Wednesday, 23 May
| 18:00 – 22:00 | Get-together party
Fagernäs Mansion, Kuopio |
Thursday, 24 May
| 8:20 – 8:30 | Welcome | |
| 8:30 – 10:00 | SESSION 1 / IMMUNOTHERAPY IN HEAD AND NECK | |
| 8:30 – 9:15 | THE BASIS OF IMMUNOTHERAPY IN ONCOLOGY
Sirpa Jalkanen, Academician, Turku, FINLAND |
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| 9:15 – 10:00 | IMMUNOTHERAPY IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER Joseph Sacco, MD, PhD, Liverpool, UK |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE / TEA, EXHIBITION | |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | SESSION 2 / FREE PAPERS | |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | LUNCH, EXHIBITION | |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Separate satellite lunch session: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Satellite Lunch Symposium Immuno-Oncology in Head and Neck Cancer, Patient Case Discussions with Dr Joseph Sacco, UK Venue: Scandic Kuopio, Minna 1+2 (IOFI18NP00256-01) *Doctors only due to local laws and regulations |
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| 13:15 – 14:45 | SESSION 3 / HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | HELSINKI EXPERIENCE
Patrik Lassus, Docent, Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon, Helsinki, FINLAND |
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| 13:45 – 14:15 | STOCKHOLM EXPERIENCE
Martin Halle, MD, PhD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Stockholm, SWEDEN |
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| 14:15 – 14:45 | BIRMINGHAM EXPERIENCE
Paul Pracy, ENT – Consultant Surgeon, Birmingham, UK |
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| 14:45 – 15:15 | COFFEE / TEA, EXHIBITION | |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | SESSION 4 / SPECIAL LECTURE 1 | |
| DELINEATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOUR CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA: INTERNATIONAL CONCENSUS GUIDELINES Vincent Gregoire, MD, PhD, Hon FRCR (UK and IE), Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, St-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, BELGIUM |
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| 16:00 – 16:45 | SESSION 5 / SPECIAL LECTURE 2 | |
| GENE THERAPY IN HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY: PAST; PRESENT AND FUTURE Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Academy Professor, Kuopio, FINLAND |
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| 16:45 – 17:15 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SSHNO | |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION hosted by the City of Kuopio | |
| 20:00 – 23:00 | DINNER, SCANDIC KUOPIO | |
Friday, 25 May
| 7:45 – 9:15 | CyberKnife®-TOUR Visit to Kuopio University Radiohospital – CyberKnife®-DEMO |
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| 9:15 – 9:45 | SESSION 6 / BNCT IN HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY | |
| THE RETURN OF BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT);
HELSINKI EXPERIENCE |
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| 9:45 – 10:15 | COFFEE / TEA, EXHIBITION | |
| 10:15 – 11:45 | SESSION 7 / PALLIATIVE ASPECTS | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | tbc | |
| 10:30 – 11:05 | ADDRESSING SOME SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PALLIATIVE CARE: NAUSEA, FATIQUE, MALAISE AND CACHEXIA
Reino Pöyhiä, Docent, Helsinki, FINLAND |
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| 11:05 – 11:45 | COMMUNICATION WITH SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENT – BREAKING THE BAD NEWS
Päivi Hietanen, Docent, Helsinki, FINLAND |
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| 12:00 – 13:15 | LUNCH, EXHIBITION | |
| 13:15 – 15:00 | SESSION 8 / NUTRITION IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS | |
| 13:15 – 13:55 | NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND SUPPORT IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS
Marie Lundberg, MD, PhD and Helena Orell, MSc, Dietitian, Helsinki, FINLAND |
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| 13:55 – 14:40 | PREVENTION OF DISEASE-RELATED MALNUTRITION – DEVELOPMENTOF TAILORED APPLICATION
Mari Mohn Paulsen, PhD Candidate, Registered Dietitian, Oslo, NORWAY |
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| 14:40 – 15:00 | NEW EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHOD FOR DYSPHAGIA IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY
Irene Wessel, Docent, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 | SESSION 9 / NORDIC LARYNGEAL CANCER STUDY | |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | DENMARK
Speaker to be announced |
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| 15:10 – 15:20 | SWEDEN
Speaker to be announced |
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| 15:20 – 15:30 | NORWAY
Speaker to be announced |
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| 15:30 – 15:40 | ICELAND
Speaker to be announced |
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| 15:40 – 15:50 | FINLAND
Speaker to be announced |
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| 15:50 – 16:00 | SUMMARY – FUTURE PLANS
Speaker to be announced |
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| 16:00 – 16:20 | CLOSURE AND ADJOURN | |