Symposium: ‘Head and Neck Cancer – New Approaches’ 3/10
We are pleased to invite you to the MUMC+ | GROW | OncoZON symposium ‘Head and Neck Cancer – New Approaches’.
📅 Friday 3 October
🕐 Start 08:30h
📍 MECC Maastricht/Bar Bistro SAAM, Maastricht
Join us for an inspiring day filled with the latest insights from a range of specialties, all dedicated to improving outcomes in head and neck oncology. There will be plenty of opportunity to share experiences, ask questions, and engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues across the field.
Program
08:30 – 09:00h: Welcome and Registration
09:00 – 09:15h: Opening Remarks – Lauretta Vaassen, MSc | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgeon | Vice Director Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery | MUMC+
09:15 – 10:00h: Principles of tumor biology in head and neck cancer – Prof Dr Ernst-Jan Speel | Professor Molecular Oncopathology | Erasmus Medical Center
10:00 – 10:45h: Hypoxia and extracellular vesicle excretion in head and neck cancer, possible targets for diagnostics and therapeutics? – Prof Dr Kasper Rouschop | Professor Translational Biology of Vesicular Signaling | Group leader of the department of radiotherapy | Maastro
10:45 – 11:15h: Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45h: GenAI in Healthcare – where are we and where can we go? – Dr Henry Woodruff | Associate Professor | Head of The D-Lab | Maastricht University
11:45 – 12:30h: Molecular diagnostics for head and neck tumors – new developments – Dr Imke Demers | Clinical Molecular Biologist in Pathology in training | MUMC+
12:30 – 13:30h: Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30h: Developments in Systemic Therapy: Current and Future Targets – Dr Lars Steggink | Medical oncologist | MUMC
14:30 – 15:15h: New opportunities in reconstruction cases – topology optimization – David Koper, MSc | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Head of Outpatient Clinic | MUMC+
15:15 – 16:00h: Diagnosis and Treatment of the Unknown Primary Tumour and the role of TransOral Robotic Surgery – Dr Stijn van Weert | Head and Neck surgeon | Otolaryngologist | Vice Chair Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery | MUMC+
16:00 – 16:30h: Wrap up – overview – discussion – Lauretta Vaassen, MSc | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgeon | Vice Director Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery | MUMC+
16:30 – 17:30h: Closing & drinks – At Bar Bistro SAAM
Location: MECC Maastricht / Bar Bistro SAAM Maastricht, Forum 100, 6229 GV Maastricht
Cost: Participation is free of charge.
Accreditation: Accreditation for NVMKA, KRT, and ABAN has been requested.
By car: As you approach Maastricht, you will see ‘MECC’ indicated on motorway signs; these will guide you to the MECC Maastricht car parks. Coming from Amsterdam/Eindhoven, take exit 55 (Randwyck-MECC) and from Paris-Liège take exit 56 (Gronsveld-MECC).
By bus: A bus leaves every five minutes from Maastricht city centre or Maastricht Central Station headed to MECC Maastricht (Forum MECC bus stop).
By train: The Maastricht-Randwyck train station is 250 metres from MECC Maastricht, and is connected to an international rail network.
Register before September 26th: CLICK HERE or scan this QR Code:
Current confirmed sponsors: MSD and Atos Medical.
For questions and/or cancellations, please email: danielle.holthuijsen@mumc.nl or laura.amico@mumc.nl
We hope to see you on October 3th!
With kind regards,
Lauretta Vaassen, MSc