Wednesday, 31st

18.00.-20.00 Registration

Thursday, 1st

7.00-8.30 Registration
8.30-9.30 Opening ceremony
  W e l c o m ec o c t a i l
9.30-12.45 Lectures
13.00-14.30 Lectures
14.30-15.15 Lunch
15.15-18.35 Lectures
18.35-19.30 Video presentations

Friday, 2nd

8.00-10.50 Lectures
11.10-14.00 Lectures
14.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00-18.25 Lectures
18.25-19.00 Video presentation
20.30 Course dinner (Sponsored by PLIVA)

Saturday, 3rd

8.00-10.00 Round table discussion
10.00-14.00 LIVE SURGERY (two operating rooms)
14.00 Closing ceremony

 

Thursday, 1st  
  Chairmen: GULLANE, STURGIS, BUMBER
9,30-9,45 Sturgis E. (Houston)
Epidemiology of Squamous Carcinoma of the
Head and Neck and the Impact of Demographic
and Risk Factors on Survival
9,45-10,00 Macan D., Virag M. (Zagreb)
The Role of Alcohol in the Etiology og Oral Cancer
10,00-10,15 Sturgis E. (Houston)
Molecular Epidemiology and the Head
and neck surgeon
10,15-10,30 Gullane P. (Toronto)
Cancer of the Oral Cavity in Young Patiens:
Is the prognosis Worse?
10,30-10,40 Jurlina M., Poje G. (Zagreb)
Oral Cavity Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
10,40-10,55

Pešutić-Pisac V. (Split)
Oral cavity tumors and tumor like
Conditions - histopathologic
diagnostic difficulties and possibilities

10,55-11,10 D i s c u s s i o n
11,10-11,20 Prstačić R, Bura M. (Zagreb)
Pattern of Neck Metastazes and TNM Staging
in Oral Cancer
11,20-11,35 Rebol J., Bumber Ž. (Maribor, Zagreb)
The three-dimensional ultrasound volume determination
of the oral Cavity tumors
11,35-12,00 Stambuk H. (New York)
Imaging of Oral Cavity Tumors
12,00-12,15 Lind P. (Klagenfurt)
PET/CT imaging in head and neck cancer
12,15-12,30 Werner J.A. (Marburg)
Sentinel Node Biopsy in Oral Cancer
12,30-12,45 D i s c u s s i o n
12,45-13,00 Coffee break

Chairmen: PINCHERA, KUSIĆ, DODIG
13,00-13,15 Pavelić K. (Zagreb)
Molecular genetic alterations in thyroid gland lesions
13,15-13.30 Radetić M., Kovačić M. (Zagreb)
Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Croatia
coinciding with Chernobyl Catastrophe
13,30-13,45 Kusić Z. (Zagreb)
Iodine deficiency and thyroid cancer
13,45-14,00 Dodig D., Huić D. (Zagreb)
Solitary thyroid nodule-differential diagnosis
14,00-14,15 Shaha A. (New York)
Controversies in the Management of Thyroid Nodule
14,15-14,30 D i s c u s s i o n
14,30-15,15 Lunch

Chairmen: SHAH, GULLANE, SPRIANO
15,15-15,30 Shah J.P. (New York)
Factors affecting choice of treatment for cancer of the oral cavity
15,30-15,45 Spriano G. (Roma)
Surgical approach and resection of oral cavity cancer
15,45-16,00 Gullane P. (Toronto)
Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity: Concepts
16,00-17,10 Mandible: management and reconstruction
Moderator: Shah
Shah J.P. (New York)
Management of the mandible in cancer of the oral cavity
Gullane P. (Toronto)
Primary Mandibular Reconstruction: Do we always need a Free Flap?
Spriano G. (Roma)
Mandibular reconstruction using autologous and homologous
revascularized mandibular graft
Didanović V., Lanišnik B. (Maribor)
Microvascular reconstruction surgical defects in oral cavity cancer:
results and complications
17,10-17,20 Coffee break

Chairmen: WEBER, WERNER
17,20-17,35 Gullane P. (Toronto)
Lip Reconstruction following ablation for Cancer
17,35-17,50 Werner J.A. (Marburg)
Complications in Laser surgery of Oral Cancer
17,50-18,05 Weber R. (Houston)
Management of the Neck in Oral Cancer
18,05-18,20 Lanišnik B., ťizmarević B. (Maribor)
MRND type 3 in treatment N+ neck in oral
cavity cancer
18,20-18,35 D i s c u s s i o n
18,35-19,30 V i d e o p r e s e n t a t i o n s
Shah, Gullane, Weber, Shaha, Bura,
Spriano, Virag, Werner, Lichtenberger
Friday, 2nd  
  Chairmen: SHAHA, SPRIANO
8,00-8,15 Shah J. (New York)
Selective surgical treatment of cancer of the thyroid gland
8,15-8,30 Miccoli P. (Pisa)
Videoassisted surgery: value and techniques for thyroid cancer
8,30-8,45 Shah J. (New York)
Surgical treatment of locally advanced cancer of the thyroid gland.
8,45-9,00 Bura M. (Zagreb)
Difficult Thyroid Surgery
9,00-9,20 D i s c u s s i o n
Chairmen: SHAH, BURA
9,20-9,35 Weber R. (Houston)
Management of the neck in differentiated thyroid cancer
9,35-9,50 Shaha A. (New York)
Difficult Neck
9,50-10,05 Stančić-Rokotov D. (Zagreb)
Anterior-superior mediastinum dissection
10.05-10,20 Gullane P. (Toronto)
Surgical Salvage of Recurrent Cancer of the Thyroid Invading the Airway
10,20-10,35 Shaha A. (New York)
Complications of Thyroid Surgery and How to Avoid Them
10,35-10,50 D i s c u s s i o n
10,50-11,10 Coffee break

