A Guide to Oral Cancer and Providing Oral Care to Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Address: 8 Harris Ct, A2, Monterey, CA, USA
Part 1: Guide to Oral Cancer (2 hr)
Part 1 summary: This 120-minute lecture reviews the epidemiology, etiology, localization, clinical features, histopathology, and prognosis of oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. The lecture discusses microscopic characteristics of oral surface ep ithelial lesions including the terminology, etiology, and histology of oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. It also reviews how to describe the clinical appearance and work up oral potentially malignant disorders. The lecture stresses the importance of head and neck examinations with an emphasis on understanding and detecting oral cancer.
Learning objective 1: Review the microscopic characteristics of oral surface epithelial lesions including the terminology, etiology, and histology of oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Learning objective 2: Review the epidemiology, etiology, clinical features, and prognosis of oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma
Learning objective 3: How to describe the clinical appearance of oral potentially malignant disorders, and how to work them up
Part 2: Oral Care for Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (2 hr)
Part 2 summary: This 120-minute lecture reviews the role of the dental team in preventing, detecting, and managing oral complications of cancer treatment. The lecture examines clinical cases of oral complications and discusses treatment strategies to prevent and manage oral complications. The lecture stresses the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to manage and treat cancer patients.
Learning objective 1: Review oral complications related to cancer treatment
Learning objective 2: Review the role of pretreatment oral care for patients that will undergo cancer treatment
Learning objective 3: Examine clinical cases of oral complications; discuss treatment strategies to prevent and manage oral complications
Bio for Mark Mintline, DDS
Mark Mintline, DDS, is an associate professor at the Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, California. He is the founding laboratory director of WesternU Health Oral Pathology Laboratory and the co-coordinator of the Advanced Oral Diagnosis Workgroup. Dr. Mintline is committed to increasing access to oral healthcare services at WesternU and serves as director of the Biopsies Save Lives, Oral Biopsies Save Lives, and Ryan White Part F programs. His research interests include health equity, interprofessional care, and lesions of the oral cavity.
