Programme at a Glance

Amphitheatre A

Amphitheatre B

Amphitheatre C

9:00

Breast Educational Workshop:

Moving forward in breast cancer surgery

Colorectal Educational Workshop:

The low rectal anastomosis

H&N / Thyroid Educational Workshop:

Change to Innovations in H&N/Thyroid surgery

11:00

Opening session and lifetime achievement award

12:00

12:15

Satellite Symposium:

MSD

(12:15–13:25)

Satellite Symposium:

Sirius Medical

(12:15–13:25)

Mentorship Session:

Mentorship in surgical Oncology

13:00

13:30

Scientific Symposium:

Robotic surgery

Breast Scientific Symposium (ESSO/SFCO):

Axillary surgery in the context of SLN micrometastasis

HPB Educational Workshop:

Future of treatment of HPB cancers

15:00

Colorectal Scientific Symposium:

Lymph nodes and colorectal cancer

Scientific Symposium:

Young cancer patients – Pregnancy and fertility

Melanoma Scientific Symposium:

Optimal locoregional management in the era of effective systemic therapies

16:30

Coffee Break – Posters in Spotlight – Poster Viewing

(Exhibiton Area)

Satellite Workshop:

Endomag

17:00

UGI Debate:

Cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal metastatic gastric cancer

Scientific Symposium:

Women in surgery #breakingthebarriers

PSM Scientific Symposium:

The basis of intraperitoneal chemotherapy: basic / translational research

18:30

Amphitheatre A

Amphitheatre B

Amphitheatre C

Salle G1+G2

Salle F1

Salle F2

8:00

Breast
Meet-the-expert Session:

How to tailor breast cancer surgery for young patients

Colorectal / HPB
Meet-the-expert Session:

Decision making in stage IV rectal cancer

UGI
Meet-the-expert Session:

Esophageal carcinoma Mini-invasive surgery

H&N / Thyroid
Meet-the-expert Session:

Salvage surgery, rescue surgery (challenging cases)

Sarcoma
Meet-the-expert Session:

2 clinical cases of extremity sarcoma

Melanoma
Meet-the-expert Session:

Modern surgical treatment for melanoma – stage by stage

9:00

HPB Scientific Symposium:

Management of liver oligo-metastatic disease

UGI Scientific Symposium:

Oligometastatic and locally advanced esophageal cancer

Dragon’s Den Session
supported by

Clinical research in surgical oncology: good practices & new ideas

10:30

Coffee Break – Posters in Spotlight – Poster Viewing

(Exhibition Area)

Satellite Workshop:

GEM

11:00

Presidential session & ESSO medal

12:00

Breast Debate:

cT3 breast cancer can be safely treated with breast conservative surgery after neoadjuvant treatment

PSM Debate:

PIPAC in peritoneal metastatic gastric

Melanoma Debate:

Is there any role for CLND?

13:00

13:15

Satellite Symposium:

MSD

(13:15–14:05)

14:00

14:15

Plenary Transversal Session:

The second victim

15:15

Sarcoma Scientific Symposium:

Challenges in sarcoma for surgical oncologists

Colorectal Debate:

Organ preservation in rectal cancer

H&N/Thyroid Scientific Symposium:

Towards individualized treatment in thyroid cancer; shifting paradigms?

16:45

17:15

Debate:

Personalized cancer treatment

H&N/Thyroid Debate:

Robotic Surgery: do we need more evidence before starting a robotic surgery programme in Thyroid/Head & Neck Surgery?

HPB Debate:

Minimally invasive surgery: utile or futile?

18:15

Amphitheatre A

Amphitheatre B

Amphitheatre C

8:30

Breast Educational Worskhop:

Improving oncoplastic surgery

UGI Educational Workshop:

Surgical approaches of Siewert type II tumors: current indications, tips & tricks including minimally invasive approach

PSM Educational Workshop:

Locoregional therapy – Intraperitoneal chemotherapy

10:00

Colorectal Debate:

The best way forward in TME resection is…

Sarcoma Debate:

PRO/CONTRA neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma

Partner Societies’ Session:

Surgical oncology workforce in adverse situation

11:00

11:30

Colorectal/HPB Educational Workshop:

Optimal management of stage IV rectal cancer

Breast Debate:

Challenging breast surgery

Educational Workshop:

Image-guided surgery using fluorescence
(supported by Diagnostic Green)

13:00