CE0815: Cancer Update

Ed Truelove, DDS, MSD and UW SOD Oral Medicine Faculty

All proceeds from this course will benefit the department of Oral Medicine.

Course Description:

Cancer is the second leading cause of death behind cardiovascular diseases and unlike them, cancer rates are not significantly decreasing.  Head, neck, and oral cancers continue to be a serious problem with survival rates of only about 50% long term. This has remained unchanged for the past 40 years.  This course will provide information about cancer as it relates to our personal health and the health of our patients. Signs, symptoms, advances in diagnosis, and therapy will be discussed. Advances in the detection and treatment of head and neck cancers will be a major focus of the program. Recent findings related to cancer risk and prevention for major cancers will also be a focus. The impact of cancer and cancer treatments on oral health and dental care will be addressed.  The current status of dental management of patients who have undergone treatment for head and neck cancer will be presented.

Course Objectives - As a result of attending this course, those attending should be able to:

• Discuss methods for prevention of the most prevalent types of cancer and particularly oral cancer
• Manage oral complications from cancer treatment
• Describe appropriate cancer surveillance methods in dental practice

Instructor:

EDMOND TRUELOVE is a professor at the University of Washington School of Dentistry and has served as Chair of the Department of Oral Medicine since 1972. He is an active clinician and has managed thousands of patients with atypical oral problems and mucosal lesions. His current focus includes clinical management of oral dysplasia. Additionally, Dr. Truelove has extensively researched and published findings related to mucosal disease and orofacial pain. Dr. Truelove is a past president of the American Board of Oral Medicine and holds numerous professional memberships. He lectures widely and has served as consultant to several national organizations, including the American Dental Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Cancer Society. He received his DDS in 1967 and his MSD in 1970 from Indiana University.

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