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Head and Neck Cancer Conference 2017 Review THE CONFERENCE Head & Neck Cancer five-year survivorship in the UK is currently on the increase and this is fantastic news. Health Professionals, aided by new drugs, technology, and awareness projects, help continue this trend. However, we must not get complacent about the great work being carried out in the UK, but must continue to strive to increase the five year survivorship rate by learning from other countries, and collaborate as patients, survivors, carers, health professionals, drug companies and stakeholders in sharing ideas. Future Directions Our belief and ambitions are that Head & Neck Patients, Carers, Health Professional Teams and organisations would benefit from a European and ultimately global wide support organisation, and it is now our intention to drive that strategy forwards at pace. The main purpose would be to connect Head and Neck Cancer patients/ carers and agencies from around Europe under one umbrella. Such a European Foundation would be a hub of creating awareness of the disease, information, support, and networking of European connections all with the same aim: “With early diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancer, help eliminate the link with end of life, create high quality outcomes in the recovery and survivorship, and improve quality of life” Conferences such as is reported on in this review help us to gain reputation and traction to deliver on our European-wide and then global ambitions. The Head and Neck Cancer Conference 2017 offered an invaluable opportunity for patients, carers, health professionals, voluntary organisations, and other key stakeholders to discuss the issues of retaining and improving ‘Quality of Life,’ and how the latest services and treatments and developing innovations can transform Head & Neck Cancer Quality of Life experiences during and beyond five year Survivorship. Page 1 of 43
WELCOME TO OUR 2017 CONFERENCE REVIEW REPORT “Living With & Beyond Cancer” After a very successful one day conference for patients and carers held in November 2016, in Liverpool, The Head & Neck Cancer Conference moved to Blackpool this year. We organised, for 7 th and 8 th November 2017, a two-day conference that brought together Health Professionals on the first day and Patients and Carers on Day Two. As our testimonials reproduced later in this report evidence, the Head and Neck Cancer Conference 2017 was an inspiring and memorable experience for delegates, exhibitors, speakers and supporters alike. The conference posed questions about Awareness, Support and Knowledge and the challenges of five year survivorship. Inspired and attended by leading national and international thinkers, the conference explored how, by introducing greater passion and understanding into the system, patients, carers and the people who work with them, make informed choices, continue learning and aspire to world-class performance. At a time when Health Professionals are under ever more severe pressures, the conference examined opportunities for everyone involved to help improve the Quality of Life. We explored potential ways of enabling all of us to think differently about how we learn and what we can achieve. The programme delivered an exciting mix of keynote speakers, exhibitions and fringe activities themed around the strands of Awareness, Support and Knowledge, and invited delegates to Think Differently as a result. Speakers were invited either to build their presentation around this triple-pronged approach or to concentrate on one aspect. Anecdotal and personal experience sharing were encouraged. Wherever possible, speakers were grouped to explore counter or complementary positions within a strand to further engage the audience. The participation and engagement of patients and carers in all aspects formed an integral part of the conference. Prevalence of Head and Neck Cancers Cancers that start in the head and neck area (for example, the tongue, the nose or the ear) are often grouped together under a general heading of head and neck cancer. Most head and neck cancers are squamous cell cancers. Squamous cell head and neck cancers don't usually spread to other body organs. But they can spread to lymph nodes (also called lymph glands) in the neck. Sometimes, the first sign of cancer that a person notices is a swollen (enlarged) lymph node in the neck. Some of the most common head and neck cancers include: mouth and oropharynx voice box (larynx) food pipe (oesophagus or gullet) thyroid gland Credit: Cancer Research UK Page 2 of 43
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