| Friday,
12 September 2008 |
8:00-9:00
Meet The Experts Sessions
Primary brain lymphomas
| Chair: |
U. Schlegel (Bonn, Germany) |
| Speakers: |
U. Schlegel (Bonn, Germany)
K. Hoang Xuan (Paris, France) |
Gene therapy for brain tumors
| Chair: |
J. Fueyo (Houston, TX, USA) |
| Speakers: |
J. Fueyo (Houston, TX, USA)
R. Alemany (Hospitalet, Spain) |
Supportive care in brain tumors
| Chair: |
B. Muller (Kreischa, Germany) |
| Speakers: |
B. Muller (Kreischa, Germany)
S. McNamara (Edinburgh, UK) |
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9:10-11:15
»Oral
Presentations
Topics
(3 parallel, 8 minutes lecture, 2 discussion) |
| 11:15-11:45
Coffee Break |
11:45-12:00
Official Opening of the Congress
12:00-13:30 Plenary Session:
Targeted therapy in gliomas
Chair: R. Stupp (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Biological rational of targeting
signaling pathways and angiogenesis with radiotherapy,
M. Pruschy (Zurich, Switzerland)
Promises and pitfalls of local
therapy in glioma,
Z. Ram (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Strategies of integration of molecular
targets and antiangiogenic treatments in clinical trials of
glioma, R. Stupp (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| 13:30-14:30
Lunch Break |
14:00-18:00
Nurses Session
(see extra programme) |
| 14:30-15:30
Poster Viewing |
15:30-16:30
»Presentation
selected posters
(3 parallel rooms) |
16:30-17:00
Coffee Break
(Nurses: 15:45-16:15) |
17:00-18:00
Keynote Lecture
Chair: F. Graus (Barcelona,
Spain)
Genes that mediate brain metastases,
J. Massagué, (New
York, NY, USA) |
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18:00-19:30
Satellite Symposium:
Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals |
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| Saturday,
13 September 2008 |
8:00-9:00
Meet The Experts Sessions
Pitfalls in the diagnosis of brain tumors
| Chair: |
A. Omuro (Paris, France) |
| Speakers: |
A. Omuro (Paris, France)
D. Zagzag (New York, USA) |
Controversies in the treatment
of single brain metastasis
| Chair: |
S. Villà (Barcelona, Spain) |
| Speakers: |
D. C. Weber (Geneva, Switzerland)
J. Wolbers (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) |
Glioma stem cells and therapeutic
resistance
| Chair: |
A. Tortosa (Barcelona, Spain) |
| Speakers: |
R. Galli (Milano, Italy)
J. Seoane (Barcelona, Spain) |
|
9:10-11:15
»Oral
Presentations
Topics
(3 parallel, 8 minutes lecture, 2 discussion) |
| 11:15-11:45
Coffee Break |
11:45-13:15
Plenary Session:
Molecular pathways in brain tumors
Chair: H. Ohgaki (Lyon,
France)
Molecular genetics of astrocytic
tumours,
H. Ohgaki (Lyon, France)
Molecular genetics of oligodendrogliomas
and mixed gliomas, G. Reifenberger (Dusseldorf, Germany)
Molecular genetics of medulloblastomas
and PNETs, D. Ellison (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) |
| 13:15-14:00
Lunch |
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| 14:00-15:00
Poster Viewing |
15:00-16:00
»Presentation
selected posters
(3 parallel rooms) |
| 16:00-16:30
Coffee Break |
16:30-17:30
Keynote Lecture
Chair: A. von Deimling
(Heidelberg, Germany)
Clinical relevance of glioma typing
and grading according to the WHO, J. M. Kros, (Rotterdam,
The Netherlands) |
| 17:30-18:00
EANO General Assembly |
18:10-19:10
Satellite Symposium:
Ark Therapeutics |
| 20:30
EANO VIII EVENING |
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| Sunday,
14 September 2008 |
9:00-11:00 Plenary Session
Neurological complications of cancer
Chair: J. Dalmau (Philadelphia,PA,
USA)
The paraneoplastic encephalitides:
immunological diversity and treatment approach, J. Dalmau,
(Phildadelphia, USA)
The long term neurological consequences
of paediatric brain tumours, C. Kennedy (Southampton,
UK)
Neurological complications of
new cancer therapies, J. Rees (London, UK) |
| 11:00-11:30
Coffee break |
11:30-12:00
Special Lecture:
Chair: TBA
Ongoing clinical trials in brain tumors,
M. van den Bent (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) |
12:00-13:00
Keynote lecture
Chair: R. Grant (Edinburg, UK)
How not to misinterpret data from
clinical trials
C. Counsell, (Aberdeen, UK) |
| 13:00
Communication Awards & Closing Remarks |
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