Contemporary Management of Complex Skin Cancers 2018

Contemporary Management of Complex Skin Cancers 2018 is organized by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and will be held from Nov 02 - 03, 2018 at Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center, New York City, New York, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians and allied health professionals, who care for patients with skin cancer, including dermatologists, surgical and medical oncologists, otolaryngologists, ophthalmologists, general surgeons, plastic surgeons, pathologists and radiation oncologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Overview:
The purpose of this course is to provide the attendee with a multidisciplinary management approach for patients with skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, melanoma, and other complex skin cancers. The topics will focus on advances in epidemiology, pathology, and imaging, medical and surgical management and radiation therapy. Complex skin cancer cases will be presented and discussed in a tumor board style with a multidisciplinary panel of experts.

Objectives:
• Describe melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer incidence and behavior
• Define factors contributing to behavior and outcome of skin cancers
• Define characteristics of skin cancers that require aggressive treatment
• Understand the benefits, limitations, and integration of different modalities used in the treatment of skin cancers.
• Review novel approaches to optimize the surgical treatment of skin cancers
• Assess the role and variety of radiotherapeutic approaches to complex skin cancers
• Review the role of biological therapy in the treatment of advanced skin cancers
• Examine the optimal approaches toward the reconstruction of defects resulting from resection of skin cancers.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.