Masterclass in Clinical Oncology - Summer edition
09 May 2025 - 24 Jun 2025
Masterclass in Clinical Oncology - Block 1 (PRE-RECORDED LECTURES)
ATTENDANCE TO THE MASTERCLASS IS BY APPLICATION ONLY. Only selected participants have access to the online materials.
INTRODUCTION
This programme has been designed for medical and clinical oncologists, who wish to improve their skills. The programme will expose participants to a full spectrum of issues in clinical and medical oncology from basic science to advanced knowledge of systemic therapy as well as in the multidisciplinary treatment approach.
The programme focuses on frequent cancers such as breast, lung, gastro-intestinal and gynaecological cancers. Furthermore, practical training will be offered in the frame of clinical case presentations, prepared and presented by the participants and faculty for an interactive discussion.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is BLOCK 1 of 2025 Masterclasses
Pre-recorded sessions will be made available via this website. You will be able to see all the sessions in your own time.
The pre-recorded sessions must be viewed before block 2.
When you finish watching a set of sessions on a specific tumour, please think of 3 questions related to the sessions. Some of your questions will be selected and answered during the in person event (block 2) in the Q&A sessions.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the event organisers:
Breast cancer
BC
Chemotherapy
CMT
Colon/Rectal/Colorectal cancer
COL
Gastro-intestinal tumours
GI
General interest
GIN
General oncology
GON
Gynaecological cancers
GYN
Head and neck cancers
H&N
Lung cancer
LC
Medical / clinical oncology
MED
Ovarian cancer
OV
Pathology
PAT
Prostate cancer
PC
Quality of life
QL
Radiation oncology
RO
Radiotherapy
RT
Surgery
SUR
CLINICAL SESSION - BREAST CANCER
Molecular diagnostic pathology
Expert:
Elena Guerini Rocca
Current controversies and challenges in breast cancer surgery
Presenter:
Riccardo A. Audisio, IT
Expert:
Marzia Salgarello, IT
Current controversies and challenges in radiotherapy
Expert:
Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, IT
Systemic treatment of luminal early breast cancer - endocrine based therapy
Expert:
Fatima Cardoso, PT
Systemic treatment of luminal advanced breast cancer - endocrine based therapy
Expert:
Fatima Cardoso, PT
Systemic treatment of luminal advanced breast cancer – chemotherapy-based therapy
Expert:
Fatima Cardoso, PT
Systemic treatment of early and advanced triple negative disease
Expert:
Giuseppe Curigliano, IT
Systemic treatment of HER2+ early and advanced disease
Expert:
Alexandru Eniu, CH
Expert:
Antonio Di Meglio, FR
CLINICAL SESSION- LUNG CANCER
Molecular diagnostic pathology of NSCLC
Expert:
Umberto Malapelle, IT
Systemic therapy for NSCLC without oncogenic driver mutations
Expert:
Christian Rolfo, US
Systemic therapy for NSCLC with oncogenic driver mutations
Expert:
Christian Rolfo, US
Treatment in second and further lines for Stage IV NSCLC without oncogenic driver alterations
Surgery for early and locally advanced NSCLC
Expert:
Luca Bertolaccini, IT
Multimodality treatment of stage III NSCLC
Expert:
Jarushka Naidoo, US
Expert:
Antonio Calles, ES
Treatment of pleural mesothelioma
Expert:
Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, CH
CLINICAL SESSION - GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER
Treatment of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Expert:
Tania Fleitas Kanonnikoff
Systemic treatment of advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma
Presenter:
Alexander Siebenhüner, CH
Therapeutic sequences in systemic treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma
Systemic treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer
Expert:
Thomas Seufferlein, DE
Systemic treatment in biliary cancer: immune-oncology and precision medicine
Expert:
Angela Lamarca, ES
Treatment of localized colon cancer
Expert:
Demetris Papamichael, CY
Surgical management of rectal cancer: TME, local excision or watch and wait?
