ONLINE EVENT: Neuro-Oncology: Multidisciplinary Management of Adult Brain Tumours
18 ESCO credits
11.12.2020 - 13.12.2020
COURSES AND SEMINARS
Description
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.
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Faculty
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
General information
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.
Registration
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.
Programme
11 December | ||
12:30 | SESSION 1 - INTRODUCTION - LIVE Chairs: Pietro Mortini, IT - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
12:30 | Welcome and introduction to the course + Overview on brain tumours - LIVE | |
13:00 | Taking care of patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors, why one needs to specialize on this subject - LIVE Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
13:20 | Discussion - LIVE | |
13:40 | SESSION 2 - BRAIN METASTASIS Chairs: Pietro Mortini, IT - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
13:40 | Introduction to brain metastases - LIVE Chairs: Pietro Mortini, IT - Michael Reinert, CH | |
13:45 | Neurosurgery of brain metastases: State of the art Michael Reinert, CH | |
14:15 | Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for brain metastases: State of the art Michael Brada, GB | |
14:45 | Medical therapies for patient with brain metastases Riccardo Soffietti, IT | |
15:15 | Debate on brain metastases - LIVE | |
16:00 | SESSION 3 - RARE TUMOURS Chair: Paolo Giovanni Casali, IT | |
16:00 | Introduction to Rare Tumours - LIVE Chair: Paolo Giovanni Casali, IT | |
16:05 | Chordoma Silvia Stacchiotti, IT | |
16:35 | Medulloblastoma and other PNETS Enrico Franceschi, IT | |
17:05 | Discussion - LIVE | |
17:30 | Session 4 - Group Workshop - LIVE PARALLEL (1 hour) | |
17:30 | Group 1 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Chair: Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
17:30 | Group 2 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Chair: Pietro Mortini, IT | |
17:30 | Group 3 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Chair: Gaetano Finocchiaro, IT | |
12 December | ||
12:30 | SESSION 5 - INTRA AXIAL PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOURS (PART 1) | |
12:30 | Introduction to Intra-Axial primary brain tumors: High grade gliomas and lower grade gliomas - LIVE Chairs: Ranjeev Bhangoo, GB - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
13:15 | Neuropathology: Current WHO classification (2016) Luca Bertero, IT | |
13:15 | Epigenetic vulnerabilities in glioma, biomarkers and new opportunities Monika Hegi, CH | |
13:45 | Neuro imaging - updates Alessandro Cianfoni, CH | |
14:15 | Discussion - LIVE | |
15:00 | SESSION 6 - INTRA-AXIAL PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOURS (PART 2) | |
15:00 | Introduction to part 2 - LIVE Chairs: Ranjeev Bhangoo, GB - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
15:15 | Neurosurgery: State of the art Ranjeev Bhangoo, GB | |
15:45 | Radiotherapy: State of the art Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
16:15 | Medical Therapies: Updates Alessia Pellerino, IT | |
16:45 | Immunotherapy of gliomas Gaetano Finocchiaro, IT | |
17:15 | Debate intra-axial tumors | |
17:45 | SESSION 7 - DISCIPLINE ORIENTED WORSHOPS - LIVE PARALLEL (1h 15') | |
17:45 | Group 1 - Surgery: Techniques to optimize tumor resection (intraoperative ultrasound, hydodissection, neuronavigation, brain Mapping) - LIVE Chairs: Ranjeev Bhangoo, GB - Jody Filippo Capitanio, IT | |
17:45 | Group 2 - ESO-ESTRO Workshop - Radiotherapy planning: Exercise for cases of glioma and metastasis - LIVE Chairs: Michael Brada, GB - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH - Stefano Presilla, CH | |
13 December | ||
12:30 | SESSION 8 - GLIOMAS | |
12:30 | Treatment of Gliomas in special situations - LIVE Chairs: Pietro Mortini, IT - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH | |
12:45 | Management of elderly patients with gliomas Roberta Rudà, IT | |
13:15 | Treatment options for "inoperable" and recurrent gliomas: Is there a role for surgery? Pietro Mortini, IT | |
13:45 | Treatment options for recurrent gliomas: Is there a role for re-irradiation? Michael Brada, GB | |
14:15 | Discussion - LIVE | |
14:45 | SESSION 9 - GROUP WORKSHOPS - LIVE PARALLEL | |
14:45 | Group 1 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Roberta Rudà, IT | |
14:45 | Group 2 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Davide Giovanni Bosetti, CH | |
14:45 | Group 3 - Clinical cases presentations by the participants Ranjeev Bhangoo, GB | |
16:00 | SESSION 10 - EXTRA-AXIAL PRIMARY BRAIN TUMOURS | |
16:00 | Introduction to Extra-axial primary brain tumors - LIVE Chair: Pietro Mortini, IT | |
16:15 | Neuropathology: Update in 2016 WHO classification Federico Roncaroli, GB | |
16:45 | EANO guidelines on diagnosis and treatment options of EAPBT Stefan Grau, DE | |
17:15 | Neuro-surgery: State of the Art Pietro Mortini, IT | |
17:45 | Radiation therapy: State of the Art Davide Giovanni Bosetti, CH | |
18:45 | Medical Therapy of Meningeomas Riccardo Soffietti, IT | |
18:45 | Discussion - LIVE | |
19:00 | BEST CASES AWARDS - CLOSING REMARKS - LIVE Chairs: Pietro Mortini, IT - Gianfranco Angelo Pesce, CH |