Organizing Comittee

Bura M., Poje G., Prstačić R., Žužić M., Galić H., Bilić M., Janjanin S., Davidowsky K., Despot M., Jurašinović Ž., Bračić I., Petrović R.

Scientific Comittee

President: Shah J.P. (New York, USA)

Bergant D. (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Bootz F. (Bonn, Germany)

Dodig D. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Franceschi D. (New York, USA)

Gjurić M. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Kapidžić A. (Sarajevo, B&H)

Krajina Z. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Kusić Z. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Lichtenberger G. (Budapest, Hungary)

Manojlović S. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Myers J.N. (Houston, USA)

Pavelić K. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Punda A. (Split, Croatia)

Sabri A. (Rochester, USA)

Simović S. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Spriano G. (Roma, Italy)

Turić M. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Vrdoljak E. (Split, Croatia)

Bence-Žigman Z. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Betka J. (Prag, Chech Republic)

Bumber Ž. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Đanić D. (Sl. Brod, Croatia)

Galle N. (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Hat J. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Katić V. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Križanac Š. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Lechpammer S. (Boston, USA)

Lind P. (Klagenfurt, Austria)

Miccoli P. (Pisa, Italy)

Olsen K. (Rochester, USA)

Pinchera A. (Pisa, Italy)

Radetić M. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Seiwerth S. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Sllamniku B. (Priština, Kosovo)

Šeparović V. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Virag M. (Zagreb, Croatia)

Žargi M. (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 4th

8.30 - 9.30 Opening ceremony (Welcome coctail)

9.30 - 12.00 Lectures

9.30 - 9.45 Pavelić K. (Zagreb) - Molecular biology of methastases

9.45 - 10.00 Knecht R. (Frankfurt) - Risko of neck metastases

10.00 - 10.15

Bura M., Prstačić R. (Zagreb) - Patterns of neck metastases-nodal staging

10.15 - 10.30 Hat J. (Zagreb) - Imaging of the neck (CT, MR)

10.30 - 10.45 Baghi M. (Frankfurt) - The role of MRI with Sinerem for the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastases

10.45 - 11.00 Markov-Glavaš D. (Zagreb) - Value of FNAB and ultrasound of head and neck metastases

11.00 - 11.15 Huić D. (Zagreb) - Sentinel lymph node scintigraphy im patients with head and neck tumors

11.15 - 11.30 Lechpammer S. (Boston) - PET Imaging and Treatment Evaluation in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

11.30 - 11.45 Gale N., Fischinger J. (Ljubljana) - Synchronous cervical lymph node metastases of different primary tumors

11.45 - 12.00 Manojlović S. (Zagreb) - Presence of regional metastases depending on neoangiogenes in primary tumor

12.00 - 12.15 Coffee break

12.15 - 14.30 LIVE SURGERY

Chairman: BETKA, BERGANT

Surgeons: SPRIANO, MICCOLI, RADETIĆ, BURA

Pathologists: ŠEPAROVIĆ, ŠARČEVIĆ, KRIŽANAC, MANOJLOVIĆ

14.30 - 15.30 Lunch

15.30 - 18.30 Lectures

CHAIRMAN: LIND, ŠEPAROVIĆ, KAPIDŽIĆ

15.30 - 15.45 Betka J. (Prague) - New trends in diagnosis in thyroid carcinoma - cytokines and genetic markers

15.45 - 16.00 Lechpammer S. (Boston) - Beyond Age and Gender - Molecular Prognostic Factors in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

16.00 - 16.15 Bergant D. (Ljubljana) - Diagnostic work up of thyroid nodul

16.15 - 16.30 Škreb F. (Zagreb) - Valuae of rTSH in diagnosis of malignat thyroid disease

16.30 - 16.45 Bence - Žigman Z. (Zagreb) - Ultrasound and guided cytology in preoperative approach on thyroid neck metastases

16.45 - 17.00 Knežević - Obad A. (Zagreb) - Types and frequency of appearence of metastatic tumors in thyroid gland tumors in thyroid gland

