IFHNOS 2026

Concurrent Session: Impacting Outcomes

Scientific Session

Scientific Session

11:00 am

29 August 2026

Plaza P1

Themes

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Chairs

Ben Dixon
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne - Vic, Australia
Claire Paterson
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Session Program

11:00 am

Delayed Referral Is Not Associated with Worse Outcomes in Facial Nerve Palsy: Distinct Timelines for Synkinesis and Motor Recovery

Prithvi Santana (NSW)

11:10 am

Young onset oral cancer: a significant socio-economic health burden

Manraj Singh (Singapore)

11:20 am

Beyond survival: the power of patient-reported outcomes measures in tracking head and neck cancer recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand

Anna Miles (Auckland)

11:30 am

Nationwide Retrospective Survey on Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Suicide-Related Behaviors among People with Head and Neck Cancer in Japan

Kohtaro Eguchi (Tokyo)

11:40 am

Evaluating Australia's first specialist Head and Neck Cancer Helpline: Early impact on navigation and supportive care

Faye Nucup (New South Wales)

11:50 am

Implementation of a New Model of Psychological Prehabilitation for Major Head and Neck Surgery

Ella Sexton Sexton (VIC)

12:00 pm

Pay It Forward in Head and Neck Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of Carer Experiences

Matthew Mason (NSW)

12:10 pm

A systematic review of modifiable risk factors and implications for prevention of oral cancer in India

Bhavya Mishra (Haryana)

12:20 pm

Projected incidence and mortality of head and neck cancers in Australia to 2044

Rebecca Venchiarutti (NSW)