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, December 5 at 09:00, the Main Symposium Programme starts on Thursday, December 5 with parallel sessions in the afternoon and continues on Friday, December 6.

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome & Registration
Foyer, 3rd floor
 
 
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Healthcare Teammate Workshop
Room 12, 3rd floor
 

Chairs - J. Pierrart & E. Pape

High Output Ileostomy - J. Pierrart
Essential of LARS - A. D'Hoore
Case Discussion: Medical Treatment Diet and Rehab - I. Geraerts & L. Debrun
Irrigation Techniques - A. Van den Bosch

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Foyer, 3rd floor
 
 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Healthcare Teammate Workshop
Room 12, 3rd floor
 

 

Chairs - Y. Ribas & I. Geraerts

Development of a Stool Diary - L. Lauwereins & I. Geraerts
A Treatment Algorithm for LARS - E. Pape
Urologic and Sexual Problems after Rectal Cancer Treatment - H. Waelkens
How to Build a LARS Clinic - Y. Ribas

BAST Session - BASICS OF ORGAN SPARING IN RECTAL CANCER
Room 6, 3rd floor
 

Chairs - A. Wolthuis & R.O. Perez, I. Montroni, C. Schraepen

Introduction - A. D'Hoore
Rationale and Historic Background - A. Wolthuis
The Role of Radiotherapy - K. Haustermans
Defining a New Vocabulary - R.O. Perez
MR Restaging - V. Vandecaveye

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
Foyer, 3rd floor
 
 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Parallel Session 1 - IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER
Room 6, 3rd floor
 

Chairs - A. D'Hoore & E. Coeckelberghs

BIC4CRC: Sustained Quality Improvement
E. Coeckelberghs
Variation in Diagnostic Imaging in Rectal Cancer (BIC4ReCa)
A. Wolthuis & E. Coeckelberghs
For debate: Financial Impact of Process Optimisation
A. Peperstraete
Should Colectomy become Day Care Surgery?
B. Gignoux

Parallel Session 2 - RADIOLOGY: STAGING OF COLON CANCER
Room 12, 3rd floor
 


Chair / Speaker - V. Vandecaveye  

Interactive Case Discussions    

3:10 PM - 4:40 PM
Parallel Session 3 - THE NEOADJUVANT PLATFORM IN COLON CANCER
Room 6, 3rd floor
 

Chairs - A. Cercek & F. Van Herpe

Three New Neoadjuvant Trials in CRC in Belgium
G. Rasschaert 
Biology Holds the Anwser: Towards High Profile Window of Opportunity Trials in CRC
C. Williams
How could AI Help to Predict Treatment Response
P. De Jaeger

Parallel Session 4 - ROBOTICS
Room 12, 3rd floor
 

 

Chairs - E. Van Eetvelde & D. Leonard

Transition from Lap to Robotic Surgery in a High Volume Practice: Vision from a Slow Adopter
A. Wolthuis
How to do a Perfect RobotTME  
Q. Denost
Is there a Role for Robotics in IBD Surgery
G. Bislenghi
Do AI and Robotics make us better Surgeons?
J. Kinross

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM
Coffee Break
Foyer, 3rd floor
 
 
5:10 PM - 6:45 PM
Plenary opening session - A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs - A. D'Hoore & J. Dekervel

THE FUTURE OF...

17:10 - 17:30 - ... Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer - A. Cercek
17:30- 17:50 - ... Digital Pathology and AI - J.N. Kather
17:50 - 18:10 - ... Organ Preservation - R.O. Perez
18:10 - 18:25 - ... Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer - J. Dekervel
18:25- 18:45 - ... Colorectal Cancer Surgery - A. Wolthuis

6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Networking reception
4th floor
 
 
7:45 AM - 8:40 AM
Registration & Welcome Coffee
4th floor
 
 
8:40 AM - 8:45 AM
Welcome
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs/Speakers 
A. D'Hoore & E. Van Cutsem

8:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Session 1: Regrowth in Active Surveillance
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs - A. D’Hoore & E. Van Cutsem

08:45 - 08:50 - Setting the Scene - A. Wolthuis
08:50 - 09:05 - Multimodal Assessment is the Solution - R.O. Perez
09:05 - 09:20 - Local Excision is Key and should be Incorporated in Future Protocols - Q. Denost
09:20 - 09:35 - Debate: Pro Con Local Excision
09:35 - 09:55 - Biomarkers of Treatment Response: Bridging the Knowledge Gap - T. Maughan
09:55 - 10:05 - Discussion

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Coffee Break & Exhibition
4th floor
 
 
10:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Session 2: LARS: Improving the Quality of Life of our Patients
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs - Y. Ribas & A. Wolthuis

10:35 - 10:55 - A Comprehensive Understanding of LARS - A D'Hoore
10:55 - 11:15 - Conservative and Medical Treatment - T. Vanuytsel
11:15 - 11:35 - SNS: the Holy Grail - E. Espin
11:35 - 11:55 - The Microbiome is the Culprit - J. Kinross
11:55 - 12:15 - Discussion & Proposal Algorithm

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch & Exhibition
4th floor
 
 
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Session 3: FOR DEBATE: THE LOW ANASTOMOSIS
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs - A. Spinelli & G. Bislenghi

13:15 - 13:20 - Setting the Scene - G. Bislenghi  
13:20 - 13:40 - TTSS - A. Spinelli
13:40 - 14:00 - A Turnbull-Cutait Pull-Through Coloanal Anastomosis - E. Espin
14:00 - 14:20 - How to Avoid a Leak: What is Imperative? - Y. Panis
14:20 - 14:30 - Debate
 

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Coffee Break & Exhibition
4th floor
 
 
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Session 4: PRIME TIME
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs: GJ. Rasschaert, J. Dekervel, J. Jaekers
 
15:00 - 15:20 - Oncotransplantation: the TRANSMET trial  – R. Adam
15:20 - 15:55 - Round table and clinical case discussion: Towards a Belgian Oncotransplantation Programme - GJ. Rasschaert, J. Dekervel, J. Jaekers, L. Coubeau, M. Van den Eynde, R. Adam
15:55 - 16:15 - Colectomy a day case procedure – B. Gignoux

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Session 5: NEOADJUVANT TREATMENT IN COLORECTAL CANCER: TOWARDS NEW STANDARDS
Auditorium, 1st floor
 

Chairs - G. Rasschaert, A. Wolthuis, K. Haustermans

16:15 - 16:25 - Real World Data - F. Sclafani
16:25 - 16:45 - How to Incorporate Radiotherapy - K. Haustermans
16:45 - 17:05 - Modalities in Rectal Cancer - A. Cercek
17:05 - 17:25 - Modalities in Colon Cancer - S. Tejpar
17:25 - 17:40 - Leuven Algorithm: for discussion - J. Dekervel & A. Wolthuis
17:40 - 17:50 - Closing remarks

5:45 PM
Adjourn - drink ‘Brugse Zot’
1st floor
 
 

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