Tuesday 21 May 2024
EUSICA/INSICA-Brain 2024 Meeting (Main Hall)
08:15 – 08:50
Registration and coffee in the exhibition area
09:00 – 09:10
Welcome and Introduction
Amie Mertens (HNCRT), Matt Lechner (University College London)
09:10 – 10:00
PROMSs and establishing personalized patient education
Chair: Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen)
Speakers: Mads Guldager (University of Copenhagen) ‘Report from the PROM working group’, Jacklyn Liu (University College London) ‘Survivorship’, Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité) ‘Prospective multicentric assessment of functional outcomes - depending on the surgical technique’
Panel: Nyall London, Ehab Hanna, Chris Curtis, Benjamin Verillaud, Mads Guldager, Jacklyn Liu
10:00 – 10:20
Keynote 1 (in partnership with KARL STORZ): ‘Why do we need guidelines? – lessons learnt and future outlook’
Chair: Tim Mitchell (President, The Royal College of Surgeons of England)
Speaker: Dame Valerie J. Lund (University College London, UK)
10:20 – 11:00
Establishing international evidence-based guidelines – a report from the EUSICA/INSICA-Brain International Working Group, followed by a panel discussion
Moderator: Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité)
Speaker: Florian Chatelet (Université Paris Cité) ‘Report from the International Guidelines review Working Group’
Panel: Garret Choby, Robbie Woods, Jens Peter Klussmann, Florian Chatelet, Carlo Resteghini
11:00 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:15
Basic science of sinonasal cancers, skull base and brain tumors
Chair: Mario Hermsen (ISPA Instituto Universitário Oviedo)
Speaker: Yoko Takahashi (MD Anderson Cancer Center), Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University), Patrick Eriksen (University of Copenhagen)
Panel: Yoko Takahashi, Gary Gallia, Johannes Haybaeck, Eva Balibrea-Martinez
12:15 – 12:45
Young investigator session and EDI session
Chair: Annalisa Trama (Instituto dei Tumori) & Sandra Nuyts (UZ Leuven and EDI committee)
Speakers: Top-3 oral presentations (5 min each) and Top-3 poster presentations (3 min each)
Panel: presenters for questions
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch (exhibition and networking area)
13:45 – 14:15
Keynote 2 (in partnership with FUSETEC): ‘Multidisciplinary management of sinonasal cancer - lessons learned and future outlook’
Keynote Speaker: Ehab Y Hanna (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, US)
14:15 – 14:45
Examples of Surgical Innovation and applicability – live transmission to Dissection course
Chair: Matt Lechner (University College London)
Speakers: Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen) ‘The Fluoguide experience’; Saleh Okhavat (Glasgow Royal Infirmary/University of Glasgow) ‘3D models in training and teaching);
Panel: Ehab Hanna, Christian von Buchwald, Saleh Okhavat, Jayakar Nayak
14:45: – 15:15
COST session (in partnership with COST/immunoMODEL)
Co-chairs: Eva Balibrea-Martinez (ProCURE (ICO) and CARE (IGTP) programs) & Johannes Haybaeck (Medical University of Graz)
Speaker: Gianmarco Contino (University of Birmingham)
Panel: Gianmarco Contino, Mario Hermsen, Yoko Takahashi, Jana Zajacova
15:15: –15:45
Update on cancer registries and multinational collaborations
Chair and moderator: Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland)
Speakers: Peter Hwang (Stanford University): ‘CORSICA’; Annalisa Trama: ‘EURACAN’; EUSICA President 2024/2025 Benjamin Verillaud: ‘EUSICA’; Matt Lechner: ‘INSICA-Brain collaboration’
15:40: – 16:00
Update on cancer registries and multinational collaborations
Chair and moderator: Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland)
Speakers: Peter Hwang (Stanford University): ‘CORSICA’; Annalisa Trama: ‘EURACAN’; EUSICA President 2024/2025 Benjamin Verillaud: ‘EUSICA’; Matt Lechner: ‘INSICA-Brain collaboration’
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30
Health Inequalities and Global Outreach (AGA-ENT 2024 Annual Meeting)
Chair: Trustees (AGA-ENT)
Tuesday 21 May 2024
EUSICA/INSICA-Brain Dissection Course
(Main Hall and Gallery Suite; 24 places only)
08:15 – 08:50
Registration and coffee in the exhibition area
09:00 – 09:10
Main Hall
09:10 – 10:00
Main Hall
10:00 – 10:20
Main Hall
10:20 – 11:00
Main Hall
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:30
Lecture: Extended endoscopic access to sinonasal tumors and frontal sinuses
Speakers: Speakers: Garret Choby (University of Pittsburgh), Sam Leong (University of Liverpool) and Erich Vyscocil (Medical University of Vienna)
11:30 – 12:45
Dissection: Dissection of sinonasal tumor 1 (IP) and sinonasal tumor 2 (frontal sinuses)
