originally presented on October 30, 2002 in conjunction with Cancer Care, Inc, this teleconference focuses on the important issues surrounding clinical trials:
The Presenters are: Margo Michaels, MPH, CHIEF, Public and Survivor Education Section, Office of Education and Special Initiatives, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Barbara A. Conley, M.D., Chief of Diagnostics Research Branch, Cancer Diagnosis Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute: member of the Interdisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Clinic, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Patty Delaney, Associate Director, Cancer Liaison Program, Office of Special Health Issues, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD (View the complimentary slides for Pat's presentation - h e r e. 733kb Flash enabled: 24 slides, with accompanying text.) David G. Pfister, M.D., Associate Attending Physician, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, and Co-leader of the Head and Neck Cancer Disease Management Team , Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, and a member of the Medical Advisory Board of SPOHNC [ Listen to the "Clinical Trials for Oral and Head and Neck Cancer" teleconference ]
"Living With Recurrent Oral and Head and Neck Cancer" Originally presented on November 2, 2001 in conjunction with Cancer Care, Inc. this teleconference addresses issues associated with recurrent oral and head and neck cancer. Attended by more than 650 participants from the United States, Canada, the UK and other parts of the world, this teleconference was made possible by an educational grant from Matrix. The presenters are: Barry Wenig, M.D. Professor Otolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, and Director of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Evanston Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, IL Allen Levine, ACSW, Cancer Care, Inc., New York, NY. [ Listen to the "Living With Recurrent Oral and Head and Neck Cancer" teleconference ]
"Treatment Options of Radiation for the Head and Neck Cancer Patient" This teleconference was originally presented by Cancer Care, Inc. and SPOHNC on June 13, 2001. During this teleconference workshop, an overview of oral and head and neck cancer, and standard treatment modalities is discussed. Also addressed are the different types of available radiotherapy treatments. Oral complications of treatment for head and neck cancer are also discussed. This teleconference may be especially helpful to those patients seeking information about radiation therapy. The presenters are: Jed Pollack, M.D., Attending Physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System; Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Kenneth S. Hu, M.D., Attending Physician in Radiation Oncology at the Charles and Bernice Blitman Department of Radiation Oncology and Beth Israel Medical Center. And Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City George Laramore, M.D., Ph.D. Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine James J. Sciubba, D.M.D., Ph.D, Director of Dental and Oral Medicine,
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Professor of Otolaryngology, Dermatology and Pathology at Johns Hopkins School
of Medicine. [ Listen to the "Treatment Options of Radiation for the
"Medical Update on Head and Neck Cancer: State of the Art" This teleconference was originally presented by Cancer Care, Inc. and SPOHNC on October 12, 2000. This teleconference workshop addresses treatment options, symptom management, quality-of-life issues, dental care for the irradiated patient and doctor/patient communication. It may be especially helpful to newly diagnosed patients and their families. The presenters are: William Michael Lydiatt, MD, Associate Professor, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Oscar Streeter, Jr., MD, Division Chief in the Department. of Radiation at the University of Southern California, Kenneth Norris Hospital, Los Angeles, California David G, Pfister, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City James J. Sciubba, DMD, PhD, Director of Dental & Oral Medicine at
Johns Hopkins Medical Center, in Baltimore, Maryland,
[ Listen to the "Medical Update on
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