24 Mar Scientific Summits conference — Tervuren, 5 & 6 May 2023
We had the honour and the pleasure to invite you to our first Scientific Summits conference of 2023, which will take place on Friday 5 & Saturday 6 May in The Royal Museum for Central Africa.
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 5 & Saturday 6 May 2023
Live meeting
The Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren
23/V2/13329/008631
Program – Scientific Summits
Friday 5 May 2023
12h30-13h30
Lunch and WELCOME
13h30-14h15
Non muscle-invasive bladder cancer
13h30 – 13h45
Place of photodynamic surgery
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Paolo Gontero, University of Studies, Torino, Italy
13h45-14h00
How to perform the best quality TURBT?
Speaker: Associate Prof. Lorenzo Tosco, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles
14h00-14h15
Q&A
Panel:
Dr. Grégoire Assenmacher, Europe Hospitals, Uccle
Dr Lieven Goeman, AZ Delta Roeselare
Prof. Dr. Paolo Gontero, University of Studies, Torino, Italy
14h15 – 15h45
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer and upper urinary tract tumors
14h15-14h40
Orthotopic versus abdominal urinary diversion: what to choose for which patient ?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
14h40-15h05
Adjuvant treatment after cystectomy: what you should know for your MOC
a. The Data
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke AZ Maria Middelares Gent
b. The Belgian reimbursement rules
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Meyskens, AZ Klina Brasschaat
15h05-15h30
Adjuvant treatment after surgery for upper urinary tract tumors: what you should know for your MOC
a. The Data
Speaker: Prof Dr Tom Powles – Barts Cancer Centre, London
b. The Belgian reimbursement rules
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Meyskens, AZ Klina Brasschaat
15h30-15h45
Q&A
Panel:
Dr. Grégoire Assenmacher, Europe Hospitals, Uccle
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
Dr. Thomas Meyskens, AZ Klina Brasschaat
Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke AZ Maria Middelares Gent
15h45-16h15
Coffee break
16h15-17h30
Kidney cancer
16h15-16h40
Optimal imaging for different histological tumor types
Speaker: Dr. Filip Claus, OLV Aalst
16h40-17h10
Adjuvant treatment after (partial) nephrectomy: what you should know for your MOC
a. The data
Speaker: Prof Dr Tom Powles – Barts Cancer Centre, London
b. The Belgian reimbursement rules
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Meyskens, AZ Klina Brasschaat
17h10-17h30
What is new in Belgian research?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
17h30-17h45
Q&A
Panel:
Dr. Filip Claus, OLV Aalst
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke AZ Maria Middelares Gent
Dr. Thomas Meyskens, AZ Klina Brasschaat
17h45-18h15
Mini Symposium by Pfizer/Merck
18h15-19h00
NETWORKING RECEPTION
19h00
DINNER
Saturday 6 May 2023
09h30-12h30
Prostate cancer
09h30-10h00
A positive multi-parametric MRI: how to biopsy?
a. Only the dominant lesion
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France
b. The dominant lesion and random biopsies
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, UZ Leuven
10h00-10h10
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels, AZ Delta Roeselare
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gevaert, AZ Klina Brasschaat, & UZ Leuven
Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Martini-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France
10h10-10h30
Primary staging for prostate cancer: when do we need a PSMA?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Martini-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany
10h30-10h45
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. David Dearnaley, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels, AZ Delta Roeselare
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, UZ Leuven
Prof. Dr. Charles Van Praet, UZ Gent
Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France
10h45-11h10
COFFEE BREAK
11h10-11h30
Is adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy really “dead”?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Dearnaley, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
11h30-11h40
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels, AZ Delta, Roeselare
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, Leuven University Hospitals
Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Prof. Dr. Charles Van Praet, University Hospital Gent
Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France
11h40-12h10
What is new in Belgian research?
The phase 2 MEDCARE trial: mature results
Speaker: Dr. Kato Rans, Leuven University Hospitals
Predictors of recurrence after metastasis-directed therapy in oligorecurrent prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy
Speaker: Dr. Uros Milenkovic, Leuven University Hospitals
12h10-12h30
Q&A and closing remarks
Panel:
Prof. Dr. David Dearnaley, Radiation Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London
Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer, UZ Leuven
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, UZ Leuven
Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Martini-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany
12h30
LUNCH
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