• What really is a margin? Close, far, positive negative – who gets to decide? Dr. Kang will lead a panel that helps answer that complex question…maybe it isn’t exactly what we think!

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• #Technology and Innovation

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John Conley Lecture

Thursday, April 28, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT

Location: Landmark A

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD is Hillman Professor of Oncology and Director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. He is Associate Vice Chancellor for Cancer Research, and Professor of Otolaryngology, Immunology, and Radiation Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. As a head and neck surgical oncologist and translational tumor immunologist, his lab is focused on  reversal of immune escape and immunotherapy in head and neck cancer, which led to the first positive randomized phase III trial of head and cancer immunotherapy. He is Principal Investigator of the Pitt Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for translational head and neck research and has been continuously NIH R01 funded for >15 years. As the PI for E3311, A Phase II Randomized Trial of Transoral Surgery and Low-Dose Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Resectable p16+ Locally Advanced Oropharynx Cancer by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, Dr Ferris has demonstrated that surgical trials can be highly impactful.  He will be describing this trial and much more so please join us for the John Conley Lecture during the AHNS meeting at COSM!

#AHNS2022 #Technology and Innovation

The theme of the meeting is “Technology and Innovation” and the scientific program has been thoughtfully designed.

More information regarding the details of the program can be found at https://www.ahns.info/meetings/.

If you have already registered, we are excited that you are going to be part of the conference and we look forward to seeing you in-person! Register Now!

NRGHN006 Credentialed
& Prospective Surgeons Meeting
Randomized Phase II/III Trial of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Versus Elective Neck Dissection for Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer

Moderators: Steven S. Chang, MD & Stephen Y. Lai, MD, PhD

AHNS Registrants are welcomed to join us the evening of Wednesday, April 27th at 6:00-7:00pm in Landmark B for complementary beer, wine and food!

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RSVP is strongly encouraged but not required.