GRACEcast Head and Neck Cancer Audio: Recent Episodes
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Oncology experts summarize current and emerging issues in cancer management for patients and caregivers. Information from the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE) helps people to become informed partners in their care.
Dr. Jared Weiss, University of North Carolina, discusses chemotherapy options and practice in late stage oropharynx cancer.
Dr. Geoffrey Geiger, University of Pennsylvania, outlines the course of radiotherapy treatment and side effects for head and neck cancer.
Dr. Geoffrey Geiger, University of Pennsylvania, discusses the process of planning radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
Dr. Geoffrey Geiger, University of Pennsylvania, provides an introduction to head and neck cancer and the human papilloma virus.
Dr. Jared Weiss from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill reviews results from HPV-positive patients with head and neck cancer (HNSCC) from recent trials and describes emerging research in this population.
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Dr. Jared Weiss from the University of North Carolina, reviews several options as induction therapy for head and neck cancer and focuses on the potential appeal and tolerability of the combination of weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel with cetuximab.
Dr. Jared Weiss from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill reviews the rationale for induction chemotherapy before surgery for head and neck cancer and highlights the early work that led to the emergence of the TPF regimen in this setting.
Q and A session wtih Dr. Ezra Cohen, medical oncologist from the University of Chicago, after his expert overview of head/neck cancer and specific discussion of role of post-operative chemotherapy.
Dr. Ezra Cohen, medical oncologist from the University of Chicago, provides expert overview of head/neck cancer and specific discussion of role of post-operative chemotherapy.
Q and A session following presentation on history & general approaches for radiation, with focus on head/neck cancer, by Dr. Alex Lin, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Lecture on history and general approaches for radiation, with specific attention to its role in post-operative treatment of head/neck cancer, by Dr. Alex Lin, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.