A panel/symposium session is based on presentations, discussions and interactions with Congress participants by at least four presenters with different points of view or expertise on a specific topic or question related to the following topics.
 
Wednesday, June 16
11:20-13:00 Brazilian Society Symposium
SBR IV

“Difficult Decisions in Head and Neck Surgery in 2010”
Moderators: Eugene N. Myers (USA), Claudio R. Cernea, MD (Brazil)

   
  Advanced laryngeal cancer: chemo-radiation protocols X supracricoid laryngectomy X total laryngectomy
Roberto A. Lima
   
  Locally invasive thyroid cancer: shaving X radical resections
Erivelto M. Volpi
   
  Advanced oropharyngeal cancer: chemo-radiation protocols X TORS X conventional operations with mandibulotomy / mandibulectomy approaches
Luiz P. Kowalski
   
  Skull base tumors with orbital invasion: preservation X exenteration
Fernando L. Dias
   
  Case presentations
   
13:00 - 14:30 P01. Human Papilloma Virus
CBR I+II Chair: Marshall R.Posner (USA)
Moderator: Randal S.Weber (USA)
   
  Changing Epidemiology and Response to Therapy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Thomas E. Carey (USA)
   
  The prevalence rate and clinical significance of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer
Chih-Yen Chien (Taiwan)
   
  Vaccine strategies for HPV-associated head and neck cancers
Sara I. Pai (USA)
   
  Potential benefits and pitfalls of de-intensification, including radiotherapy alone, for HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma
Brian O’Sullivan (Canada)
   
 

Is There Rational for de-escalation of Therapy in HPV+ cancers?
Bhvanesh Singh (USA)

   
13:00 - 14:30 P02. Lymphoma in H&N
CBR III

Chair: Joel Guigay (France)
Moderator: Vinay Sharma (South Africa)

   
 

Therapeutic Approach to Head and Neck Lymphoma
Won Seog Kim (Korea)

   
 

Malignant Lymphoma in the Head and Neck Region: Diagnostic Approach and Pitfalls
Shih-Sung Chuang (Taiwan)

   
 

Hematologist Perspective:Development of Effective Chemotherapeutic Regimens for Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type (To be confirmed)
Ritsuro Suzuki (Japan)

   
 

Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Lymphoma(To be confirmed)
Dora Lai Wan Kwong (Hong Kong)

   
14:30 - 16:00 P03. Robotic Surgery in H&N Cancer
CBR I+II

Chair: Ashok R. Shaha (USA)
Moderator: Kerry D. Olsen (USA)

   
 

Robotic Surgery and Oropharyngeal Cancer-Indications and Results
Kerry D. Olsen (USA)

   
 

Perspectives of Robot Assisted Thyroidectomy in the Management of Thyroid Carcinoma
Woung Youn Chung (Korea)

   
 

Transoral robotic resection of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
William Ignace Wei (Hong Kong)

   
 

Robotic Thyroidectomy: The First Step Toward Comprehensive Endoscopic  Management of the NeckChristopher Holsinger (USA)

   
 

Transoral Robotic Surgery- Outcomes and Future Directions
Eric Genden (USA)

   
14:30 - 16:00 P04. Precision Radiation Therapy for H&N Cancer
CBR III

Chair: Kwan Ho Cho (Korea)
Moderator: Kie-Kian Ang (USA)

   
 

IMRT for Head and Neck Cancer: What It Can, and Can Not, Achieve
Avraham Eisbruch (USA)

   
 

Image-guided radiotherapy for head and neck cancer:  Is what you plan, what's actually delivered?
Allen M. Chen (USA)

   
 

The Potential of Integrating Biological Imaging in Radiotherapy
Dora Lai Wan Kwong (Hong Kong)

   
 

CyberKnife Treatment for External Auditory Canal Carcinoma
Kengo Sato (Japan)

   
16:30 - 18:00 P05. Targeted Therapy in H&N Cancer: Where are we?
CBR I+II

Chair:Gregory T. Wolf (USA)
Moderator: Jeffrey N. Myers (USA)

   
 

Targeted Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer: Where are we?
Jan B. Vermorken (Belgium)

   
 

The Use of Anti-EGFr Therapies to Enhance Conventional Treatments in Head and Neck Cancer
James A. Bonner (USA)

   
 

Erbitux, Cisplatin and 5-FU Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
Pei-Jen Lou (Taiwan)

   
 

Targeting Glycolysis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) in order to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes
Jeffrey N. Myers (USA)

   
16:30 - 18:00 P06.Reconstruction in H&N Surgery: Aesthetic and Functional Perspectives
CBR III

Chair: Alexander D. Rapidis (Greece)
Moderator: Fu-Chan Wei (Taiwan)

   
 

Osteomyocutaneous Peroneal Artery?Based Combined Flap for Reconstruction Of Composite And En Bloc Mandibular Defects
Ming-Huei Cheng (Taiwan)

   
 

