Program Overview

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Thursday May 17, 2007

19:00 - 21:00

President’s Reception

 

Friday May 18, 2007

09:00 - 19:00

Poster session I: Staging, prognosis and oral cancer management

08:00 - 09:00

Opening Ceremony
Jatin P. Shah, President, IAOO - The making of IAOO
Crispian Scully, CBE Secretary IAOO – The 1st World Congress
Poul Erik Petersen, Director, Oral Health Program, WHO – The WHO perspective in oral cancer
C. René Leemans, President, Local Organizing Committee – Amsterdam, the center of Europe

09:00 - 10:30

Panel discussion #1
Molecular markers of prognosis and outcome

Symposium
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer + International Society of Oral Oncology
Oral supportive care in cancer patients

Oral abstracts
1-10
Surgery I

Oral abstracts
11-20
Radiotherapy/ Chemotherapy

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00

Keynote addresses
General Overview of Oral Cancer
Crispian Scully CBE, Secretary IAOO (UK)
Introducer: Alexander D Rapidis (Greece)
Genetics of oral carcinogenesis
Boudewijn JM Braakhuis (The Netherlands)
Introducer: John D. Langdon (UK)

12:00 - 13:30

Panel discussion #2
Staging and prognosis

Symposium
International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic societies
Complications of therapy for intraoral cancer

Oral abstracts
21-30
Oral health care I

Oral abstracts
31-40
Basic science I

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch at exhibits

15:00 - 16:30

Panel discussion #3
Limits of ablative surgery in oral cancer

Symposium
European Head and neck Society –  Oropharyngeal cancer: Modern management
Oropharyngeal cancer: Modern management

Oral abstracts
41-50
Diagnosis I

Oral abstracts
51-60
Basic science II

16:30 - 17:00

Keynote address
TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS): From concept to human clinical application
Bert O'Malley (USA)
Introducer: Jatin P. Shah (USA)

Welcome to Toronto 2008
Patrick Gullane (Canada)

17:00 - 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 - 19:00

Grand debate #1
Mandibular reconstruction: Fibula versus other osseous flaps

Sponsored symposium by Merck

Oral abstracts
61-70
Epidemiology I

Oral abstracts
71-80
Sentinel node biopsy

 

Saturday May 19, 2007

09:00 - 19:00

Poster Session II: Basic sciences

08:00 - 09:30

Panel discussion #4
Tissue engineering and transplantation in oral cancer

Symposium
American Head and Neck Society
Challenges in an integrated approach to treatment and rehabilitation of cancers of the oral cavity

Oral abstracts
81-90
Laryngo-
pharyngeal and HPV related cancer

Oral abstracts
91-100
Oral health care II

09:30 - 10:00

Keynote address
Oral cancer: A global problem
Peter Boyle (France)
Introducer: Crispian Scully CBE (UK)

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

Panel discussion #5
Rebuilding the jaws

Symposium
Korean Society of Head and Neck Surgery
Surgery for upper jaw cancer

Oral abstracts
101-110
Quality of life

Oral abstracts
111-120
Basic science III

12:00 - 14:00

Lunch and General Assembly of the IAOO

14:00 - 15:30

Panel discussion #6
New therapeutic avenues in oral cancer

Symposium
Dutch Head and Neck Cooperative Group
PET-scanning of the head and neck cancer patient: Current indications and evidence

Oral abstracts
121-130
Reconstructive surgery I

Oral abstracts
131-140
Prognosis I

15:30 - 16:00

Keynote address
New aspects in the interaction between chemotherapy and radiotherapy in head and neck cancer
Jan Vermorken (Belgium)
Introducer: C. René Leemans (The Netherlands)

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00

Grand debate #2
Management of the neck:
selective neck dissection versus sentinel node biopsy

Symposium
European Association of Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery
Functional and aesthetic reconstruction after oral cancer resection

Oral abstracts
141-150
Reconstructive surgery II

Oral abstracts
151-160
Epidemiology II

19:00

Departure of boat from RAI center to gala dinner venue

20:30 - 23:00

Gala dinner

 

Sunday May 20, 2007

09:00 - 12:00

Poster Session III: Salivary glands, mesenchymal and other malignancies

08:00 - 9:30

Panel discussion #7
"Teeth": extract, restore, resect or reconstruct

Symposium
Italian Multidisciplinary Reconstructive Group in Head & Neck Oncology
Oral cavity cancer experience

Oral abstracts
161-170
Immunotherapy

Oral abstracts
171-180
Diagnosis II

09:30 - 10:00

Coffee break

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote address
Reconstruction of the oral cavity, old problems, new challenges and the future
Ralph Gilbert (Canada)
Introducer: Jean Louis Lefebvre (France)

10:30 - 12:00

Grand Debate #3
Stump the council

Symposium
Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery
Primary prevention and screening of oral cancer

Oral abstracts
181-190
Surgery II

Oral abstracts
191-200
Prognosis II

12:00

Closing ceremony

 

 
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01 February 2007
 
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