Friday 15^th January 2010

14:30      Welcome and introduction

Diagnostics and treatment of oesophageal cancer                                                

14:45      Diagnostics: What is new in endoscopic imaging, endosonography and endo-interventions ? Indication, ressources and techniques (Peter Bauerfeind, Zürich)

15:30      Overview on treatment, targeted therapies and current controversies - role of EGFR-blockade in combined modality treatment (Thomas Ruhstaller, St. Gallen)

16:00      Coffee break

16:15       Better therapeutic index with image guided high precision radiotherapy combined with targeted agents? (Frank Zimmermann, Basel)

16:30      Value of surgery after chemoradiation - resect it or leave it? Does histology, stage and localisation influence the surgical approach? (Alain Sauvanet, Paris)      

17:00      Case discussions (Panel, N.N.)

18:00      Adjourn

Saturday 16^th January 2010

09:00      The gist of gastrointestinal stromal tumors 2010 (Michael Montemurro, Lausanne)

Multimodal treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

09:30      Molecular steps in CRC development - ready for targeted therapy? (Alessandro Lugli, Basel)

10:15      Coffee break

Antibodies and kinase inhibitors turn obsolete any local treatment of liver metastases - Pro and Cons

10:30      Yttrium-Beads embedded in a multimodal concept of surgery, targeted therapies and chemo (Harpreet Wasan, London)

11:15      Interventional treatment with radiofrequency or cryotherapy (Alban Denys, Lausanne)

12:00      Lunch

13:30      Lesion downsizing by antibodies and chemotherapy followed by metastasectomies "à la carte" (Gilles Mentha, Genève)

14:00      Indication and techniques of pulmonary metastasectomies: Same principles as in liver mets or not yet? (Walter Weder, Zürich)                                                  

14:30      Case discussions (Panel, N.N.)