Date & time: 5 November 2020, 13.00-16.00
Registration: registration is closed
The Nordic Anal Cancer Network invites international collaborators for a research webinar November 5, 2020.
Programme:
13:00-13:10 Welcome
Karen-Lise Spindler, Aarhus, Denmark
13:10-13:35 Session 1: Advances in chemoradiotherapy
Chairs: Pierfrancesco Franco, Turin, Italy and David Sebag-Montefiore, Leeds, UK
- Pierfrancesco Franco, Turin, Italy: What are the standard(s) of care in 2020 for curative treatment of anal cancer
- David Sebag-Montefiore, Leeds, UK: How can we optimise treatment
- Discussion
13:35-14:00 Session 2: Optimizing systemic therapy in metastatic anal cancer
Chairs: Sheela Rao, Sutton, UK and Dirk Arnold, Hamburg, Germany
- Sheela Rao, Sutton, UK: Key trials for metastatic disease
- Dirk Arnold, Hamburg, Germany: Creating a global registry for metastatic anal cancer
- Duncan Gilbert, Brighton, UK: Immunotherapy linking the lab and the clinic
- Discussion
14:00-14:20 Session 3: Multimodal approaches for advanced disease
Chairs: Marianne Guren, Oslo, Norway and Eva Segelov, Melbourne, Australia
- Marianne Guren, Oslo, Norway: Anal Cancer Case 1
- Eva Segelov, Melbourne, Australia: Anal Cancer Case 2
- Discussion
14:20-14-30 Short break
14:30-14:55 Session 4: Prognostic and predictive biomarkers and how can we use them
Chairs: Karen-Lise Spindler, Aarhus, DK and Eric Deutsch, Paris, France
- Karen-Lise Spindler, Aarhus, DK: Circulating tumor DNA in anal cancer
- Jens Overgaard, Aarhus, DK: Radiobiology in SCC – lessons from other SCC’s to be explored in anal cancer
- Discussion
14:55-15:35 Session 5: Survivorship and follow-up in anal cancer patients
Chairs: Anders Johnsson, Lund, Sweden and Peter Christensen, Aarhus, DK
- Anders Johnsson, Lund, Sweden: Follow-up after primary chemoradiation
- Søren Rafaelsen, Vejle, DK: Imaging during follow-up (and for initial staging)
- Vasilis Vasiliou, Nicosia, Cyprus: Monitoring late morbidity
- Peter Christensen, Aarhus, DK: Handling late morbidity
- Discussion
15:35-16:00 Session 6: Pitch your research idea
Chairs: IMACC faculty
Selected visual abstracts for study proposals
16:00 Summary and information on IMACC2021
Karen-Lise Spindler, Aarhus, Denmark
International Multidisciplinary Anal Cancer Conference in 2021
The First International Multidisciplinary Anal Cancer Conference will be in Aarhus, Denmark in 2021. The aim of the conference is to bring together clinicians, researchers and multidisciplinary groups involved in anal cancer treatment for research and development. More information to follow.