Update from the Cancer Prevention Service:

April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month and we are proud to partner with the Head
and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA; www.headandneck.org) to spread the word about this year’s
annual Oral and Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, April 3-9, 2022. All members are
encouraged to host a screening (COVID permitting) or awareness event within your community.

This year, as a part of this, Dr. Andrew Holcomb and members of the Cancer Prevention Service
have been working with Drs. Alex Malone and Samuel Frasier (AHNS Member), and the staff of
the HNCA, to create a mobile device Self-Exam App. This program provides the user with
information on risk factors, as well as signs and symptoms of head and neck cancer and will
walk them through how to perform their own self-exam. It is complete with a lesion library of
normal and abnormal findings and has resources for where to go if there is an area of concern.

In addition, a narrated HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer slide deck, led by Drs. Todd Brickman
and Geoffrey Young, was created, and features these CPS members along with Samer Al-
Khudari and Michael Moore. This 26-minute educational session outlines the epidemiology of
HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer and its typical presentation, as well as appropriate
treatment and associated side effects. Lastly, emphasis is placed on the use of HPV vaccination
as a means for disease prevention.

Finally, CPS Members Dr. Andrew Birkeland, Dr. Deepak Kademani, and Dr. Elizabeth Blair
have led the development of a survey that was disseminated to otolaryngologists and oral
surgeons to evaluated practice patterns for the assessment of oral leukoplakia. Survey results
have been studied and the manuscript is being prepared for submission.

Please reach out to us if you would like to partner on these or other efforts focused on the early
detection of prevention of head and neck cancer.

Sincerely,

Michael Moore, MD
Chair, Cancer Prevention Service

Ann Gillenwater, MD
Co-Chair, Cancer Prevention Service

Register Now for the
2022 AHNS Annual Meeting
Early Bird Registration Deadline:
Thursday, March 31st

Register before Thursday, March 31st and receive the early bird rate to attend the AHNS 2022 Annual Meeting at COSM, to be held April 27-28, 2022 in Dallas, TX. The scientific program has been thoughtfully designed around the meeting theme “Technology and Innovation”. See below for the session put together by the Salivary Section titled “Transoral Robotic Approaches in Salivary Surgery: When, Where, and How?”

PLEASE NOTE: AHNS Pre-Course registration is separate from the Annual Meeting Registration. For more details go to https://www.ahns.info/meetings/

Register for the Annual Meeting

Transoral Robotic Approaches in Salivary Surgery: When, Where, and How?
Wednesday, April 27th at 3:15pm-4:05pm

This session will used a case-based format with panel discussion and audience participation to highlight the utility of transoral robotic approaches in salivary surgery. Management of parapharyngeal space masses, minor salivary gland tumors of the pharynx, and the submandibular gland will be discussed, with controversies and surgical pearls highlighted.

Outline:
Moderator: Shirley Su, MD & Alexandra Kejner, MD
Transoral Robotic Parapharyngeal Space Resections – Andres Bur, MD
Transoral Robotic Submandibular Gland Excision – Christopher Rassekh, MD
Transoral Robotic Oropharyngeal Resection for Minor Salivary Gland Tumors – William Ryan, MD
Panel Discussion/Audience Participation with Moderator – Alexandra Kejner, MD