Travel and Acommodation

Registration is complimentary; however, attendees will be responsible for their own travel and accommodations.

prIME Oncology can assist you with your room reservations at the Marriott hotel at a discounted rate. prIME Oncology can not guarantee rooms will be available. Once the booking has been made, the cancellation policy of the hotel will apply. Room cancellation received after 20 October, the full amount of the reserved nights will be charged. No refund will apply. To guarantee the booking, please forward your credit card details to prIME Oncology. Payment of the room should be made directly to the hotel upon checkout.

 

Standard Single: € 140

Standard Double: € 150

Incl. breakfast and VAT 

Faculty

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Co-Chairs:

 
Christos Markopoulos, MD
Athens University Medical School
Athens, Greece
Cornelis van de Velde, MD, PhD
Leiden University
Leiden, The Netherlands
   
Moderators:  
Lee Lokey, MD
prIME Oncology
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Bojana Pajk, MD
prIME Oncology
The Hague, The Netherlands
   
Speakers:  
Helen Gogas, MD
University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Fiona MacNeill, MD
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, United Kingdom
   
Nadia Harbeck, MD, PhD
University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
Giuseppe Viale, MD, PhD
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy
   
Ian Kunkler, MD
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Harmien Zonderland, MD
Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   
Spyros Lazarou, MD
Consultant Radiologist
Athens, Greece
 

Agenda

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Friday, 6 November
16.30 and 18.00 Optional Workshop
Ultrasound-guided biopsy to diagnose non-palpable breast lesions
(Preregistration required)
Led by Spyros Lazarou, MD
20.00 Welcome reception
 
Saturday, 7 November 2009
08.30 Welcome, introduction and demographics
Christos Markopoulos, MD
Lee Lokey, MD, or Bojana Pajk, MD
   
Plenary Session I
Breast Cancer—Diagnosis

Moderator: Fiona MacNeill, MD
08.45 Optimal use of breast imaging
Harmien Zonderland, MD
09.10 Molecular pathology: A guide for surgeons
Giuseppe Viale, MD, PhD

09.35

“Ask the Experts” panel discussion

 
Interactive Clinical Cases (Type A)
Moderator: Christos Markopoulos, MD
09.40 Case #1
DCIS: The best approach
Panel Discussion
10.15 Break
10.40 Case #2
Risk assessment and treatment planning for surgeons
Panel Discussion
 
Plenary Session II
Advances in Systemic Therapy

Moderator: Nadia Harbeck, MD, PhD
11.15 What surgeons need to know about targeted therapy in breast cancer
Helen Gogas, MD
11.40 Advances in adjuvant endocrine therapy for surgeons: Incorporating results of clinical trials into daily clinical practice
Christos Markopoulos, MD
12.05 “Ask the Experts” panel discussion
12.15 Breast Cancer Opinion Poll
12.45 Lunch
 
Plenary Session III
Advances in Locoregional Therapy

Moderator: Cornelis van de Velde, MD, PhD
13.45 Oncoplastic surgery: Defining its role in breast cancer
Fiona MacNeill, MD
14.10

What is new in breast radiotherapy?
Ian Kunkler, MD

14.35 “Ask the Experts” panel discussion
 
Interactive Clinical Cases (Type B)
Moderator: Lee Lokey, MD, or Bojana Pajk, MD
14.40 Case #3
Multifocal invasive endocrine-responsive breast cancer: locoregional approach and choice of systemic therapy
Nadia Harbeck, MD, PhD
15.15

Case #4
Surgical management of large tumors: Neoadjuvant treatment strategies
Cornelis van de Velde, MD, PhD

15.50

Concluding Remarks
Christos Markopoulos, MD

Program Slides

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Support

Support for this activity has been provided by Genomic Health and Novartis Oncology Greece.












Organizer

This meeting is a prIME Oncology activity.