Educational videos for clinicians
Advances in Melanoma Care 2009 was a multidisciplinary educational program presented by Australia's leading melanoma clinicians & researchers. The program included summaries of the latest clinical practice guidelines, data on how clinicians are performing against these guidelines, interactive forums on how to improve care & updates on developments in research and technique on a range of topics. The two days were hosted by the Melanoma Network and Melanoma Institute Australia. It was convened by Dr Michael Hughes and Associate Professor Andrew Spillane. The conference concluded with a Public Forum on melanoma which is available for viewing on the home page of this website.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 8 2009
D1F1 Opening address : Dr Andrew Penman – CEO Cancer Council NSW
Overview of key melanoma statistics and health service providers
D1F2 The new clinical practice guidelines for the management of melanoma: Professor John Thompson.
How the guidelines were developed and how to interpret the recommendations
D1F3 Melanoma Patterns of Care study (MPOC): Professor Bruce Armstrong.
Aims and methods of the NSW Melanoma Patterns of Care study
D1 F4 Prevention: Associate Professor Diona Damian
Advice in prevention for the community and melanoma patients and latest research findings PDF Document
D1F5 High risk individuals: Associate Professor Graham Mann and Dr Andrea Jopp-McKay
Identification and management of high risk individuals
D2F1 Clinical diagnosis: Dr Kerry Crotty
Overview PDF Document
D2F2 Clinical diagnosis: Associate Professor Scott Menzies
Dermoscopy, automated sequential imaging, total body photography, and MPOC results for dermoscopy
D2F3 Biopsy: Dr Michael Hughes
Biopsy technique and MPOC results for biopsy
D3F1 Classification and Staging: Professor John Thompson
Brief overview of the new AJCC 2009, when to refer for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), MPOC results on
use of SLNB and latest research on SLNB
D3F2 Treatment of primary melanoma: Dr Michael Hughes
Recommendations for excision margins, surgical techniques, MPOC results on excision margins, when to
refer for further surgery, latest research.
SUNDAY AUGUST 9 2009
D4F1 Developing transparent quality assurance in melanoma surgery: Associate Professor Andrew Spillane
D4F2 Surgical management of lymph nodes: Dr Robyn Saw
D4F3 Role of adjuvant radiotherapy after nodal dissection: Dr Angela Hong
D4F4 Locoregionally recurrent melanoma: Professor John Thompson
When to use what including ILI, rose bengal, diathermy
D5F1 Other modalities in the treatment of disseminated disease – radiation treatments : Dr Angela Hong
D5F2 Other modalities in the treatment of disseminated disease – surgery for stage IV disease: Dr Michael
Hughes
D5F3 Research and clinical trials at Melanoma Institute Australia: Associate Professor Graham Mann
D5F5 Research and clinical trials at Melanoma Institute Australia: Dr Georgina Long
D5F6 Research and clinical trials at Melanoma Institute Australia: Professor John Thompson
