esor course on

Head and Neck Cancer

18 October, 2025

Gdansk, Poland

*Registration closes on October 14, 2025

more information & programme coming soon

What to expect

This course is aimed at general radiologists who wish to refresh their knowledge of head and neck cancer imaging and to give a better understanding of pertinent imaging features, thus helping to avoid typical pitfalls.

Your hosts & venue

Karolina Markiet, MD, PhD

President of Head and Neck Radiology Section of The Polish Medical Society of Radiology (PLTR). Assistant Professor, 2nd Division of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Tomasz Nowicki, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, 2nd Division of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. Department of Radiology, University Clinical Centre Gdansk, Poland.

VENUE

Prof. Kieturakis Lecture Hall

Invasive Medicine Centre (Centrum Medycyny Inwazyjnej / CMI) of the University Clinical Centre

Smoluchowskiego 17, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland

Co-Organizers

Prof. Ursula Reiter
University Hospital of Graz

Prof. Christian Loewe
Medical University of Vienna

In cooperation with

Accreditation

 

Applications will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

 

Applications have been made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

The ESOR Visiting Professorship to Poland has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 7.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s)

Certificates with CME credits will be issued only after participating in the course activities and completing an online evaluation form.

We work with impartiality and transparency. Find the steering committee disclosure forms here →

Learning Objectives

  • to revise anatomy
  • to get familiar with typical pathology
  • to rehearse characteristic pathways of disease
  • to review relevant differential diagnostic entities
  • to highlight tricks of various imaging modalities to avoid pitfalls

Programme

*all times given in local time in Astana
08:00 – 08:45Registration
08:45– 09:00Welcome & Introduction
09:00 – 09:30

Cervical lymph nodes: key imaging features

Soraya Robinson, Vienna/AT

09:30 – 10:00

Basic imaging approach to salivary gland malignancy

Darka Hadnadjev-Šimonji, Novi Sad/RS

10:00 – 10:30

Perineural spread

Berit Verbist, Leiden/NL

10:30– 10:50Coffee Break
10:50 – 13:00Workshops
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30Hypopharynx: essential anatomy and relevant pathology
Soraya Robinson, Vienna/AT
14:30– 15:00

Oral cavity: an easy crossroad for malignant tumours

Darka Hadnadjev-Šimonji, Novi Sad/RS

15:00 – 15:30Key factors in laryngeal cancer staging
Berit Verbist, Leiden/NL
15:30– 15:50Coffee Break
15:50 – 18:00Workshops
18:00Course Evaluation & End Ceremony

Fees and registration

General fee: 120EUR

General Fee: 120EUR

The registration fee includes only the Visiting Professorship course. Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements themselves.

All payment must be received on October 14 at the latest.

Registration steps:

1. Send the 120EUR fee to the following account:

POLSKIE LEKARSKIE TOWARZYSTWO RADIOLOGICZNE
Bank Milenium S.A.
SWIFT: BIGBPLPW
IBAN PL31 1160 2202 0000 0000 7020 5257
Transfer title: ESOR Gdansk [participant’s first and last name]

2. After payment, send an email to esor@pltr.pl containing the following:

   •Payment confirmation

   •Personal Information

        Mr/Ms/Mrs/Mx
        Academic Title
        First and last name
        E-Mail
        City
        Country
        Gender
        Date of Birth
        Hospital / Institution

3. After payment is received, you will receive an email confirming your registration.

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