PROGRAMME

Explore the Programme

Delve into our comprehensive programme, showcasing groundbreaking lectures, dynamic sessions, and leading experts who are at the forefront of colorectal research and clinical practice.

This year's topics include the regrowth after "watch and wait," the role of immunotherapy in rectal and MSI high colon cancer, and the latest techniques for distal anastomosis, and much more!

 

How's the programme structured?

The Healthcare Teammate workshop will start on Thursday, November 27 at 08:30, the Main Symposium Programme starts on Thursday, November 27 with parallel sessions in the afternoon and continues on Friday, November 28.

Day 01

8:30AM
Room 4, 3rd floor

Bowel function - I. Geraerts & L. Lauwereins
Postoperative pain - S. Coppens
Sexual function - H. Waelkens
Patient experiences - S. Gijssels

10:00AM
Foyer, 3rd floor
10:30AM
Room 4, 3rd floor

Stoma care - TBC
The OR for robotic procedures - TBC

A one-night stay colectomy - J. Pieraert & L. Vanholzaets    
Colorectal care for the elderly -
I. Montroni

10:30AM
Room 1, 3rd floor

Introduction - A. D’Hoore
Understanding pelvic anatomy - TBC
TME: step by step: laparoscopic and robotic - A. Wolthuis  
APR - Y. Panis

12:00PM
Foyer, 3rd floor
1:00PM

Robotic assisted TTSS
A. Spinelli

Robitic SP TTSS
G. Bislenghi

Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection: when and how
G. Chang

Reflections on Robotic Surgery and Surgical Training
W. Everaerts & N. Van de winkel

4:00PM
Foyer, 3rd floor
4:30PM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Quality Improvement Collaboratives for Colon and Rectal Cancer in Belgium
A. Wolthuis & E. Coeckelberghs

Will AI improve screening endoscopy
R. Bisschops

State of the art: robotic surgery for colorectal cancer
G. Chang

Quality of care in the elderly - different metrics?
I. Montroni
 

5:50PM

Day 02

8:40AM
Auditorium, 1st floor

A. D'Hoore & E. Van Cutsem

8:45AM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Chairs - S. Tejpar & F. Pietrantonio

Radiological staging, the Achilles’ heel?
E. Dresen

The AZUR4 Trial explained.
GJ. Rasschaert

The UNICORN trial
F. Pietrantonio

The surgical perspective
Y. Panis

Expert Panel & discussion
E. Dresen, GJ. Rasschaert, F. Pietrantonio, Y. Panis, S. Tejpar

10:00AM
10:30AM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Setting the Scene: the Belgian data
TBC

YORC - Challenges ahead
G. Chang

Same treatment, same outcomes?
M. Van den Eynde

Beyond oncological outcomes
J. Cornish

11:40AM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Groundbraking trials explained: ATOMIC and Asperin.
D. Arnold

Adjvant physical activity outperforms adjuvant chemotherapy
TBC

The Belgian Oncotransplant Protocol
G. Rasschaert / J. Pirenne / C. Verslype

 

12:40PM
4th floor
1:40PM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Chairs: A. Spinelli & G. Bislenghi

T4 Cancers
G. Chang

Robotics for transverse colon tumors
A. Spinelli

Is SP disruptive?
G. Bislenghi

 

2:40PM
Auditorium, 1st floor

Chairs - P. Leclercq

In early rectal cancer
R. Hompes, B. Bastiaansen

In near complete response
Q. Denost, B. Bastiaansen

Debate
All speakers & chairs

3:40PM
4:00PM
4th floor

Timing and pitfalls in restaging: after TNT and after Immunotherapy
E. Dreesen / A. Wolthuis

Surgery after Immunotherapy
G. Chang

De-escalation strategies
Q. Denost

TNT in 2025 & the Leuven colorectal cancer protocol: adding granularities
J. Dekervel

Closing remarks

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