ONLINE EVENT: Neuro-Oncology: Multidisciplinary Management of Adult Brain Tumours

Due to the current situation with COVID-19 we have decided that the event will be held online.
Please, find out the latest information about this online course on www.e-ESO.net.


INTRODUCTION
The event offers lectures regarding state-of-the-art clinical evaluation and treatments with reference to clinical guidelines and which will conclude in take-home messages in management of adult brain tumours. Selected participants will deliver case presentations within groups sessions.

The course will be entirely in English.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Improve of neurologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and surgical oncologists/neuro-surgeons skills
• Practicing case discussions
• Update on the current standards of neurosurgery with special focus on intraoperative imaging, monitoring and neuro-navigation.
• Improve the knowledge on current radiotherapy standards and techniques (IMRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, protons, etc.)
• Update on epidemiology, combination of radiotherapy with surgery and drug therapy, clinical trials management

MAIN TOPICS
• Clinical management of patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors
• Technical improvements, altered fractionation, specific aspects of high precision radiotherapy, radiosurgery, chemo-sentitization and other aspects of medical therapy
• Supportive treatments, symptom control both in palliative and curative intent

TEACHING FORMAT
All the clinical sessions will be complemented with live group discussions supported by the chairs and faculty.

In collaboration with
Under the auspices
Endorsed by

INVITED FACULTY
Luca Bertero, University of Turin, Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, Torino, IT
Ranjeev Bhangoo, Kings College London NHS Foundation Trust, Dept of neurosurgery, London, GB
Davide Giovanni Bosetti, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Radiotherapy Dept., Bellinzona, CH
Michael Brada, University of Liverpool & Clatterbridge Cancer Center NHS Foundation Trust, Dept. of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine and Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Bebington, Wirral, GB
Jody Filippo Capitanio, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Hospital, Head and Neck Dpt., Milan, IT
Paolo Giovanni Casali, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, SC Oncologia Medica 2, Milano, IT
Alessandro Cianfoni, Neurocentro della Svizzera Italiana, Neuro Radiologia, Lugano, CH
Gaetano Finocchiaro, Istituto Neurologico Besta, Dept. Neuro-Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, IT
Enrico Franceschi, Azienda USL of Bologna - IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Bologna, IT
Stefan Grau, University Hospital Cologne, Center for Neurosurgery, Cologne, DE
Monika Hegi, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Clinical Neurosciences Dept., Epalignes, CH
Pietro Mortini, San Raffaele University Health Institute, Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery Units, Milan, IT
Alessia Pellerino, City of Health and Science University Hospital, Dept Neuro-Oncology, Turin, IT
Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, IOSI, Div. di Radio-Oncologia, Bellinzona, CH
Stefano Presilla, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Servizio di Fisica-medica, Bellinzona, CH
Michael Reinert, Klinik St. Anna Hirslanden - Neuro und Wirbelsäulenzentrum, Luzern, CH
Federico Roncaroli, University of Manchester, Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, Manchester, GB
Roberta Rudà, City of Health and Science, Dept. Neuro-Oncology, Torino, IT
Riccardo Soffietti, University and City of Health and Science Hospital of Turin, Neuro Oncology Dept., Torino, IT
Silvia Stacchiotti, Unità Sarcomi, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, IT

ORGANISING SECRETARIAT
European School of Oncology
Piazza Indipendeza 2, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
Laura Richetti, Ph: +41 91 820 0951, E-mail: lrichetti@eso.net

CME ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATES
Participants will be issued a certificate of attendance (minimum attendance: 75% of the entire course). An online evaluation questionnaire and learning assessment test will need to be completed in order to get the certificate that will be issued by email.
Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe (ACOE) The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Accreditation Council for Continuous Medical Education (ACCME) designate this type of educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA category 1 credits per hour of activity.

ESCO CREDITS

The event enables ESCO students to earn ESCO credits and therefore access more ESCO benefits. Full and active participation in the event earns participants 18 ESCO credits.

Visit www.esco.org for information on how to join ESCO.

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE

Neurologists , radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and surgical oncologists/neuro-surgeons with at least 2 years experience in neurosurgery, radiotherapy or neuro-oncology.

REGISTRATION
Registration for the online course is free but you must register to be able to take part (link below).

During the live streaming of the event (11/12/13 December 2020) live and pre-recorded sessions will be webcasted and participants will be able to discuss the topics with the involved experts via chat.

All the contents will be recorded and accessible via the e-ESO website after the event (registration to access the contents will remain open).

REGISTER ONLINE HERE

CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS
Participants are encouraged to send in a clinical case, after having registered for the course. The course chairs will select cases that will be discussed live during the event.
The clinical case presentations should be sent by 2nd November 2020 (10-slide presentation including three questions relating to the clinical case that you would like to discuss with the experts). The author of each selected case will be connected via internet to discuss it with the experts on the indicated date (max 8/10 minutes for each case presentation followed by 5/7 minutes of discussion). Further details will be provided directly to the selected participants.
Cases should be sent to lrichetti@eso.net

DISCIPLINE ORIENTED WORKSHOPS: RADIOTHERAPY AND SURGERY
This course includes two parallel workshops, one for surgeons and one for radiotherapists. All registered participants will be able to take part in one of the workshops and interact with the experts via chat during the live session.
Some participants have been selected to connect to these sessions via audio/video and this will allow them to directly discuss the topics with the involved experts.

Radiotherapy workshop
The ESO-ESTRO radiotherapy workshop will include the discussion of some contouring exercises performed on a separate on-line platform provided by ESTRO. In the weeks before the live workshop, interested radiotherapists will have the opportunity to access the platform and perform a couple of exercises. The results will be analysed during the workshop, comparing them with the experts’ guidelines.
Please note that registration to the contouring exercises has closed.

Surgery workshop
During the surgery workshop, videos will be presented by the involved experts and discussed with the participants.