Friday 22^nd October 2010

13:30      Welcome and introduction (Cristiana Sessa, Bellinzona/Monica Castiglione, Genève/Stefan Aebi, Bern)

13:35      The SAMO: Vision and mission (Rolf Stahel, Zürich)

GENERAL ISSUES AND OVARIAN CANCER

13:45      Pathology of gynaecological cancers: What do we need to know? (Luca Mazzucchelli, Locarno)

14:30      Gynecological cancer: Pre-operative imaging: What do we need and why? (Patrick Pétignat, Genève)

15:15      Coffee break

15:45      Sexuality after gynecological cancers: Still possible? Still wished? (Stefanie Ghavami-Dicker, Lausanne)

16:15      Gynecologic cancers: Is communication special? (Judith Alder, Basel)

16:45      Ovarian cancer: Primary surgical treatment (to include fertility-conserving options and ‘borderline tumors’) (Matthias Fehr, Frauenfeld)

17:15      Gynaecological cancers: The patient’s view and experience (Asita Hamidi, Bern)

17:45      Case reports and discussion

18:15      Adjourn

Saturday 23^rd October 2010

OVARIAN CANCER

08:30      Non-epithelial ovarian cancers: Diagnosis and treatments (Cristiana Sessa, Bellinzona)

09:00      Ovarian cancer: State of the art in primary chemotherapy (Stefan Aebi, Bern)

09:30      Discussion and questions

10:00      Coffee break

10:30       Ovarian cancer: Treatments at recurrence (Cristiana Sessa, Bellinzona)

CERVICAL CANCER

11:00      Vaccination, PAP-smear or both: When and where? (Anne-T. Vlastos, Genève)

11:30      Cervical cancer: Surgery including fertility sparing (Sean Kehoe, Oxford)

12:00      Discussion and Case report (presented by participants)

12:30      Lunch

ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

13:30      Endometrial cancer: Surgery today (Michael Müller, Bern)

14:00      “Evidence based medicine” in the approach to gynaecological cancer (Monica Castiglione, Genève/Stefan Aebi, Bern)

14:15      Case report

14:30      Conclusions and closure (Monica Castiglione, Genève/Stefan Aebi, Bern/Rolf Stahel, Zürich)