The conference will cover the following topics:

• Carers and family
• Clinical trials
• Communication
• Functional outcomes
• Holistic Needs Assessment
• Information Technology
• Interactive patient experience
• International experience
• Interventions
• Long-term effects
• Multi-professional team working
• Patient Concerns
• Patient information
• Psychological impact
• Quality of life
• Update on current research

This conference is suitable for all those involved in the management of patients with head and neck cancer.

Prior to the conference, a pre-course research meeting will be held on the afternoon of the 7 November in Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. Throughout the two days, you will have the opportunity to listen to a variety of keynote speakers, informative lectures and discuss a variety of free papers covering a range of topics. Further details of the programme will be published shortly.

Faculty include:

• Phyllis Butow
• Gerry Humphris
• Anastasios Kanatas
• Simon Rogers
• Cherith Semple

Speakers include:

• Hisham Mehanna
• Richard Simcock
• Galina Velikova

If you would like to submit an abstract for verbal presentation or poster, please contact the conference organisers below.

Require Accommodation? The following hotels are both are located in the Waterfront Area.

Holiday Inn Express Leeds City Centre Armouries

Armouries Drive, Clarence Dock, Leeds.  LS10 1LE

www.hiexleeds.co.uk

Ibis Budget (formerly Etap)

2 The Gateway North, Crown Point Road, Leeds.  LS9 8BZ

http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-6002-ibis-budget-leeds-centre/index.shtml

(Please note that the Ibis, as the name suggests, offers no-frills budget accommodation)

Full accommodation listings can be found at www.visitleeds.co.uk.