International faculty: Garret Choby (University of Pittsburgh); Ehab Hanna (MD Anderson Cancer Center); Ciaran Hill (University College London); Warren Bennett (University of Bristol); Kumar Abhinav (University of Bristol); Jason Fleming (University of Liverpool); Nyall London (Johns Hopkins University); Antoine Moya Plana (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus); Matt Lechner (University College London); Anouk Borg (University College London); Jayakar Nayak (Stanford University); Nick Eynon-Lewis (Barts Health, London); Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University); Cameron Davies-Husband (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Liam Masterson (University of Cambridge); Phoebe Roche (University of Cambridge); Jens Peter Klussmann (University of Cologne); Pavol Surda (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust); Catherine Rennie (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Saleh Okhovat (University of Glasgow); Sacit Bulent Omay (Yale University); Terry Jones (University of Liverpool); Carl Philpott (UEA/UCL); Rishi Sharma (University of Cambridge); Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité); Sam Leong (University of Liverpool); Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen); Erich Vyskocil (Medical University of Vienna); Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch (exhibition and networking area)
13:45 – 14:15
Main Hall
14:15 – 14:45
Main Hall
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:20
Lecture: Pituitary access, pituitary surgery and use of neuro-navigation
Speaker: Jayakar Nayak (Stanford University) and Sacit Bulent Omay (Yale University)
15:20 – 17:30
Pitutiary access dissection and pituitary surgery
International faculty: Garret Choby (University of Pittsburgh); Ehab Hanna (MD Anderson Cancer Center); Ciaran Hill (University College London); Warren Bennett (University of Bristol); Kumar Abhinav (University of Bristol); Jason Fleming (University of Liverpool); Nyall London (Johns Hopkins University); Antoine Moya Plana (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus); Matt Lechner (University College London); Jayakar Nayak (Stanford University); Nick Eynon-Lewis (Barts Health. London); Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University); Cameron Davies-Husband (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Liam Masterson (University of Cambridge); Phoebe Roche (University of Cambridge); Jens Peter Klussmann (University of Cologne); Pavol Surda (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust); Catherine Rennie (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Saleh Okhavat (University of Glasgow); Sacit Bulent Omay (Yale University); Terry Jones (University of Liverpool); Carl Philpott (UEA/UCL); Rishi Sharma (University of Cambridge); Mario Turri-Zanoni (University of Varese, Italy); Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité); Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen); Erich Vyskocil (Medical University of Vienna); Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland)
Wednesday 22 May 2024
EUSICA/INSICA-Brain 2024 Meeting (Main Hall)
08:15 – 08:50
Registration and coffee in the exhibition area
09:00 – 09:30
Surgical management of Nasopharyngeal Cancer and Brain Tumours
Chair: Mario Turri-Zanoni (University of Varese, Italy)
Speakers: Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University), Ciaran Hill (University College London), Kumar Abhinav (University of Bristol)
09:30 – 10:30
Clinical cases (Tumor Board/MDT panel)
Chair: Glenn Hanna (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School)
Panel: Jayakar Nayak, Garret Choby, Nyall London, Amrita Jay, Ciaran Hill, Paolo Bossi, Mustafa Anjari
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break and poster presentations
11:00 – 12:00
Multi-omics (Genomics and Epigenomics) and translational work (Transcan-3)
Chair: Terry Jones (University of Liverpool)
Speaker: David Capper (Charité Berlin) ‘Epigenomics’, Mike Hubank (Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust) ‘Genomics’
Panel: David Capper, Mike Hubank, Sebastian Brandner, Mario Hermsen
12:00 – 13:00
Keynote session: Long-read sequencing and multi-modal analysis
Chair: Gary Royle (University College London)
Keynote Speaker: Prabhu Arumugam (Genomics England; ‘The Cancer 2.0 vision’)
Panel: Mike Hubank, Prabhu Arumugam, Benjamin Hall
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (exhibition and networking area)
14:00 – 14:45
Translation of molecular techniques and innovation in local infrastructures for the benefit of patients – precision oncology
Chair: Geoff Bellingan (UCLH, Cancer Alliance)
Speaker: Sebastian Brandner (UCLH)
