American Head & Neck Society

Advancing Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the Head and Neck oncology patient.

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Encourage Your Colleagues to Join AHNS!

Happy Fall everyone!
Since the membership application deadline is fast approaching, we wanted to reach out to all members and encourage you to invite your colleagues to join the AHNS.
We have an international network of 1700 multidisciplinary physicians who comprise our membership and are dedicated to advancing the care and treatment of head and neck cancer patients around the world.
As you know, members receive the following benefits:
  • Substantial savings on registration fees for the AHNS Annual Meeting
  • Access to member-only Research Awards and other awards
  • Opportunity to participate in services and leadership positions
  • Opportunity to join as many sub specialty sections as they wish at no extra cost
  • Option to create a profile on our “Find a Physician” site for patients and physicians
  • Annual online subscription to JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  • Opportunities to network with colleagues and experts
  • Cutting-edge education and professional development programs
  • Exposure to state of the art surgical technology and techniques
  • An AHNS member certificate for their office or home
The application deadline is October 31st!
Please forward the below link to your colleagues and thank you for your membership!

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AHNS Journal Club – September 2019

The AHNS Journal Club regularly reviews the leading head and neck cancer-related journals, sharing with AHNS members some of the most relevant and important manuscripts, and providing summaries and critiques of the work. The Journal Club members are: Samer Al-Khudari, MD; Daniel Brickman, MD; Nathan Hales, MD FACS; Jason Kass, MD PhD; Luiz Kowalski, MD PhD; Vikas Mehta, MD MPH FACS; Alirio Mijares Brinez, MD; Alvaro Sanabria, PhD; Mark Varvares, MD; Vivian Wu, MD MPH.

 

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Versus Elective Neck Dissection for Stage I to II Oral Cavity Cancer

Cramer JD, Sridharan S, Ferris RL, Duvvuri U, Samant S.

from Laryngoscope, January 2019

 

Stage II Oral Tongue Cancer: Survival Impact of Adjuvant Radiation Based on Depth of Invasion

Samuel J. Rubin, Ellen B. Gurary, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Andrew R. Salama, Waleed H. Ezzat, Scharukh Jalisi, and Minh Tam Truong

from Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, January 2019

 

Predictors of Gastrostomy Tube Dependence in Surgically Managed Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Vivek R. Varma, MD, MBA ; Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM; Stephen Y. Kang, MD; Bhavna Kumar, MS; Nicole V. Brown, MS; Songzhu Zhao, MS; Guy Brock, PhD; Amit Agrawal, MD; Ricardo L. Carrau, MD; Matthew O. Old, MD; Enver Ozer, MD; James W. Rocco, MD, PhD; David E. Schuller, MD; Peter T. Dziegielewski, MD; Michael J. Cipolla, MD; Theodoros N. Teknos, MD

 From Laryngoscope, February 2019

 

Assessment of the NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Predicting Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction Outcomes

Yue Ma, MD, Benjamin M. Laitman, MD, PhD, Vir Patel, MD, Marita Teng, MD, Eric Genden, MD, Samuel DeMaria Jr, MD, and Brett A. Miles, DDS, MD

from Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, January 2019

 

Lobectomy Is Feasible for 1–4 cm Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas: A 10-Year Propensity Score Matched-Pair Analysis on Recurrence

Eyun Song, Minkyu Han, Hye-Seon Oh, Won Woong Kim, Min Ji Jeon, Yu-Mi Lee, Tae Yong Kim, Ki Wook Chung, Won Bae Kim, Young Kee Shong, Suck Joon Hong, Tae-Yon Sung, and Won Gu Kim

from Thyroid, January 2019

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Call for Abstracts – Submissions Open Now

Call for Abstracts

AHNS Call for Abstracts

AHNS 10th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer
“Survivorship through Quality and Innovation” 
July 18-22, 2020
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Submit Your Abstract Now

 

Submission Deadline:
Friday, December 6, 2019, 5:00 PM PT

Abstract Submission Supporting Documents:

NOTE: ALL content authors are required to disclose any financial relationship(s) with an ACCME-defined commercial interest (“industry”). AHNS considers the presenter of a proffered paper to be in control of the content. Thus, employees and owners of commercial interests may not be the presenter for abstracts submitted to AHNS meetings.

