Scientific Program

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08:00-08:30: Satellite Symposium (Short Breakfast Session)

08:30-08:35: Welcome message     J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)

08:35-11:30: Postgraduate course: soft tissue tumours
Chairpersons: M. Remmelink (Brussels), N. de Saint Aubain (Brussels)

    08:35-08:50 Introduction (M. Remmelink, Brussels)
    08:50-09:25 Spindle cell tumours (D. Creytens, Antwerp)
    09:25-10:00 Myxoid tumours (N. de Saint Aubain, Brussels)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 Pleomorphic tumours (C. Galant, Brussels)
    11:00-11:30 Round cell tumours (R. Sciot, Leuven)

   
11:30-12:30: Opening lecture
Chairperson: J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)
Speaker: R. Warren (Perth, Australia)

12:30-13:15: Satellite Symposium
13:15-14:00:
Satellite Symposium

14:00-16:00: Free paper session
Chairpersons: N. D’Haene (Brussels), G. Boulet (Antwerp)

16:00-18:00: Molecular pathology and ultrastructural imaging
Chairperson: J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)

14:00-17:30: Ethics and economy: biobanking
Chairpersons: C. Bourgain (Brussels), E. Marbaix (Brussels)

14:00-14:45 Belgian legal regulations on bio- and tumour banking (M. Martens,    Brussels)
14:45-15:05 The story of the Cancer Registry, part I: from cancer incidence registration to a virtual tumour bank (E. Van Eycken, Brussels)
15:05-15:30 The story of the Cancer Registry, part II: the Belgian virtual tumour bank, a tool for translational cancer research (J. Van den Eynden, Brussels)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:45 Quality assurance in biobanking (R. Forsyth, Ghent)
16:45-17:30 Setting up indicators in biobanking: why and how?
(P. Hofman, Nice, France)

08:00-11:00: Molecular classification of gliomas
Chairpersons: I. Salmon (Brussels), C. Godfraind (Brussels)
   
    08:00-08:30 Role of EGFR in gliomas (B. Neyns, Brussels)
    08:30-09:00 MGMT methylation in glioblastoma multiforme (M. Hegi, Lausanne)
    09:00-09:30 IDH1 and IDH2 in non-cerebral tumours (C. Godfraind, Brussels)
    09:30-10:00 Molecular classification of gliomas
                     (D. Figarella-Branger, Marseille, France)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00-11:30 Simplified classification of gliomas (M. Le Mercier, Brussels)
   
08:30-11:00: Oncology and molecular biology of the lower digestive tract
Chairpersons: P. Demetter (Brussels), K. Geboes (Leuven)

    08:30-09:00 Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: how to deal with?
                      (P.Heimann, Brussels)
    09:00-09:30 KRAS, BRAF and EGFR mutations in colorectal cancer
                      (R. Riedl,    Maastricht, the Netherlands)
    09:30-10:00 Chemokines in colorectal cancer (S. Struyf, Leuven)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 Targeted therapies in malignancies of the lower digestive tract
                      (M. Van den Eynde, Brussels)

11:00-11:30: Memorial lecture in honour of Prof. J. Haot
Chairperson: C. Cuvelier (Ghent)

    Lymphocytic gastritis (A. Jouret-Mourin, Brussels)

11:30-12:30: Keynote lecture
Chairperson: J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)
Speaker: R. Warren (Perth, Australia)

12:30-13:15: Satellite Symposium - ROCHE
13:15-14:00: Satellite Symposium - ROCHE


14:00-17:30: Digestive pathology
Chairpersons: S. Roels (Brussels), A. Jouret-Mourin (Brussels)

    14:00-14:30 Zoonosis: the other point of view or what we can learn from
                      veterinary pathologists (A. Pospischil, Zürich)
    14:30-15:00 Helicobacter pylori and the stomach – the end of the third decade
                      (M. Rugge, Padova, Italy)
    15:00-15:30 Helicobacter suis, the other Helicobacter (B. Flahou, Ghent)
    15:30-16:00 Coffee break
    16:00-16:30 Use of immunohistochemistry in pathology of the upper digestive tract
                      (J.F. Fléjou, Paris, France)
    16:30-17:00 P-glycoprotein in lymphoplasmacytic enteritis in dogs, a model for
                      Crohn’s disease in humans (S. Van der Heyden, Brussels)   
    17:00-17:30 CMV in inflammatory bowel disease and lymphogranuloma venereum
                      proctitis (G. Cathomas, Liestal)
   
14:00-17:30: Masterclass thyroid pathology
Chairperson: I. Salmon (Brussels), M. Praet (Ghent)

