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British Gynaecological Cancer Society

Autumn Scientific Meeting

26 & 27 November | 2009 |DublinCastle| Ireland

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THEMES AND PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING

 

 

Thursday 26th November 2009

9.00 - 10.00

 Registration and coffee

 

Session 1 – Reducing Morbidity: Advances in Radiotherapy and Imaging

10.00 - 10.30

Late consequences of pelvic radiotherapy – prevention, identification and management

Prof Jane Maher

10.30 - 11.00

Image guided radiotherapy – Can it increase effectiveness

Dr Alex Taylor

11.00 - 11.30

New Technologies in Imaging; can they improve outcomes?

Dr Mary Keogan

11:30 – 12:15

Proffered papers

 

11:35 – 11:45

1. Application of IR spectroscopy gives a diagnostic signature of endometrial cancer

S Taylor

 

11:45 – 12:00

2.The role of multi modality imaging in radiotherapy treatment for women with cervical cancer

R Shireen

12:00 – 12:15

3.The role of PET CT and primary tumour SUVmax in staging and predicting disease extent in cervical cancer – single institutional experience

L Walsh

12.15 - 13.30

Lunch / Posters / Exhibitions

 

Session 2 – Reducing Morbidity: Quality of Life Issues and Gynaecological Cancer

13.30 - 14.00

Quality of Life in Gynaecological Cancer focussing on Ovarian Cancer and Obstruction

Dr Tito Lopes

14.00 - 14.30

The Costs of having Cancer

Dr Linda Sharpe

14.30 - 15.00

The Psychosexual Impact on women with Gynaecological Cancer

(Prof Graziottin’s paper will be presented by Dr Niccolo Giovannini)

Prof Alessandra Graziottin

15.00 - 16.15

Proffered papers / MDT

 

15:00 – 15:15

1. Psychosocial impact of HPV related diseases inUK, the PasQual study

A Fiander

15:15 – 15:30

2. Cardiff Malignancy Index ; a role for doppler ultrasound in the triage of pelvic masses

A Treharne

15:30 – 15:45

 

3. Increasing incidence of invasive cervical cancer in young women after the change in policy of commencing smear to 25 years

A Patel

 

15:45 – 16:00

 

4. Surgical management and follow up of patients with cervical cancer : survey of gynaecological oncologists in the UK

M Nobbenhuis

16.00 - 17.00

Tea / Coffee /Posters / Exhibitions

17.00

A G M

 

Friday 27th November 2009

 

 Session 3 – Reducing the Burden of Ovarian Cancer; What’s the future for Prevention?

09.00 - 09.30

Screening for Ovarian Cancer; where are we at?

Prof Ian Jacobs

09.30 - 10.00

Lifestyle, molecular pathology and ovarian cancer risk

Prof Karin Jirstrom

10.00 - 11.00

Proffered Papers

 

10:00 – 10:15

1. miR-187 is a Marker of platinum resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer

D Brennan

10:00 – 10:15

2. The role of androgen receptor as a clinical biomarker in epithelial ovarian cancer

A Elattar

10:15 – 10:30

3. Uptake and outcomes of risk reducing surgery for ovarian cancer in high risk women with gene mutations and those with unknown mutation status

R Manchanda

10:30 – 10:45

4. UK familial ovarian cancer screening study phase 1 – results of annual screening

A Rosenthal

11.00 - 11.30

Tea / Coffee /Posters / Exhibitions

11.30 - 13.30

Proffered papers

 

11:30 – 11:45

1. Polymer coating reduces innate immune responses to oncolytic adenovirus

J Morrison

11:45 – 12:00

2. Differential expression of PPARs and RXRs in endometrial carcinoma and effects of PPAR –a and –y gene silencing on cellular growth

M Nickkho-Amiry

12:00 – 12:15

3. Targeted chemotherapy in ovarian cancer: exploring the role of homologous recombination

A Mukhopadhyay

12:15 – 12:30

4. Surgical radicality of the total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared to the open radical hysterectomy

E Moss

 

12:30 – 12:45

 

5. An audit cycle is an effective tool in improving pain scores in patients undergoing major gynaecological oncology surgery

L Findlay

12:45 – 13:00

6. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy for low grade endometrial cancer and atypia

M Roberts

13:00 – 13:15

7. One stage combined gynaecoplastic risk reducing surgery; a service review

M McComiskey

13:15 – 13:30

8. Ultra radical procedures and morbidity in Gynaecological Oncology surgery

A Patel

13.30 - 14.30

Lunch / Posters / Exhibitions

Session 4 – Reducing the Burden: Advances in Surgery

 

14.30 - 15.00

Laparoscopic Exenteration – An Achievable Reality?

(Dr Ferron’s paper will be presented by Dr Alejandra Martinez)

Dr Gwen Ferron

15.00 - 15.45

Robotic Surgery and Gynaecological Cancer – Is there a Role?

Dr John Boggess

Session 5 – Clinical Trials

 

15.45 - 16.15

Clinical Trial Updates

Prof Sean Kehoe

16.15 - 17.00

Tea / Coffee /Posters / Exhibitions

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