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: TBC

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:

Dr. Geert De Naeyer – OLV Aalst
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker – AZ Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
Prof. Dr. Benoît Beuselinck – Leuven University Hospitals
TBC

15h30 – 16h00

Coffee break

16h00 – 17h30

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

16h00 – 16h20
The Sunrise-1 trial.  

Speaker: TBC

16h20 – 16h40
What are the optimal patients for early cystectomy?  

Speaker: TBC

16h40 – 17h00
What is the optimal pathology report?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Gevaert – University Hospitals Leuven & AZ Klina Brasschaat

17h00 – 17h30
Q&A

Panel:

TBC
Dr. Koen Slabbaert – RZ Tienen
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker – Maria Middelares Hospital Gent
Dr. Geert De Naeyer – OLV Aalst

18h00 – 19h00

Satellite symposium: Accord HealthCare

19h00

Networking Reception and Congress Dinner

Saturday May 25th
9h30 – 10h20

Prostate cancer

09h30 – 09h50
Transrectal versus transperineal prostate biopsies.

Speaker: TBC

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. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven
TBC

10h20 – 10h35

Coffee break

10h30 – 12h30

Prostate cancer

10h35 – 10u45
Rising PSA after previous local treatment. Case-based discussion

Speakers:
Dr. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven
TBC

10h45– 11h00
Does a short PSA doubling time implies systemic therapy?

Suggested  Speaker: TBC

11h00 – 11h15
Rational use of PSMA PET-CT.

Speaker: TBC

11h15 – 11h30
How does the result of a PSMA influence treatment?

Speaker: Dr. Benedikt Engels – OLV Aalst

11h30 – 11h45
What about vesiculectomy?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – Leuven University Hospitals

11h45 – 12h30
Rapid Bullets: what is the best treatment for local relapse after radiotherapy?

  1. Salvage prostatectomy, of course.
    Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau – Leuven University Hospitals
  1. Salvage HDR, of course.
    TBC
  1. Salvage SBRT, of course.
    Dr. Kato Rans – University Hospitals Leuven

 

Panel:

Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer – Leuven University Hospitals
TBC
All speakers

12h30 – 12h50

The hospital of the future.

Speaker: TBC

12h50 – 13h00

Q&A and closure

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