Swiss Sarcoma Symposium 2022

Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Swiss Sarcoma Symposium organized in Bern, Switzerland by the Sarcoma Center, and the University Cancer Center Inselspital (UCI).

Topics

Hyperthermia in Sarcoma
Chair: Emanuel Stutz, MD

Role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in STS
Chair: PD Christian Rothermundt, MD; PD Attila Kollàr, MD

Ewing-like sarcomas
Chair: PD Heather Dawson, MD; Prof. Frank Klenke, MD

Gynecological sarcomas
Chair: Prof. Michael Mueller; PD Attila Kollàr, MD

Venue

Zahnmedizinische Kliniken der Universität Bern (zmk bern)
André Schroeder Auditorium
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH-3010 Bern

Program

09.00–10.30

Hyperthermia in Sarcoma

Chair: Emanuel Stutz, MD

 

a. Basics (20 min)

Emanuel Stutz, MD, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern

 

b. combination with radiotherapy (20 min)

PD Franziska Eckert, MD, University Hospital Tübingen

 

c. combination with systemic therapy (20 min)

Prof. Lars Lindner, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Hospital, Munich

 

d. case reports (30 min)

 

10.30–10.45

coffee break

 

10.45–12.15

Role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in STS

Chair: PD Christian Rothermundt, MD, PD Attila Kollàr, MD

 

a. Pro (15 min)

Diego Callegaro, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan

 

b. Contra (15 min)

Prof. Robin Jones, Medical Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

 

c. Impact on surgery (30 min)

Thierry Fleury, MD, University Children's Hospital, Basel

 

d. Case reports (30 min)

 

12.15–13.15

lunch

 

13.15–14.45

Ewing-like sarcomas

Chair: PD Heather Dawson, MD; Prof. Frank Klenke, MD

 

a. Pathology (30 min)

Prof. Daniel Baumhoer, University Hospital, Basel

 

b. Treatment (30 min)

Emanuela Palmerini, MD, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna

 

c. Case report (30 min)

 

14.45–15.00

coffee break

 

15.00–16.30

Gynaecological sarcomas

Chair: Prof. Michael Mueller, PD Attila Kollàr, MD

 

a. Pathology (20 min)

Prof. Beata Bode, Pathologie Institut Enge, Zurich

 

b. Role of surgery (20 min)

Prof. Michael Mueller, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern

 

c. Role of radiotherapy (20 min)

PD Kristina Lössl, MD, Inselspital University Hospital Bern

 

d. Role of systemic therapy (20 min)

Prof. Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard Lyon

 

e. Case reports (10 min)

 

Organizational committee

  • Prof. Frank Klenke, MD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • PD Attila Kollàr, MD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology
  • Codruta Ionescu, MD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • PD Heather Dawson, MD, University of Bern, Institute of Pathology

Credits

Credits from the societies listed below are available:

  • SGMO: Swiss Society of Medical Oncology (6 credits)
  • SGPRAEC: Swiss Society of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery (8)
  • SGC/SSC: Swiss Society of Surgery (5)
  • SGACT: Swiss Orthopedics (4)
  • SRO: Swiss Society for Radiation Oncology (6)
  • SGGG: Swiss Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (6)

Sponsors

The Swiss Sarcoma Symposium is supported by SAKK.