Beyond Tobacco and Alcohol, Part 2: An Update on Chemoprevention for Head & Neck Cancer
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Time: 7:00pm EST/6:00pm CST/5:00pm MST/4:00pm PST
Moderator:
James Gates, DMD, MD – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Assistant Professor
Panelists:
Leila Mady, MD, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Assistant Professor
Glenn Hanna, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Associate Professor
Alessandro Villa, DDS, PhD, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health, Chief of Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology
Mark Lingen, DDS, PhD, University of Chicago, Department of Pathology, Professor
Objectives:
Identify and diagnose high risk oral and head and neck precancerous lesions in need of intervention
Interpret results from recent clinical trials for oral, topical and systemic chemoprevention
Integrate and employ new diagnostics and interventions for management of high-risk precancerous lesions of the upper aerodigestive track
The webinar will cover key topics such as:
- Diagnosis (Lingen)
- Topical chemoprevention (Villa)
- Oral systemic chemoprevention (Villa)
- Systemic chemoprevention (Hanna)
- Surgery (Mady)
- Diagnostic (Lingen)