Authors are asked to choose the topic that best matches the content of their abstract: 

  • Cancer Biology
  • Education/Care Delivery
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Functional Outcomes/Quality
  • Hypopharynx/Larynx
  • Imaging and Screening
  • Immunotherapy/Systemic Therapy
  • Nasopharynx/Paranasal Sinus/Skull Base
  • Oral Cavity
  • Oropharynx/HPV Related Disease
  • Radiation/Adjuvant Treatment
  • Reconstruction/Microvascular Surgery
  • Salivary Gland
  • Skin Cancers

More information here: https://www.ahns.info/meetings/abstracts/

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The 2019 Head & Neck Surgery Symposium for Residents and Fellows

You’re invited…

The American Head and Neck Society in conjunction with the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery are pleased to present the 2019 Head & Neck Surgery Symposium for Residents and Fellows.

Join us for this day-long symposium in New Orleans on Saturday, September 14, 2019. The symposium brings together leading head & neck surgeons, presenting informative lectures on head and neck surgical procedures and treatments. Previous lecture topics have included:

Oral Cancer
Head & Neck Reconstructive Surgery
Pharyngeal Cancer and HPV
Skin Cancer/Melanoma
Neck Dissection/Staging
Parathyroid Surgery
Thyroid Surgery
Salivary Gland
Neoplasm
Sinonasal/Skull Base
Trans Oral Laser Surgery for Head & Neck Cancer
Trans Oral Robotic Surgery
Laryngeal Cancer

The final agenda and faculty lecturers will be announced shortly. Attendees will also learn about fellowship opportunities available from AHNS-accredited programs as well as Society membership information.

The event is free to residents and fellows. A complimentary boxed lunch and a closing reception are included.

RSVP for this event by clicking HERE

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AHNS Journal Club – August 2019 issue

The AHNS Journal Club regularly reviews the leading head and neck cancer-related journals, sharing with AHNS members some of the most relevant and important manuscripts, and providing summaries and critiques of the work.

This Issue of the AHNS Journal Club has been compiled and reviewed by  members of the AHNS Clinical Research Service: Eben Rosenthal, MD; Mark Prince, MD; Christopher Fundakowski, MD; Daniel Faden, MD

Click the links below to access the current issue of AHNS Journal Club – to review past issues – CLICK HERE

Multicenter Trial of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Negative Predictive Value and Surgical Impact in the N0 Neck: Results From ACRIN 6685.

Lowe VJ, Duan F, Subramaniam RM, Sicks JD, Romanoff J, Bartel T, Yu JQM, Nussenbaum B, Richmon J, Arnold CD, Cognetti D, Stack BC Jr.

 from The Journal of Clinical Oncology, July 2019

Systematic review on location and timing of distant progression in human papillomavirus-positive and human papillomavirus-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas.

Tiedemann D, Jakobsen KK, von Buchwald C, Grønhøj C.

from Head & Neck, March 2019

Multimodality Treatment of Early-Stage Tonsil Cancer.

Roden DF, Schreiber D, Givi B.

from Otolaryngology – Head Neck Surgery, July 2017

Frameshift events predict anti–PD-1/L1 response in head and neck cancer

Glenn J. Hanna, Patrick Lizotte, Megan Cavanaugh, Frank C. Kuo, Priyanka Shivdasani, Alexander Frieden, Nicole G. Chau, Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, Jochen H. Lorch, Ravindra Uppaluri, Laura E. MacConaill, and Robert I. Haddad

from JCI Insight, February 2018