Oral Cancer - Improving early detection (BE240119)

Registration is 08.45 with the educational programme starting at 09.15. There will be a break for light refreshments mid morning (incl. in course fee) course finishes at 12.30.

The Postgraduate Centre, called the “Trust Education Centre” (TEC), is located on Craven Road, just North of the main Royal Berkshire Hospital entrance, close to the junction with London Road. It’s a two story flat-roofed sixties-style building. The TEC’s entrance is to the rear of the building. (Please don’t use the old door that faces St. Andrew’s Church as entry is by Trust card swipe only).

The Postgraduate Centre is a pleasant 20 minute walk or very short taxi/bus ride from Reading Station.

Traffic in and around Reading is always very busy and parking at the adjacent RBH multi-story car park on Craven Road can be highly challenging, so please consider using public transport.  Allow £12 in change for the multi-story car park on Craven Road, and do allow ample time for your journey and for parking, with an appropriate margin of error please.

If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know at least 2 weeks in advance and we will try to accommodate you nicola.spillane@hee.nhs.uk

Recommended to all

The aim of this course is to improve the early detection of Oral Cancer, so as to improve patient safety and outcomes.

1. To discuss why oral cancer cases in the UK and worldwide are increasing.

2. To revise the signs and symptoms of potentially malignant conditions and squamous cell carcinoma.

3. To discuss the selection criteria for referral, in accordance with current local arrangements and national guidance.

4. To discuss how the entire dental team can work together to prevent oral cancer and improve its early detection.

1. List the risk factors of oral cancer, and identify patients at increased risk so as to present them with risk-reduction strategies appropriate to their needs.

2. List potentially malignant conditions and describe the ways oral cancer can present clinically.

3. Use selection criteria for referral guidelines to assist in clinical decision-making for urgent referrals.

4. Answer patient queries at an appropriate level, so as to provide clear information about oral cancer screening, referral arrangements and survival rates.