IFHNOS 2026

ALLIED HEALTH AND NURSING WORKSHOP: Optimising care for head and neck cancer survivors: It takes a team (TICKETED EVENT)

Workshop

Workshop

9:30 am

26 August 2026

Sky S1

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Session Program

9:30 am

Registration opens with light morning tea available

10:00 am

Welcome

10:05 am

The Future is Now: Advances in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Planning and Treatment

Cathy Hargrave (QLD), Elizabeth Brown (QLD)

10:20 am

Optimising peri-operative nutrition care of patients with HNC

Shane Mcauliffe (NSW)

10:35 am

Stronger through treatment: The importance of exercise in cancer care

Jeff Coombes (QLD)

10:50 am

Q&A

11:00 am

Quick stretch break!

11:05 am

Using ultrasound imaging to characterise late radiation treatment effects after HNC: Feasibility and early learnings

Laura Moroney (QLD), Laurelie Wishart (QLD)

11:20 am

Implementing international photobiomodulation guidelines into the care of people with HNC

Liisa Laakso (QLD)

11:35 am

Novel approaches to compression therapy in the head and neck

Amanda Pigott (QLD)

11:50 am

Q&A

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:45 pm

Re-wiring recovery: Physiotherapy after nerve injury in HNC

Aoife Mcgarvey (NSW)

1:00 pm

Using negative pressure therapy in the head and neck

Megan Trevethan (QLD)

1:15 pm

Personalised Parotid Gland Sparing Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer using Diffusion-Weighted MRI

Katelyn Cahill (QLD)

1:30 pm

Beyond the Tumour: The Burden of Psychological and Medical Complications in Head and Neck Cancer

Rosemary Martino (Ontario)

1:45 pm

Q&A

2:00 pm

HANCA Update

2:10 pm

Panel Discussion: Considering the supportive care needs of patients receiving immunotherapy for HNC

Ebony Hetherington (QLD), Christie Barrett (QLD), Liz Ward (QLD), Nicole Odonnell (QLD)

2:45 pm

Afternoon tea

3:15 pm

Outcomes and experiences of Australian regional and rural patients receiving nutrition care for head and neck cancer

Anna Edwards (QLD)

3:30 pm

Empowering patients diagnosed with recurrent head and neck cancer – shared decision making and addressing unmet need

Justin Roe (United Kingdom (Great Britain))

3:45 pm

Caring for the whole person: conversations about sex and pleasure after head and neck cancer

Eliza Bailey (VIC)

4:00 pm

Q&A

4:10 pm

Panel Discussion: Survivorship Models of Care: What have we learnt?

Meiling Zhou (VIC), Rachelle Robinson (NSW), Liz Ward (QLD), Justin Roe (United Kingdom (Great Britain))

4:40 pm

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