CAP education session about head and neck cancer 2018

February 28, 2018

In this video, Dr. Bullock talks about the updated CAP protocols for head and neck cancers, and the new TNM staging system

Watch as Dr. Martin Bullock talks about the checklists for head and neck cancers, the major changes to the AJCC’s eighth edition TNM staging system, the checklist format with an emphasis on the pharynx and HPV-related cancer, and practical issues with interpretation.

CAP education session about head and neck cancers

About the presenter, Dr. Martin Bullock

Martin Bullock, MD, practices Anatomical Pathology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, specializing in Head and Neck Pathology and Cytopathology. He is a Professor of Pathology and Surgery at Dalhousie University, Halifax. He graduated from medical school at Memorial University of Newfoundland and studied Pathology at the University of Toronto.

About the CAP education sessions

The Partnership, the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP), and Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) have organized this College of American Pathologists (CAP) education session.

In July 2009, the CAP-ACP endorsed the cancer protocols developed by CAP as the Canada-wide standard for all cancer-pathology reporting. To date, CAP protocols have been implemented in six Canadian provinces with the CAP-ACP’s support.

The protocols help pathologists to report effectively about diagnostic and prognostic findings, which are critical to patient care and the collection of collaborative stage data. The protocols were developed by multidisciplinary teams and are supported by CAP in both paper and electronic formats.