01 Jan Scientific Summits conference — 24 & 25 May 2024
We have the honour and the pleasure to invite you to our first Scientific Summits conference of 2024, which will take place on Friday May 24th & Saturday May 25th.
TOP SPEAKERS, TOP CONTENT
We are proud to once again offer a top scientific program, with excellent Belgian and international key opinion leaders. The program combines case-based discussions and interactive overviews of important novelties in the field of urothelial, prostate and kidney cancer.
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 May 2024
Live meeting
Irish College Leuven - Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven
Program – Scientific Summits
Friday May 24th
12h30 – 14h00
Lunch and WELCOME
14h00 – 15h30
Kidney cancer
14h00 – 14h30
Trans- vs. retroperitoneal approach for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
Speaker: Dr. Peter Dekuyper – Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
14h30 – 14h50
An update on Keynote 564.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Benoit Beuselinck – University Hospitals Leuven
14h50 – 15h10
How does Keynote 564 relate to negative trials?
Speaker: Dr. Simon Van Wambeke – ZNA
15h10 – 15h30
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Benoît Beuselinck – University Hospitals Leuven
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker – AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
Dr. Geert De Naeyer – OLV Aalst
15h30 – 16h00
Coffee break
16h00 – 17h30
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
16h00 – 16h20
The Sunrise trials
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker – AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
16h20 – 16h40
What are the optimal patients for early cystectomy?
Speaker: Dr. Julien Van Damme – UCL
16h40 – 17h00
What is the optimal pathology report?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Gevaert – University Hospitals Leuven & AZ Klina Brasschaat
17h00 – 17h30
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker – Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
Dr. Geert De Naeyer – OLV Aalst
Dr. Koen Slabbaert – RZ Tienen
18h00 – 19h00
Satellite symposium: Accord HealthCare
What’s new in the world of ADT therapy?
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – University Hospitals Leuven
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospitals Leuven
Saturday May 25th
9h30 – 10h20
Prostate cancer
09h30 – 09h50
Is biparametric MRI equal to multiparametric MRI in the detection of significant prostate cancer?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jelle Barentsz – Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
09h50 – 10h10
How to read prostate MRI: step-by-step approach for urologists and radiation-oncologists
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Geert Villeirs – University Hospital Ghent
10h10 – 10h20
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospitals Leuven
Dr. Edward Lambert – OLV Aalst
Dr. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven
10h20 – 10h35
Coffee break
10h30 – 12h20
Prostate cancer
10h35 – 10u45
Rising PSA after previous local treatment. Case-based discussion
Speakers:
Dr. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven
Dr. Alexander Giesen – University Hospitals Leuven
10h45– 11h00
Does a short PSA doubling time implies systemic therapy?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nicolaas Lumen – University Hospital Gent
11h00 – 11h20
How does the result of a PSMA influence treatment?
Speaker: Dr. Benedikt Engels – OLV Aalst
11h20 – 11h35
What about vesiculectomy?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospitals Leuven
11h35 – 12h20
Rapid Bullets: what is the best treatment for local relapse after radiotherapy?
- Salvage prostatectomy, of course.
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – University Hospitals Leuven
- Salvage HDR, of course.
Dr. Philippe Bulens – Limburgs Oncologisch Centrum (Jessa Hospital Hasselt & ZOL Genk)
- Salvage SBRT, of course.
Dr. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – University Hospitals Leuven
Dr. Edward Lambert – OLV Aalst
All speakers
12h20 – 12h50
The hospital of the future.
Speaker:Dr. Filip Ameye – Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
12h50 – 13h00
Q&A and closure
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