Scientific Programme
The Scientific Programme of "Excellence in Oncology" comprises a number of thematic streams that include:
- Genitourinary Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer
- Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer
- Gynaecologic Cancer
- Central Nervous System Tumours
- Cancer Genetics
- Cancer Screening
- Supportive Care
- Novel Therapeutics
- Lymphomas
- Clinical Trials
- Cancer Policies
- Cancer Staging
- CUP
- Translational Research
Specific topics per thematic will be presented in a wide range of over 45 sessions that include lectures, plenary lectures, scientific symposia, educational symposia, debates, current issues in oncology, clinical problems in oncology and meet-the-experts seminars.
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Key topics
Keynote Lecture
- The multidisciplinary nature of cancer care
Lectures
- Ways to overcome resistance to endocrine therapies in breast cancer
- Intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer - An innovative approach for the 21st century
- State of the art in the management of testicular Germ-cell tumours
- Breast cancer screening
- Lung cancer in never smokers
- Anthracyclines should remain a component of adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
- Excellence in cancer care: The role of NICE
Plenary Lectures
- Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer patients: Where do we stand today?
- Applying research lessons to the treatment of advanced colon cancer
- Hereditary colorectal cancer
- Standard of care in the treatment of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)
- State of the art in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma
- State of the art in the use of biologics in the adjuvant setting in colon cancer
Debates
- Adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colon cancer
- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
- The challenge of prostate cancer; part I: Perspectives on screening - Prostate cancer: a unique disease with special challenges
- Adjuvant immunotherapy in malignant melanoma
Current Issues in Oncology Sessions
- New challenges in head and neck cancers (organized by ESTRO)
- The challenge of prostate cancer; part II: Optimal application of therapies for patients with localized prostate cancer
- Management of cancer pain
- Interventional radiology in cancer
- State of the art in the surgical management of colorectal liver metastases
- Glioblastoma multiforme: New vistas in treatment
- Biology and treatment of breast cancer in distinct groups of patients
Clinical Problems in Oncology
- Colon cancer
- Ovarian cancer
Scientific Symposia
- Novel therapeutic approaches in breast cancer
- Cancer vaccines – Overcoming translational dilemmas that diminish cancer vaccine efficacies
- Antiangiogenic therapeutic strategies in cancer: Large-molecule inhibitors
Educational Symposia
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Lung cancer: Small cell lung cancer
- Infections in cancer patients
- Design and implementation of clinical trials in oncology
- Gastric and eso-gastric junction (cardia) adenocarcinoma (organized by ESDO)
- Lung cancer: Non small cell lung cancer
- Cancer of unknown primary origin
Meet the Expert Seminars
- The optimal duration of adjuvant endocrine treatment in breast cancer
- Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
- Gastroinlestinal lymphoma
- The role of consolidation and maintenance therapies in ovarian cancer
Special Sessions
American Cancer Society (ACS) Session
- Colorectal Cancer
British Journal of Surgery (BJS) Session
- Milestone papers on rectal cancer in the BJS
European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) Session
- Educational symposium on Gastric and eso-gastric junction (cardia) adenocarcinoma
European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Session
- Current issues in oncology session on New challenges in head and neck cancers
International Journal of Cancer (IJC) Sessions I & II
International Union Against Cancer (UICC) Sessions I & II
- The impact of the new lung cancer staging system on clinical practice and clinical research
- Cancer staging and prognosis in the era of personalized cancer treatment
International Phycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) Session
- Cancer and the elderly
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