PROGRAMME
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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
Chair: E. Coeckelberghs
Bowel function
I. Geraerts & L. Lauwereins
Postoperative pain
S. Coppens
Sexual function
H. Waelkens & A. Verhagen
Patient experiences
S. Gijssels
Chair: G. Bislenghi
Stoma care
E. Argos & Y. Depaifve
The OR for robotic procedures
N. Van der Endt
A one-night stay colectomy
L. Vanholzaets
Colorectal care for the elderly
I. Montroni
Chair: Cédric Schraepen
Introduction
A. D’Hoore
How to use ICG: the basics
R. Hompes
TME: step by step: laparoscopic and robotic
A. Wolthuis
Delayed pull through anastomosis
Y. Panis
Chairs: A. Wolthuis
Robotic assisted TTSS
A. Spinelli
Robotic SP: indications and patient selection
G. Bislenghi
Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection: when and how
G. Chang
Reflections on Robotic Surgery
TBC
E. Dresen - Case-based imaging workshop of colorectal cancer.
Chairs: S.Tejpar & G. Rasschaert & L. Mortier
What is new and relevant for clinical practice in CRC?
A. Billiet
When Seeing isn't believing: can we shift the focus away from radiological TNM Locally Advanced Colon Cancer?
J. Platt
A critical appraisal of ctDNA in CRC anno 2025: the promised land or the emperor’s new clothes?
E. Österlund
Chair: J. Verhoeven
Role of radiotherapy in ‘proximal’ rectal cancer (the former mid)
Current role for short course Radiotherapy
Re-irradiation
Chairs: A. D'Hoore & E. Van Cutsem
Quality Improvement Collaboratives for Colon and Rectal Cancer in Belgium
A. Wolthuis & E. Coeckelberghs
ICG imaging and beyond in colorectal cancer surgery
R. Hompes
State of the art: robotic surgery for colorectal cancer
G. Chang
Quality of care in the elderly - different metrics?
I. Montroni
Day 02
Chairs - S. Tejpar & E. Van Cutsem
Radiological staging, the Achilles’ heel?
E. Dresen
The AZUR4 Trial explained.
GJ. Rasschaert
The UNICORN trial
G. Randon
The surgical perspective
Y. Panis
Expert Panel & discussion
E. Dresen, GJ. Rasschaert, G. Randon, Y. Panis, S. Tejpar
Chairs: G. Rasschaert & J. Lefèvre
Setting the Scene: the Belgian data
K. Van Herck
YORC - Challenges ahead
G. Chang
Same treatment, same outcomes?
M. Van den Eynde
Beyond oncological outcomes
J. Cornish
Chair: E. Van Cutsem
A critical appraisal of the ATOMIC trial.
D. Arnold
Adjvant physical activity outperforms adjuvant chemotherapy
F. Van Herpe
The Belgian protocol for liver transplantation in unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases
G. Rasschaert & L. Coubeau
Chairs: A. Spinelli & G. Bislenghi
T4 Cancers
G. Chang
TNT and the impact on surgical morbidity
A. Spinelli
Is SP disruptive?
G. Bislenghi
Chairs - P. Leclercq & A. D’Hoore
In early rectal cancer
R. Hompes, B. Bastiaansen
In near complete response after chemorad / TNT
Q. Denost
Debate
All speakers & chairs
Chairs: A. D’Hoore & G. Rasschaert
Timing and pitfalls in restaging: after TNT and after Immunotherapy
E. Dreesen / A. Wolthuis
Colorectal surgery after Immunotherapy
J. Lefevre
De-escalation strategies
Q. Denost
TNT in 2025 & the Leuven colorectal cancer protocol: adding granularities
J. Dekervel, A. Wolthuis, J. Verhoeven
Closing remarks
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