Date
March 18, 2026
Time
06:45am - 07:30am
Location
Zoom
Description
Speaker:
Linda X. Yin, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Title:
Biomarker Informed Adjuvant Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer: Lessons learned from de-escalation trials and future trial concepts
Learning objectives:
- Review the trial evidence for surgical-based de-escalation in HPV related oropharyngeal cancer
- Understand the rationale for ctDNA detection of minimal residual disease and biomarker-informed surgical de-escalation in HPV related oropharyngeal cancer
- Explore the possibility for ctDNA detection of minimal residual disease in HPV unrelated head and neck cancer and future trial concepts