06.12.2018 Strasbourg, France The Convention Centre and Exhibition Park (Churchill Room) 14:00 – 16:00 Chairs: E. Aribal, TR – A. Costa, IT/CH14:00 Why does the breast surgeon need ultrasound F. Meani, CH 14:20 Role of [more]
In patients with early cervical cancer, minimally invasive surgery is likely not the best option, according to two studies with “alarming data” appearing in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. “Minimally [more]
What does our growing understanding of the molecular subtypes of gastric and oesophageal cancers, and the results of recent trials testing multimodal therapies, mean for the way we classify, diagnose and treat these tumours? Jonas [more]
After 25 years of trying to improve the way we organise and deliver cancer care we now have a fairly clear idea about what changes are needed to get the best patient outcomes. Finding ways [more]
Cancer patients are put at risk unless the surgeons who operate on them understand the principles of the disease, work closely with other oncology disciplines, and know which patients need to be referred to high-volume [more]
The best chance of being cured of cancer is through surgery by expert surgeons with a deep knowledge of oncology. Why then are the public, patients and policy makers so focused on drugs, and does [more]
Advances in cancer surgery over the past couple of decades have led to significant increases in cure rates in many cancers. How can we ensure these new techniques don’t put at risk the gains of [more]
The optimal timing for rectal cancer surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, in terms of risk of complications or tumour response, remains uncertain. Download full article
Emiel Rutgers was ‘tailoring’ his therapies long before the term was popularised. He pioneered breast conservation and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in the Netherlands against opposition, but was also an advocate, just as controversially, of complete mastectomy [more]
Cornelis van de Velde went into cancer because he loved the complexity. Throughout his career he has grasped each new development across the disciplines to see how it could help resolve the difficult balance between [more]
Surgery still offers by far the best hope of a cure in solid tumours. Yet patients are being let down by too great a focus on drugs at the expense of investment in surgical equipment [more]
A landmark study has shown that patients with locally advanced epidermoid cancer of the oesophagus who respond well to induction chemoradiotherapy do not benefit from subsequent surgery and, therefore, seemto be well treated with definitive [more]