Soni Tej Prakash, Gupta Anil K, Sharma Lalit M, Singhal Pawan, Yadav Dinesh, Bansal Umesh
Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Jaipur, India.
Ecancermedicalscience. 2017 May 31;11:739. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.739. eCollection 2017.
'The multidisciplinary approach: expanding treatment horizons for head and neck cancer' was the major theme of the Indo Global Summit on Head and Neck Oncology (IGSHNO 2017-BMCON-IV). The meeting, held in Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) from 24 to 26 February 2017, assembled 600 participants from India and worldwide. It was organised by the Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (BMCHRC), Jaipur. BMCHRC Jaipur is one of the largest superspeciality oncology research and treatment centres in north India. The vision of BMCHRC has been to foster collaboration between oncologists, encouraging dialogue in an open forum that improves the care and outcomes of patients with cancer using the latest advances in cancer treatment. IGSHNO 2017 was part of this aim and vision. The organising team, including Dr Anil Gupta (Organising Secretary), Dr Lalit Mohan Sharma (Organising Secretary), Dr Pawan Singhal (Chairperson, scientific programme), Dr Tej Prakash Soni (Treasurer, Organising Secretary, Radiotherapy workshop), Dr Umesh Bansal and Dr Dinesh Yadav (Joint Organising Secretary), Dr Anjum Khan (Organising Secretary, Palliative care workshop), Dr Gaurav Pal Singh (Organising Secretary, Dental and prosthodontics workshop) and Dr (Maj Gen) SC Pareek (Medical Director, BMCHRC, Jaipur, India) worked hard for the previous 6 months to make this conference a successful academic event. IGSHNO 2017, held over three days, is a chance for oncologists from different parts of India to come together and discuss ongoing research, recent announcements and introduce new developments in head and neck cancer. It consisted of 51 lectures, seven debates, 10 panel discussions, oral paper presentations, e-poster sessions, a quiz for postgraduate students, a live surgery workshop, a prosthodentics workshop for dentists, a radiotherapy contouring workshop for radiation oncologists, a pain and palliative care workshop and a meet the expert session-all focusing on the multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck cancer. Special highlights from IGSHNO 2017 included the radiotherapy contouring workshop, the live surgery workshop by internationally renowned head and neck oncosurgeons, the dental and prosthodontics workshop and the pain and palliative care workshop.
“多学科方法：拓展头颈癌治疗视野”是印度全球头颈肿瘤学峰会（IGSHNO 2017 - BMCON - IV）的主题。此次会议于2017年2月24日至26日在斋浦尔（印度拉贾斯坦邦）举行，汇聚了来自印度及世界各地的600名参会者。会议由斋浦尔的巴关·马哈维尔癌症医院及研究中心（BMCHRC）组织。斋浦尔的BMCHRC是印度北部最大的超级专科肿瘤学研究与治疗中心之一。BMCHRC的愿景是促进肿瘤学家之间的合作，在开放论坛上鼓励对话，利用癌症治疗的最新进展改善癌症患者的护理及治疗效果。IGSHNO 2017是这一目标与愿景的一部分。组织团队，包括阿尼尔·古普塔博士（组织秘书）、拉利特·莫汉·夏尔马博士（组织秘书）、帕万·辛哈尔博士（科学项目主席）、特杰·普拉卡什·索尼博士（财务主管、组织秘书、放疗研讨会）、乌梅什·班萨尔博士和迪内希·亚达夫博士（联合组织秘书）、安朱姆·汗博士（姑息治疗研讨会组织秘书）、高拉夫·帕尔·辛格博士（牙科与口腔修复学研讨会组织秘书）以及（少将）SC·帕雷克博士（印度斋浦尔BMCHRC医学主任）在过去6个月里辛勤工作，以使此次会议成为一次成功的学术活动。为期三天的IGSHNO 2017为来自印度不同地区的肿瘤学家提供了一个相聚的机会，共同探讨正在进行的研究、近期发布的消息，并介绍头颈癌的新进展。会议包括51场讲座、7场辩论、10场小组讨论、口头论文展示、电子海报展示、面向研究生的知识竞赛、一场现场手术研讨会、一场面向牙医的口腔修复学研讨会、一场面向放射肿瘤学家的放疗轮廓勾画研讨会、一场疼痛与姑息治疗研讨会以及一场专家见面会——所有这些都聚焦于头颈癌的多学科治疗。IGSHNO 2017的特别亮点包括放疗轮廓勾画研讨会、由国际知名头颈肿瘤外科医生进行的现场手术研讨会、牙科与口腔修复学研讨会以及疼痛与姑息治疗研讨会。
