Refresher Course on Breast Cancer
9 ESCO credits
17.10.2014 - 18.10.2014
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
COURSES AND SEMINARS
Description
Chairs: T. Cufer, SI - A. Eniu, RO
The Refresher Course on Breast Cancer has been designed for medical and clinical oncologists who have attended a previous edition of the Eastern Europe and Balkan Region Masterclass in Medical/Clinical Oncology with the aim to provide an update on the state-of-the-art therapeutic options as well as an overview of the latest advances in the field of breast cancer.
The programme will offer educational lectures covering updates on the diagnosis and treatment of both early and advanced breast cancer, emphasizing the multidisciplinary dimension of managing breast cancer. Moreover, spotlight lectures will discuss specific issues related to particular situations such as breast cancer in young women or survivorship issues.
Practical training will be offered in the frame of clinical cases presentations, prepared and presented by participants and discussed with the faculty with interactive voting from the participants.
We cordially encourage all past participants, their invited colleagues and further participants to the Course and look forward to welcome them in Cluj-Napoca.
T. Cufer, Course Co-Chair and ESO Eastern Europe and Balkan Region Programme Coordinator
A. Eniu, Course Co-Chair
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Update on the latest advances and on the state-of-the-art therapeutic options in breast cancer
• Update on the management of specific situations in breast cancer
• Debate controversies and challenges in breast cancer treatment
• Improve practical skills in multidisciplinary management and surveillance of breast cancer patients and in solving difficult clinical situations
• Receive insights on the best approaches in organizing breast cancer care (breast cancer units)
.
General information
ORGANISING SECRETARIATS
Programme Management
European School of Oncology
Piazza Indipendenza,2
6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
Laura Richetti
lrichetti@eso.net - Tel: +41 918200951
Participants’ Admittance and Local Organisation
Event Consulting
Liviu Rebreanu Street, 9
400446 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ioana Bîlc
ioana.bilc@event-consulting.ro - Tel: +40 734771374
VENUE
City Plaza Hotel
Str. Sindicatelor 9-13
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language will be English. Translation will not be available.
CME ACCREDITATION
The Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe (ACOE) and the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) have acknowledged the quality of the scientific programme and its educational value. The Refresher Course on Breast Cancer has been assigned 9 European Continuing Medical Education Credits (ECMEC).
Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.amaassn.org/go/internationalcme.
.
Faculty list
FACULTY
T. Cufer, University Clinic Golnik, Golnik, SI
G. Curigliano, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, IT
A. Eniu, Cancer Institute Ion Chiricuta, Cluj-Napoca, RO
D. Eniu, Cancer Institute Ion Chiricuta, Cluj-Napoca, RO
E.C. Lisencu, Cancer Institute Ion Chiricuta, Cluj-Napoca, RO
D. Martin, Cancer Institute Ion Chiricuta, Cluj-Napoca, RO
O. Pagani, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, CH
G. Pruneri, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, IT
Programme
17 October
| 8:15 | Welcome address and general introduction | |
| 8:30 | DIAGNOSIS AND LOCAL THERAPY Chairs: G. Pruneri, IT - D. Eniu, RO | |
| Imaging breast cancer: From diagnosis to response evaluation during neoadjuvant systemic therapy C. Lisencu, RO | ||
| | Why should we still read the pathology report in 2014 G. Pruneri, IT | |
| Breast cancer surgery: Understanding when less is more for the patient D. Eniu, RO | ||
| New aspects in locoregional radiotherapy D. Martin, RO | ||
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | SYSTEMIC THERAPY OF EARLY BREAST CANCER | |
| Optimizing strategy of adjuvant hormonal therapy in pre- and post-menopausal early breast cancer O. Pagani, CH | ||
| Adjuvant chemotherapy in HR-positive breast cancer: Who needs it? G. Curigliano, IT | ||
| Update on HER2-directed and cytotoxic adjuvant therapy T. Cufer, SI | ||
| Making best use of neoadjuvant systemic therapy A. Eniu, RO | ||
| Discussion | ||
| 13:15 | Lunch break | |
| 14:15 | TREATMENT OF METASTATIC DISEASE | |
| Optimizing systemic therapy in receptor-negative breast cancer T. Cufer, SI | ||
| Are we better in treating hormone-responsive metastatic breast cancer in 2014? O. Pagani, CH | ||
| Discussion | ||
| 15:45 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 -17:30 | TUMOR BOARD - Selected clinical cases presented by participants and discussed by the panel | |
18 October
| 9:00 | PARTICULAR ISSUES IN BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT Chairs: O. Pagani, CH - G. Curigliano, IT | |
| Keynote lecture: Promising new therapeutic approaches for breast cancer G. Curigliano, IT | ||
| Breast cancer in young women O. Pagani, CH | ||
| Treatment of specific sites of advanced breast cancer (oligometastatic disease, CNS metastases, bone metastases) G. Curigliano, IT | ||
| Survivorship issues in both early and advanced breast cancer patients T. Cufer, SI | ||
| Discussion | ||
| 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 | KEYNOTE LECTURE: Integrating multidisciplinarity: The concept of the breast tumors unit and the multidisciplinary tumor board. O. Pagani, CH | |
| 12:00 | TUMOR BOARD - Selected clinical cases presented by participants and discussed by the panel | |
| 13:30 -14:00 | Closing remarks | |
.