    14:00-14:45 Morphology and immunohistochemistry in the study of thyroid tumours (C. Eloy, Porto, Portugal)
    14:45-15:30 Limitations in fine needle aspiration biopsy (I. Salmon, Brussels)
    15:30-16:00 Coffee break
    16:00-16:45 Molecular pathways of thyroid cancers (M. Santoro, Naples, Italy)
    16:45-17:30 Usefulness of thyroid molecular biology in routine practice: the pros and cons (P. Hofman, Nice, France)

08:00-08:30: Satellite Symposium (Short Breakfast Session)

08:30-11:30: Masterclass laboratory accreditation
Chairpersons: R. Croes (Dendermonde), R. Salgado (Brussels)

    08:30-09:00 XX (J.P. Bellocq, Strasbourg, France)
    09:00-09:30  Accreditation: how does it work? (V. Noten, Brussels)
    09:30-10:00 Postanalytical phase and involvement of pathologists in ISO 15189
                      accreditation (R. Salgado, Antwerp)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 Accreditation: what does it cost? ( I. Roland, Brussels)
    11:00-11:30 ISO 15189 accreditation: experiences from the clinical laboratory
                     (J.C. Libeer, Brussels)


08:30-11:30: Alcohol and drug related pathology
Chairpersons: L. Libbrecht (Ghent), J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)

    08:30-09:00 Pathology of drug-induced liver disease (L. Libbrecht, Ghent)
    09:00-09:30 Alcoholic liver disease: clinicopathological features and clues for
                      differential diagnosis (C. Sempoux, Brussels)
    09:30-10:00 Drug-related pathology of the gastrointestinal tract
                      (L. Ferdinande,Ghent)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 Drug-related renal pathology (E. Lerut, Leuven)
    11:00-11:30 Drug-induced skin diseases
                      (V. Winnepenninckx, Maastricht, The Netherlands)


11:30-12:30: Keynote lecture
Chairperson: J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)

    HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck region
    (J. Krane, Boston,USA)

12:30-13:15: Satellite Symposium - QIAGEN
13:15-14:00: Satellite Symposium – HOLOGIC (Hands-on Session)

14:00-15:30: Alcohol and drug related pathology
Chairpersons: S. Roels (Brussels), W. Jacobs (Antwerp)

    14:00-14:30 Yondelis: safety profile and hepatotoxicological differences between
                       Cynomolgus monkey and rat (A. Vynckier, Beerse)
    14:30-15:00 Digital pathology within toxicologic pathology (E. Barale, Beerse)
    15:00-15:30 Total biliary atrophy in a young dog induced by Demodex treatment
                      (M. Heimann, Loverval)

16:00-18:00: Dermatopathology
Chairpersons: J. André (Brussels), M. Laporte (Brussels)

    16:00-16:45 Cutaneous lymphomas (J. Wechsler, Créteil)
    16:45-18:00 Slide seminar

   
16:00-18:00: Masterclass pancreatic cytology
Chairpersons: N. Nagy (Charleroi), M. Heimann (Charleroi)

    16:00-16:30 Cystic lesions of the pancreas (G. Monges, Marseille, France)
    16:30-17:00 Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (N. Nagy, Charleroi)
    17:00-18:00 Slide seminar

08:30-09:00: Satellite Symposium (Short Breakfast Session)

09:00-12:00: Masterclass EBUS
Chairperson: M. Remmelink (Brussels), B. Weynand (Mont-Godinne)

    09:00-09:20 Granulomatous diseases (M. Remmelink, Brussels)
    09:20-09:40 Small cell lung cancer (XX, XX)
    09:40-10:00 Non small cell lung carcinoma (M. Remmelink, Brussels)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 EGFR mutation testing in NSCLC (L. Ferdinande, Ghent)
    11:00-11:30 Metastases and lymphomas (B. Weynand, Mont-Godinne)
    11:30-12:00 Mesothelial pathologie (D. Creytens and M. Luijks, Antwerp)

       

12:00-13:00: Histopathology and cytology of the urinary tract
Chairperson: M. Praet (Ghent)
    
    Cytologic, histologic and molecular approach to bladder cancer (E. Wojcik, Maywood)

09:00-13:00: Cervical cancer screening anno 2012
Chairpersons: F. Willocx (Brussels), L. Thienpont (Aalst)

    09:00-09:30 Training and education of cytotechnologists in Europe
                      (M.L. Eide, Trondheim)
    09:30-10:00 Current trends in cervical cancer screening (K. Cokelaere, Ieper)
    10:00-10:30 Coffee break
    10:30-11:00 Glandular lesions of the cervix: mimics and diagnostic pitfalls
                      (J. Krane, Boston, USA)
    11:00-13:00 Slide seminar


13:00-13:15: Closing remarks    J.P. Bogers (Antwerp)
 

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