Panel: Ehab Y Hanna, Antoine Moya Plana, David Capper, Sebastian Brandner, Terry Jones, Liam Masterson, Glenn Hanna
14:45 – 15:30
Latest advances in radiation and proton-beam therapy of sinonasal cancers and brain tumors
Chair: Sandra Nuyts (University Hospitals Leuven)
Speakers: Jason Fleming (University of Liverpool) ‘PROTIS UK and Translational Research programme’; Juliette Thariat/Florent Carsuzaa ‘Anatomical mapping in sinonasal cancers for the planning of postoperative therapy’
Panel: Jason Fleming, Juliette Thariat/Florent Carsuzaa, Dawn Carnell
15:30 – 16:15
Clinical trials and precision medicine tools
Chair: Paolo Bossi (University of Brescia/Hunimed)
Speakers: Glenn Hanna (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) ‘Current clinical Trials in Sinonasal Malignancies and Future Directions’; Nyall London (Johns Hopkins/NIH) ‘Current NIH trials’, Neal Akhave ‘MD Anderson Trials’
Panel: Nyall London, Glenn Hanna, Neal Akhave, Sandra Nuyts
16:15 – 16:30
Award of poster and oral presentation prizes, closure and outlook for 2025
Co-Chairs: Benjamin Verillaud (2024/2025 President) & Matt Lechner (2023/2024 President)
Wednesday 22 May 2024
EUSICA/INSICA-Brain Dissection Course
(Main Hall and Gallery Suite; 24 places only)
08:15 – 08:50
Registration and coffee in the exhibition area
09:00 – 09:30
Main Hall
09:30 – 10:30
Main Hall
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break and poster presentations
11:00 – 11:15
Lecture: Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy
Speaker: Mario Turri-Zanoni
11:15 – 13:00
Dissection: Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy
International faculty: Garret Choby (University of Pittsburgh); Ehab Hanna (MD Anderson Cancer Center); Ciaran Hill (University College London); Warren Bennett (University of Bristol); Kumar Abhinav (University of Bristol); Jason Fleming (University of Liverpool); Nyall London (Johns Hopkins University); Antoine Moya Plana (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus); Matt Lechner (University College London); Jayakar Nayak (Stanford University); Nick Eynon-Lewis (Barts Health. London); Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University); Cameron Davies-Husband (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Liam Masterson (University of Cambridge); Phoebe Roche (University of Cambridge); Jens Peter Klussmann (University of Cologne); Pavol Surda (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust); Catherine Rennie (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Saleh Okhavat (University of Glasgow); Sacit Bulent Omay (Yale University); Terry Jones (University of Liverpool); Carl Philpott (UEA/UCL); Rishi Sharma (University of Cambridge); Mario Turri-Zanoni (University of Varese, Italy); Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité); Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen); Erich Vyskocil (Medical University of Vienna); Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (exhibition and networking area)
14:00 – 14:45
Main Hall
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:15
Lecture: Surgical innovation and novel technologies, incl. navigation
Speaker: Erich Vyskocil (MUV) and Matt Lechner (University College London)
15:15 – 16:30
Dissection: Dissection using surgical innovation technologies, incl. navigation, ICG, etc.
International faculty: Garret Choby (University of Pittsburgh); Ehab Hanna (MD Anderson Cancer Center); Ciaran Hill (University College London); Warren Bennett (University of Bristol); Kumar Abhinav (University of Bristol); Jason Fleming (University of Liverpool); Nyall London (Johns Hopkins University); Antoine Moya Plana (Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus); Matt Lechner (University College London); Jayakar Nayak (Stanford University); Nick Eynon-Lewis (Barts Health. London); Gary Gallia (Johns Hopkins University); Cameron Davies-Husband (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Liam Masterson (University of Cambridge); Phoebe Roche (University of Cambridge); Jens Peter Klussmann (University of Cologne); Pavol Surda (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust); Catherine Rennie (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust); Saleh Okhavat (University of Glasgow); Sacit Bulent Omay (Yale University); Terry Jones (University of Liverpool); Carl Philpott (UEA/UCL); Rishi Sharma (University of Cambridge); Mario Turri-Zanoni (University of Varese, Italy); Benjamin Verillaud (Université Paris Cité); Christian von Buchwald (University of Copenhagen); Erich Vyskocil (Medical University of Vienna); Robbie Woods (Beaumont Hospital, Ireland)
You will also gain free entry to access Oncology Professional Care, included in the cost of your ticket.