Head and Neck Cancer and Endocrine Surgery Update 2016

Head and Neck Cancer and Endocrine Surgery Update is organized by University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) Continuing Medical Education and would be held during Nov 18 - 19, 2016 at JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, California, United States of America. This CME conference has been approved with 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Objectives:
We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to:
• Evaluate the delivery of cancer care, future of clinical trials and quality metrics in the US;
• Provide up-to-date, guideline-specific cancer care and surveillance;
• Identify common benign and malignant salivary gland pathology, surgically approach complex salivary cancers, and determine when to use adjuvant radiation therapy;
• Treat HPV-related oropharynx and unknown primary cancers and counsel patients on this disease;
• Determine minimally invasive surgical and non-surgical treatment options for oropharynx and larynx cancers, including immunotherapy;
• Appropriately recommend voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy;
• Optimize reconstructive outcomes after oral cavity and skull base cancer surgery, as well as facial reanimation;
• Identify oral lesions and appropriately manage them;
• Incorporate dental care and reconstruction in head and neck cancer patients;
• Manage airway considerations for advanced head and neck cancer patients;
• Improve the approach, decision making, reconstruction, and outcomes in skull base surgery;
• Optimize the evaluation and treatment of benign and malignant thyroid diseases and large goiters, including the use of ultrasound in the clinic and novel robotic approaches;
• Interpret the nuances of fine needle biopsy in papillary thyroid carcinoma;