Preliminary Scientific Program

Diagnostics and staging

• Rational use of imaging methods in gynecological oncology
• Preoperative staging of pelvic masses
• Assessment of lymph nodes by US, PET and MRI
• Pelvic side wall anatomy and assessment
• Imaging guided procedures

Live ultrasound scanning

LIVE demonstration of ultrasound examination of patients with gynecological tumors.

Systemic treatment

• Systemic treatment of ovarian cancer

• What is BRCA, HRD, HRR, and how they are tested
• Biomarkers in ovarian cancer – which and when
• Current SoA chemotherapy
• Maintenance treatment in 1L and beyond

• Platinum resistant recurrent ovarian cancer (PROC)

• Current SoA treatment of PROC
• What is ADC and how it works
• Predictive biomarkers and their testing
• First ADC approved in ovarian cancer in Europe
• Challenging management of new types of toxicity

• Management of locally advanced and metastatic cervical cancer

• Chaos in classification (intermediate/ high risk, IB3, locally advanced disease)
• What is the current standard treatment in locally advanced cervical cancer (chemoradiotherapy vs induction chemotherapy vs immunotherapy)
• First line treatment of metastatic disease
• Tips how to manage toxicity and enhance treatment compliance

• Endometrial cancer

• Molecular classification in endometrial cancer for beginners
• Indications of adjuvant treatment in the molecular era
• Systemic treatment of metastatic and recurrent endometrial cancer

• Immunotherapy and endocrine treatment

• A guide to cancer immunotherapy
• Principles of cancer immunotherapy strategies
• Endocrine treatment in gynecological tumors
• The role of NGS and molecular tumor boards in current management

Surgical treatment

• Early stages

• Surgical treatment of non-epithelial and other rare ovarian tumors
• Surgical treatment of early-stage cervical cancer in the “after SHAPE” era
• Sentinel lymph nodes in gynecological cancers
• Management of patients with micrometastases and isolated tumor cells in SLN

• Fertility sparing treatment

• Fertility preservation in cervical cancer
• Fertility preservation in endometrial cancer
• Management of gynecological tumors in pregnancy

• Advanced stages

• Secondary cytoreduction in ovarian and endometrial cancer
• Pelvic exenterations, LEER and out-of-box procedures

Videosession

Demonstration of main radical surgical procedures step by step.

Perioperative and palliative care

• Implementation of ERAS and prehabilitation into the routine practice
• Early palliative care and best supportive care in gynecological oncology
• Communicating serious news effectively: Tips and tricks for a person-centered approach