Scientific
Program - ENDOCRINE TUMORS |
Saturday,25th Feb 2006 |
Time
|
Topic |
Speaker |
Chairpersons |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:10 |
Welcome |
| |
General Thyroid |
| 9:10 – 9:30 |
Relevant surgical anatomy |
Dr.Madhu Mohan |
Dr G Sen,
Dr.N.Nair |
| 9:30 – 9:45 |
Radio-isotope scan- Current status in workup of thyroid disease |
Dr.G Malhotra |
| 9:45 – 10:00 |
Non nuclear imaging modalities in thyroid |
Dr.S Juvekar |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Rationale and role of thyroxine suppression in benign thyroid
diseases |
Dr.P Menon |
| 10:00 – 10:35 |
Histological considerations in thyroid cancer |
Dr.S.V. Kane |
| 10:35 – 11:00 |
Tea |
| |
Thyroid Cancer Surgery |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
-Risk
factors / Staging system – which one to use?
-Extent of surgery – Hemi-thyroidectomy vs. Total Thyroidectomy?
-Nodal metastases- prognostic,implications, influence on therapy,
extent of dissection
|
Dr. B. Cady |
Dr. S Bhansali,
Dr. VD Sanghvi |
| 12:00 – 12:15 |
Extent of surgery -The Indian Perspective |
Dr RS Rao |
| 12:15 – 12:30 |
RCTs in thyroid cancer- do we need them, are they feasible? |
Dr.A.K. D’Cruz |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Discussion |
Dr.B Cady,
Dr.RS Rao,
Dr. AK D’Cruz |
| 13:00 – 13:45 |
Lunch |
| |
Special Situations |
| 13:45 – 14:00 |
Solitary nodule and Intrathoracic goitres |
Dr.M Ganguly |
Dr R Brado,
Dr JV Hardikar,
Dr.A.R.Fakih |
| 14:00 – 14:20 |
Thryoid
surgery & complications |
Dr.U Sinha, |
| 14:20 – 14:40 |
Extended resections for differentiated cancers including recurrent
laryngeal nerve sacrifice |
Dr.A K D’Cruz, |
| 14:40 – 14:55 |
Recombinant TSH- relevance in a developing country |
Dr.P.Chaturvedi |
| 14:55 – 15:10 |
Recurrent
/metastatic cancer- management – Surgery when? |
Dr.P Pai |
| 15:10 – 15:25 |
Pediatric thyroid cancers- Are they a different disease? |
Dr.D Chaukar |
| 15:25 – 15:40 |
Tea |
| |
Adjuvant Therapy |
| 15:40 – 16:00 |
Radio-Iodine ablation- Rationale, administration and complications |
Dr.A Samuel |
Dr S Ghosh,
Dr R Asopa
Dr.D.M.Parikh |
| 16:00- 16:20 |
Role of thyroglobulin and issues of raised thyroglobulin in an
asymptomatic patient on follow up |
Dr.P Kand |
|
| 16:20 – 16:35 |
Post operative Radiotherapy- Is there a role? |
Dr.J.P Agarwal |
|
| 16:35 – 16:50 |
Thyroxine suppression /replacement in thyroid cancer post surgery |
Dr.M Deshpande |
|
| 16:50 – 17:05 |
Chemotherapy in thyroid cancers |
Dr.A Vora |
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