Expert:
Andre D'Hoore, BE
Evidence-based use of biomarkers in colorectal cancer
Expert:
Andrea Sartore-bianchi
Optimizing 1st line treatment strategies for metastatic colorectal cancer
Expert:
Eric Van Cutsem, BE
Optimizing treatment strategies for advanced pretreated colorectal cancer: 2nd line and beyond
Hereditary colorectal cancer
Expert:
Marco Vitellaro, IT
CLINICAL SESSION - GYNEACOLOGICAL CANCERS
Systemic management of ovarian cancer and inhibitors of Parp
Expert:
Nicoletta Colombo, IT
Management of early and advanced/metastatic cervical cancer
Expert:
Cristiana Sessa, CH
Treatment of endometrial cancer: the breakthrough era of immunotherapy
Expert:
Juan Francisco Grau Bejar, ES
The value of the multidisciplinary approach: Rare ovarian cancer
Expert:
Isabelle Ray-Coquard, FR
HPV vaccination - prevention and screening
Expert:
Eleonora Petra Preti, IT
CLINICAL SESSION - GENITOURINARY CANCERS
Local therapy for prostate cancer - surgery
Expert:
Andrea Gallina, CH
Local therapy for prostate cancer (radiotherapy and other alternatives)
Expert:
Fady B. Geara, LB
Treatment of metastatic castration sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC)
Expert:
Giulia Baciarello, IT
Treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)
Adjuvant and advanced systemic therapy for renal cancer
Expert:
Manuela Schmidinger, AT
Systemic treatment of bladder cancer
Expert:
Patrizia Giannatempo
CLINICAL SESSION - HEAD AND NECK CANCERS
Expert:
Andreas Dietz, DE
Expert:
Felipe A. Calvo Manuel, ES
When to provide systemic treatment or radio-chemotherapy
Expert:
Amanda Psyrri, GR
CLINICAL SESSION - SARCOMAS AND RARE TUMOURS
Expert:
Bruno Vincenzi, IT
Overview on rare tumours in Europe
Expert:
Paolo Giovanni Casali, IT
Expert:
Alessandro Gronchi, IT
NOVEL APPROACHES IN ONCOLOGY
Current status of epidemiology
Expert:
Annalisa Trama, IT
Expert:
Joachim Schuz, FR
Expert:
Olivier Michielin, CH
Novelties in radiotherapy
Expert:
Philip Poortmans, BE
How to teach surgical oncology
Expert:
Riccardo A. Audisio, IT
Car T cells in solid tumours
Expert:
Francesca Del Bufalo, IT
Expert:
Carmen Criscitiello, IT
Expert:
Andrea Ferrari, IT
Global fight against cancer
Expert:
Franco Cavalli, CH
Common sense in value-driven cancer care
Riccardo A. Audisio
Breast Surgeon,
European School of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Giulia Baciarello
National Cancer Institute - IRCCS Foundation,
Milan,
Italy
Luca Bertolaccini
Thoracic Surgeon,
IEO - European Institute of Oncology IRCCS,
Milan,
Italy
Joerg Beyer
University Hospital of Bern,
Bern,
Switzerland
Antonio Calles
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon,
Madrid,
Spain
Felipe A. Calvo Manuel
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón,
Madrid,
Spain
Fatima Cardoso
Medical Oncologist,
ABC Global Alliance,
Lisbon,
Portugal
Paolo Giovanni Casali
National Cancer Institute - IRCCS Foundation,
Milan,
Italy
Franco Cavalli
Foundation for the Institute for Oncology Research (IOR),
Bellinzona,
Switzerland
Nicoletta Colombo
European Institute of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Carmen Criscitiello
Oncologo Medico,
European Institute of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Giuseppe Curigliano
Medical Oncologist,
European Institute of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro
Freiburger Spital, HFR Kantonsspital Freiburg,
Freiburg,
Switzerland
Andre D'Hoore
UZ Gasthuisberg,
Leuven,
Belgium
Francesca Del Bufalo
IRCCS Peadiatric Hospital Bambino Gesù,
Rome,
Italy
Antonio Di Meglio
Gustave Roussy Institute,
Villejuif,
France
Andreas Dietz
University Hospital Leipzig,
Leipzig,
Germany
Alexandru Eniu
Genolier Cancer Center, Clinique de Genolier,
Genolier,
Switzerland
Andrea Ferrari
National Cancer Institute - IRCCS Foundation,
Milan,
Italy
Tania Fleitas Kanonnikoff
Andrea Gallina
EOC - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale,
Bellinzona,
Switzerland
Fady B. Geara
American University of Beirut Medical Center,
Riad El Solh, Beirut,
Lebanon
Juan Francisco Grau Bejar
Vall d´Hebron University Hospital,
Barcelona,
Spain
Alessandro Gronchi
National Cancer Institute - IRCCS Foundation,
Milan,
Italy
Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa
Professor of Radiation Oncology,
European Institute of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Angela Lamarca
Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital,
Madrid,
Spain
Umberto Malapelle
Pathologist,
University of Naples Federico II,
Naples,
Italy
Olivier Michielin
Geneve University Hospital - HCUGE,
Geneve,
Switzerland
Jarushka Naidoo
Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre,
Baltimore, ML,
USA
Demetris Papamichael
Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre,
Nicosia,
Cyprus
Philip Poortmans
GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus and Antwerp University,
Antwerp,
Belgium
Eleonora Petra Preti
IEO - European Institute of Oncology,
Milan,
Italy
Amanda Psyrri
Attikon University Hospital,
Chaidari,
Greece
Sara Ramella
Radiation oncologist,
Campus Bio-Medico University,
Rome,
Italy
Isabelle Ray-Coquard
Léon Bérard Center,
Lyon,
France
Christian Rolfo
University of Maryland,
Baltimore,
USA
Marzia Salgarello
Policlinico Gemelli,
Rome,
Italy
Manuela Schmidinger
Department of Urology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna,
Austria
Joachim Schuz
AIRC - International Agency for Research on Cancer,
Lyon,
France
Cristiana Sessa
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland,
Bellinzona,
Switzerland
Thomas Seufferlein
Ulm University Hospital,
Ulm,
Germany
Ian Tannock
Princess Margaret Hospital,
Toronto,
Canada
Annalisa Trama
National Cancer Institute - IRCCS Foundation,
Milan,
Italy
Eric Van Cutsem
University of Leuven,
Leuven,
Belgium
Bruno Vincenzi
University Campus Bio-Medico,
Rome,
Italy
Marco Vitellaro
INT - National Cancer Institute,
Milan,
Italy
Ursula Vogl
Cantonal Hospital of Southern Switzerland (EOC),
Bellinzona,
Switzerland