Chairmen: ELISEI, AHAMAD, ŠKREB
11,10-11,25 Rožman B. (Zagreb)
Value of ultrasound in thyroid tumors diagnosing
11,25-11,40 Knežević-Obad A. (Zagreb)
Prognostic value of cytological subtypes of thyroid papillary carcinoma
11,40-11,55 Seiwert S., Križanac Š. (Zagreb)
Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer
12,10-12,25 Pinchera A. (Pisa)
Management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma:
relevance of serum thyroglobulin
12,25-12,40 Despot M. (Zagreb)
Postsurgical management of thyroid cancer patients
12,40-12,55 Škreb F. (Zagreb)
Hormone replacement and suppressive treatment
12,55-13,10 Bračić I. (Zagreb)
Long-term follow-up of thyroid cancer
13,10-13,25 Ahamad A. (Houston)
Geometry of local recurrence of thyroid cancer and its relevance
to adjuvant treatment
13,25-14,00 D i s c u s s i o n
14,00-15,00 Lunch

Chairmen: PINCHERA, VEČERINA-VOLIĆ, SPRING
15,00-15,25 Elisei R. (Pisa)
Diagnosis and management of medullary thyroid cancer
15,25-15,40 Spring P. (Kentucky)
Modulation of multidrug resistance proteins in treatment
of anaplastic thyroid cancer
15,40-16,00 Pinchera A. (Pisa)
Childhood thyroid carcinoma
16,00-16,15 Večerina-Volić S., Prstačić R. (Zagreb)
The role of cricothyroid muscle in phonation
16,15-16,30 Lichtenberger G. (Budapest)
Prevention and management of bilateral vocal cord
paralysis in connection with thyroid surgery
16,30-16,50 D i s c u s s i o n

Chairmen: SPRING, VIRAG, KNECHT
16,50-17,05 Knecht R. (Frankfurt)
Targated therapy in head and neck cancer
17,05-17,20 Rakušić Z. (Zagreb)
Current Approach in the Treatment
of Oral Tongue Cancer
17,20-17,35 Virag M. (Zagreb)
Recurrent and Second Primary Oral Cancer
17,35-17,50 Spring P. (Kentucky)
Low dose radiation chemopotentiation of taxanes
in oral cavity cancer
17,50-18,05 Vander Porten V. (Leuven)
Meta-tetra (hydroxyphenyl) chlorine (mTHPC) mediated
Photodynamic therapy for initial and salvage treatment
of head and neck cancer: the Benelux experience.
18,05-18,25 D i s c u s s i o n
18,25-19,00 V i d e o p r e s e n t a t i o n s
20,30 Course Dinner ( Sponsored by PLIVA - Sheraton )
Saturday, 3th  
8,00-10,00 Round table discussion (moderator Shaha)
Thyroid microcarcinoma - strategy for treatment
Pinchera, Kusić, Spriano, Dodig, Miccoli, Bura, Hočevar, Pešutić-Pisac
10,00-14,00 LIVE SURGERY (two operating rooms)
14,00 Clossing ceremony
VIDEOPRESENTATIONS  
  Shah: - Tracheal resection for thyroid cancer
Bura: - Identification of recurrent laryngeal nerve-main points
Shaha: - Thyroid lobectomy
Bura: - Surgery for retrosternal goiter
Shah: - Modified neck dissection
Virag: - Marginal mandibulectomy
Weber: - Central compartment dissection
Spriano: - Maxillectomy through a mid facial degloving and reconstruction using a temporal muscle flap
Spriano: - Scapular free flap for reconstruction after segmental resection of the mandible
Gullane: - Anterolateral Thigh Fflap – Harvesting for Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity
Gullane: - Cricotracheal Resection
Werner: - Complication in Laser Surgery of Oral Cancer





 
 

4th International Conference - Multidisciplinary Approach on Thyroid Gland, Salivary Glands and Parapharyngeal Space Tumors
Croatia * Zagreb * Hotel Sheraton * November 9th - 11th, 2006

 

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