Date
September 25, 2024
Time
06:45am - 07:30am
Location
Zoom
Title of Talk:
Repurposing Statin Drugs for Head and Neck Cancer
Speaker:
Nicole C. Schmitt, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Co-Director for Translational Research, Head and Neck Program
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University School of Medicine
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the effects of statin therapy on cisplatin ototoxicity in head and neck cancer patients.
- Describe the effects of statin therapy on radiation fibrosis.
- Understand how cholesterol manipulation impacts anti-tumor immunity.