17.00 - 17.30 Coffee break

17.30 - 17.45 Lind P. (Klagenfurt) F-18-FDG PET in head and neck cancer including following up thyroid cancer

17.45 - 18.00 Ilić B., Seiwerth S. (Zagreb) - Intraoperative pathology-possibility and limitation

18.00 - 18.15 Šarčević B., Šeparović V. (Zagreb) - Problems of pathohystologyc diagnosis of different subtypes of thyroid cancers

18.15 - 18.30 Kusačić-Kuna S., Dodig D. (Zagreb) - Radioiodine ablation of thyroid remnants with dosis of I-131

Friday, 5th

8.00 - 8.30 Discussion of the patients to be operated

8.30 - 12.00 LIVE SURGERY (two operating rooms)

Chairman: OLSEN, SPRIANO, MYERS

Surgeons: SHAH, BETKA, VIRAG, BUMBER

Pathologists: GALE, ŠEPAROVIĆ, SEIWERT, KRIŽANEC, MANOJLOVIĆ

12.00 - 14.15 Lectures

Chairman: MICCOLI, PINCHERA, BURA

12.00 - 12.15 Elisei R. (Pisa) - Multistep thyroid carcinogenesis: known and putative oncogenes

12.15 - 12.30 Pinchera A. (Pisa) - Predicting factors of the outcome of differentiated thyroid carcinoma

12.30 - 12.45 Shah J.P. (New York) - Selective surgical treatment of differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid gland

12.45 - 13.00 Radetić M. (Zagreb) - Thirty five years experience in thyroid surgery based on over six thousand operations

13.00 - 13.15 Miccoli P. (Pisa) - Videoassisted surgery: value and tehniques for thyroid cancer

13.30 - 13.45 Bura M., Poje G. (Zagreb) - Complications of Thyroid Surgery

13.45 - 14.00 Myers J.N. (Houston) - Neck Dissection for Thyroid Carcinoma

14.00 - 14.15 Lichtenberg G. (Budapest) - Prevention and mangement of bilateral vocal cord paralysis in connections with thyroid surgery

14.15 - 15.15 Lunch

15.15 - 18.00 Lectures

Chairman: SHAH, SABRI, VIRAG

15.15 - 15.30 Đanić D., Prgomet D. (Zagreb) - Classification of neck dissection

15.30 - 15.50 Shah J.P. (New York) - Evolution of the surgical management of cervical lymph node metastses

15.50 - 16.05 Spriano G. (Roma) - Management of NO Neck

16.05 - 16.20 Myers J.N. (Houston) - Elective and Therapeutic Selective Dissection in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue

16.20 - 16.35 Bumber Ž. (Zagreb) - Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma -N+ neck

16.35 - 16.55 Coffee break

16.55 - 17.10 Hočevar M. (Ljubljana) - Malignant melanoma-management of N+ neck

17.10 - 17.25 Virag M. (Zagreb) - Extended neck dissection

17.25 - 17.45 Olsen K. (Rochester) - Risk Factors for Recurrence in Neck Dissection Alone and After Results After Combined Therapy

17.45 - 18.00 Krajina Zd. (Zagreb) - Chemotherapy of head and neck cancer with neck matastases

18.00 - 18.30 SHAH J.P. - Video presentation

20.30 Course dinner (Sheraton)

Saturday, 6th

8.30 - 10.30 Round table discussion (I)

Treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer

- total thyroidectomy

- less than total thyroidectomy

- selective surgical treatment

BETKA, DODIG, PINCHERA, SHAH, SPRIANO, ŠEPAROVIĆ

10.30 - 12.00 Round table discussion (II)

Treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma

BERGANT, ELISEI, HALBAUER, LECHPAMMER, SEIWERT

12.00 - 12.15 Coffee break

12.15 - 14.00 Round table discussion (III)

Unknown primaries, diagnosing and treatment

BETKA, GALE, LIND, RAKUŠIĆ, SABRI

14.00 Closing ceremony