Mid-face reconstruction after maxillectomy
John Yoo (Canada)

   
 

The Use of Microvascular Free Flap after Maxillary Swing Nasopharyngectomy
Yu- Wai Chan (Hong Kong)

   
 

Reconstructive options for defects in the hypopharynx
Richard E. Hayden(USA)

   
Thursday, June 17
08:00 - 09:30 P07. Christopher O’Brien Memorial Symposium: Cutaneous Maligancy of the Head and Neck
CBR I+II

Chair & Moderator: Jatin Shah (USA)

   
 

The legacy of Chris O'Brien
Jatin Shah (USA)

   
 

Treatment for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Past, Present and Future
Randal S. Weber (USA)

   
 

Role of Elective Node Dissection in Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Randall Morton (New Zealand)

   
 

Regional Metastases in SCC of the Head and Neck
Jonathan Clark (Australia)

   
 

Coverage and Soft Tissue Reconstruction
Fu-Chan Wei (Taiwan)

   
08:00 - 09:30 P08. Clinical Relevance of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
CBR I+II

Chair: Jean Louis Lefebvre (France)
Moderator: Brian O’Sullivan (Canada)

   
 

When to Add Chemotherapy for Treatment of Head and Neck Carcinomas
Kie-Kian Ang (USA)

   
 

Sequential Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy as Curative Therapy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: State of the Art 2010
 Marshall R. Posner (USA)

   
 

Overview of the Clinical Trials on Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Anne W. M. Lee (Hong Kong)

   
 

Recent Progress in Chemoradiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
Satoshi Fukuda (Japan)

   
13:50 - 15:20 P09. Revisiting Induction Chemotherapy
CBR I+II

Chair: K. Thomas Robbins (USA)
Moderator: Jean Louis Lefebvre (France)

   
 

Bioselection and Decision Making in Advanced Cancers of the Larynx and Oropharynx
Gregory T. Wolf (USA)

   
 

Induction CT for advanced L/H SCC: evidence based indications and frontiers
Rainald Knecht (Germany)

   
 

Sequential Approaches for Larynx and Hypopharynx Cancer
Marshall R Posner (USA)

   
 

Evolution of larynx preservation programmes for L/H SCC
Jean Louis Lefebvre (France)

   
13:50 - 15:20 P10. Recent Trends in Skull Base Surgery
CBR III

Chair: Dan M. Fliss (Israel)
Moderator: Ehab Hanna(USA)

   
 

Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery for Sinonasal Malignancy: Preservation of Oncological Principles
Carl H. Snyderman (USA)

   
 

Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy
Sheng-Po Hao (Taiwan)

   
 

Prognostic Factors in Anterior Skull Base Malignancies
Snehal Patel (USA)

   
 

Quality of Life of Patients with Skull Base Surgery
Dan M. Fliss (Israel)

   
15:50 - 17:20 P11. Recent Progress in Management of Neck
CBR I+II

Chair: C. René Leemans (Netherlands)
Moderator: K Thomas Robbins (USA)

   
 

The importance of standardization in neck dissection: observations based on outcomes.
Masahisa Saikawa (Japan)

   
 

Is There Any Progress in the Clinical Management of the Neck
Javier Gavilán (Spain)

   
 

Planned Neck Dissection after Radiation in the Era of PET/CT
Sandro J. Stoeckli (Switzerland)

   
 

Treating the Neck with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT): Are There New Issues?
Vincent Grégoire (Belgium)

   
15:50 - 17:20 P12. Functional Outcome and QOL
CBR III

Chair:Jan Betka  (Czech)                     
Moderator: Uta Tschiesner (Germany)

   
 

Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer
Ernest A. Weymuller (USA)

   
 

Quality of Life and Early Glottic Cancer
Jan Olofsson (Norway)

   
 

Treatment Outcomes for early Glottiic Cancer(To be confirmed)
Randall Morton (New Zealand)

   
 

Quality of Life after Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
Jan Olofsson (Norway)

   
Friday, June 18
08:00 - 09:30 P13. Salivary Gland Cancer
CBR I+II

Chair: Eugene N. Myers (USA, To be confirmed)
Moderator: Khee-chee Soo (Singapore)

   
 

Avoidance and Management of Complications in Parotid Cancer Surgery
Robert L. Witt (USA)

   
 

Multidisciplinary Team Approach to the Management of Malignant Parotid Neoplasms (To be confirmed)
David W. Eisele (USA)

   
 

Management of Submandibular Salivary Gland Tumors (To be confirmed)
Randal S. Weber (USA)

   
 

Management of the Neck in Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma
Peter Zbaeren (Germany)

   
08:00 - 09:30 P14. Molecular Biology in H&N Cancer
CBR III

Chair: Thomas E. Carey (USA)
Moderator: Dong Moon Shin (USA)

   
 

Molecular Based Chemoprevention with Natural Compounds in Head and Neck Cancer
Dong Moon Shin (USA)

