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Oral Webinar | Oral Cancer and Oral Diseases
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Giuseppina Campisi
Department of Rehabilitation, Fragility and Continuity of Care, Unit of Oral Medicine, University Hospital Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Counsellor of the National Board of SIPMO;
Giuseppina Campisi born in Sciacca (AG, Italy) in 1965. She is Full Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine, University of Palermo, and Head of Oral Medicine Unit, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone” of Palermo, where she manages different multidisciplinary projects: PRO.MO.G.E. (Prevention and Research on Oral Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology – Member Unit), GOTEC (Head and Neck Oncology Management – Member Unit) and P.R.O.Ma.F (Prevention and Research of Medication-related Osteonecrosis of the jaws – Coordinator Unit). She is the past-dean of the Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences (Di.Chir.On.S.) of the University of Palermo (2018 - 2022). She has been member-coordinator of several academic institutions of University of Palermo (Vice-Dean of Department Coordinator of Experimental Oncology and Surgery International PhD courses, Academic Senate for Associates, University Scientific Committee). She is the responsible of the Oral Medicine Clinical Research Sector, where she conducts her research and clinical activities on Oral Pathology contexts, managing several oral screening programs (e.g. prevention and management of oral cancer and medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws), projects aimed to improve oral health care management, also by teledentistry network, especially for medically-systemic complex patients, and numerous animal-human multicenter trials (e.g. on new diagnostic and drug testing oral devices). Moreover, of the research unit regarding the project “Network for oral medicine on frailty and oncologic patients” – Research project PSN 2013. She has authored over 200 scientific publications and attends as reviewer of the editorial board of several scientific journals. Currently, she is the scientific director of CINBO (National Inter-university Consortium for Bio-oncology), past-president of SIPMO (Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine) and member of many scientific Societies in Oral and Maxillo-Facial fields.
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The first webinar of Oral was held on 8 February, under the direction of the Chair Prof. Giuseppina Campisi, the three invited speakers discussed numerous issues on “Oral cancer and oral diseases”.
OSCC is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. Despite recent advances in diagnosis, surgical techniques, and adjuvant therapy, in the last years it has been registered an increase of the incidence of the OSCC and the mortality rate is still high.
The “OSCC epidemiology, risk factors and diagnostic process” has been described by Prof. Olga Di Fede (UniPa). Dr. Rodolfo Mauceri (Unipa) exposed the recent findings on salivary “Oral microbiome and biomarkers associated to OSCC”. Prof. Romeo (Sapienza) highlighted the rules on “Oral Biopsy: types, purpose, and procedure”.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair Prof. Dr. Giuseppina Campisi. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Oral be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.