   
 

Targeted Immunotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer: What have we learned and where are we going?
Robert Ferris (USA)

   
 

Regenerative Potential of Head and Neck Cancer - Signaling Cascades in Tumor Stem Cells
Gregory T. Wolf (USA)

   
 

Adaptive Immunity and Homeostasis in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma(To be confirmed)
Gregory T. Wolf (USA)

   
12:00 - 13:30 Indian Symposia on Oral cancer
SBR IV

Prevention /Screening / Early detection
Pankaj Chaturvedi

   
 

Management algorithm
Anil D’cruz

   
 

Adjuvant Treatment
Sarbani Ghosh Lashkar

   
 

Quality of Life issues
Devendra Chaukar 

   
 

Case Presentations
Moni Abraham Kuriakose

   
 

Panel Discussion
Jatin P Shah, Sheng Po Hao , Anil D’cruz,  Prabha Yadav , Kumar Prabhash, Sarbani Ghosh Lashkar.

   
13:30 - 15:00 P15. Reccurent Larynx Cancer
CBR I+II

Chair: Liang Zhou (China)
Moderator: Patrick James Bradley (UK)

   
 

Total Laryngectomy and Prevention of Complication
Giuseppe Spriano (Italy)

   
 

Imaging and Surveillance after Laryngeal Cancer Treatment: What Modalities and How Frequent ?
Michiel W.M. Van den Brekel (Netherlands)

   
 

Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Surgical Salvage following Radiation Failure(To be confirmed)
Christopher Holsinger (USA)

   
 

Function Preserving Reconstruction after Partial Laryngo-pharyngeal Resection
Kazuyoshi Kawabata (Japan)

   
13:30 - 15:00 P16. Oropharynx
CBR III

Chair: Khee-chee Soo (Singapore)
Moderator: Sheng-Po Hao (Taiwan)

   
 

Response Evaluation after Chemoradiation Sentinel Node Pet in Oropharyngeal Cancer Salvage Surgery Cancer
Remco De Bree (Netherlands)

   
 

Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention
Pankaj Chaturvedi (India)

   
 

Current Uses of Radiotherapy in the Care of Locoregionally Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancer
James A. Bonner (USA)

   
 

(To be confirmed)
Khee Chee Soo (Singapore)

   
 

Non Microvascular Replacement of the Pharynx
Khee-chee Soo (Singapore)

   
15:30 - 17:00 P17. Advanced Oral Cavity Cancer
CBR I+II

Chair: Richard E. Hayden (USA)
Moderator: Ashok Shenoy (India)

   
 

Advanced Oral Cavity Cancer
Ayman Amin (Egypt)

   
 

Brachytherapy for Advanced (over stage III and/or recurrent) Tongue Cancer
Hitoshi Shibuya (Japan)

   
 

Treatment and Long-term Results in advanced and Recurrent Oral Cancer
Luiz Paulo Kowalski (Brazil)

   
 

Long-term Outcome of an Outpatient Weekly Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Regimen ? MEMOCLUB for Advanced Oral Cancer
Jin-Ching Lin (Taiwan)

   
15:30 - 17:00 P18. Thyroid Cancer: What's new?
CBR III

Chair: Cheong Soo Park (Korea)
Moderator: Ashok R. Shaha (USA)

   
 

What is New in the ATA (American Thyroid Association) Guidelines
Robert L. Witt (USA)

   
 

Surgery of Thyroid Cancer in the New Era
Miljenko Bura (Croatia)

   
 

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Repair
Kunihiko Nagahara (Japan)

   
 

Radioiodine Therapy of Distant Metastases in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Experience of Seoul National University Hospital
June-Key Chung (Korea)

   
Saturday, June 19
08:20 - 09:50 P19. Sinonasal Malignancy
CBR I+II

Chair: Seiji Kishimoto (Japan)
Moderator: William I. Wei (Hong Kong)

   
 

How can Interdisciplinary Cooperation Result in Visual Acuity Preservation in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Sinonasal Cancer?
Gyöergy Kovacs (Germany)

   
 

Trimodality Therapy for Sinonasal Cancer
K. Thomas Robbins (USA)

   
 

Reconstructive Options Following Surgery for Sinonasal Malignancy
Eric Genden (USA)

   
 

(To be confirmed)
Ehab Hanna (USA)

   
08:20 - 09:50 P20. Approaches to Residual/Recurrent Neck
CBR III

Chair: Giuseppe Spriano (Italy)
Moderator: Jesus E. Medina (USA)

   
 

(To be confirmed)
Joel Guigay (France)

   
 

Planned Neck Dissection in Oropharyngeal Cancer
Giuseppe Spriano (Italy)

   
 

The role of proton therapy combined with intra-arterial chemotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer
Nobukazu Fuwa (Japan)

   
 

The Reconstruction of Head and Neck Tissues after The Excision of Recurrent Tumors
Igor Reshetov (Russia)