BJMO - volume 17, issue 4, june 2023
W. Lybaert MD, T. Vandamme MD, PhD, L. Mariën MSc, O. Islam MD, S. Chhajlani MD, I. Van der Massen MSc, N. Ahmadi Bidakhvidi MD, C.M. Deroose MD, PhD
The 2023 edition of the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS) congress was held in Vienna between 22nd and 24th March. This article aims to provide an overview of the most remarkable findings and insights presented during this congress.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2023;17(4):139–49)
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W. Lybaert MD, A. Demols MD, PhD
This year’s conference was organised in San Francisco from 19 until 21 January 2023, again as a hybrid event. It was an excellent meeting, not with the immune checkpoint inhibitors in gastroesophageal cancer in first position this time, like last year, but with two new promising targeted therapies in that tumour type: zolbetuximab and regorafenib. Immunotherapy is also pushing more in the neoadjuvant setting of MSI-high local/locally advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction tumours. NALIRIFOX is a new chemotherapy scheme that beats gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer, while the addition of nab-paclitaxel to cisplatin + gemcitabine in first-line advanced biliary tract cancer brings no advantage. Finally, yet importantly, trifluridine/tipiracil + bevacizumab outperforms trifluridine/tipiracil alone in later-line metastatic colorectal cancer. The combination of botensilimab + balstilimab is also very promising in this more refractory disease setting.
In this report, the most important headlines will be discussed, with comments on the clinical relevance of the different studies.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2023;17(3):91–9)
Read moreBJMO - volume 16, issue 6, october 2022
H. Van Poppel MD, PhD, G. Salomon MD
The 13th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers (EMUC21) and the 9th Meeting of the EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI21), two events where interdisciplinary expertise and innovation culminated, took place in Athens, Greece from 25 to 28 November 2021. This article provides a collective report of the events’ vital updates and hot topics covered.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2022;16(6):307–9)
Read moreBJMO - volume 16, issue 6, october 2022
W. Lybaert MD, T. Vandamme MD, PhD, L. Mariën MSc, O. Islam MD, I. Van der Massen MSc, I. Karfis MD, PhD, H. Eggers , M. Peeters MD, PhD
The first World NET Forum brought together leading scientists in the neuroendocrine tumour (NET) field to present their cutting-edge research to inspire other scientists and clinicians. This meeting focused mainly on models in NET research, NET tumour biology, as well as therapeutic and diagnostic advances. This article discusses some of the most relevant and promising studies.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2022;16(6):310–22)
Read moreBJMO - volume 16, issue 4, june 2022
M. Rouprêt MD, PhD
The 19th Meeting of the EAU Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU22) delivered imperative updates on genitourinary (GU) cancers and expert insights to participants in Madrid, Spain and online from 21 to 23 January 2022. This report provides some of the conclusions and highlights of the recently-concluded hybrid meeting.
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Read moreBJMO - volume 16, issue 4, june 2022
W. Lybaert MD, R. de Bree MD, PhD, J. Meulemans MD, PhD, J-F. Daisne MD, PhD, F. Duprez MD, PhD, D. Nevens MD, PhD, R. Van Hoeyweghen MD, PhD, K. Boeykens RN , J. De Ceulaer MD, W. Huvenne MD, PhD, O. Lenssen MD
The annual winter meeting of the ‘Vlaamse Werkgroep Hoofd-Hals Tumoren’ on 11 December 2021 handled the different possible de-escalation strategies in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region (SCCHN) in anno 2022. Which surgical techniques can be used nowadays to diminish long-term morbidities in SCCHN? To which extent can we lower radiotherapy doses and regions in the treatment planning of SCCHN? Are the systemic treatment options of SCCHN always radical for each patient or more personalised? Is a comprehensive geriatric assessment feasible and already used in our head and neck oncology practice? Last but not least, how can we optimally sustain our patients with nutrition before, during and after treatment of head and neck cancer?
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2022;16(4):198–208)
Read moreBJMO - volume 16, issue 3, may 2022
W. Lybaert MD, A. Demols MD, PhD
One year after the virtual ASCO GI 2021 meeting, this year’s conference was organised in San Francisco from 20 till 22 January 2022, as a hybrid event in the background of a rising Omicron gulf in Europe and the United States. It was an excellent meeting with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in oesophageal and gastric cancer brought in a more critical perspective. Immunotherapy is also pushing forward in the first-line treatment of biliary tract cancer, and combination immunotherapy in the first phase 3 first-line study in hepatocellular carcinoma. Immunotherapy as a neoadjuvant approach in MSI-high local gastric/GEJ tumours and locally advanced rectal cancer seems to start up as a possible new paradigm in the near future. A lot of running studies are looking for the exact place of circulating tumour DNA as a tool in the management of colorectal cancer. Trastuzumab-deruxtecan is flying over from breast cancer in the field of digestive oncology as a very active new kid on the block. In this report, the most important headlines will be discussed, with comments on the clinical relevance of the different studies.
(BELG J MED ONCOL 2022;16(3):142–53)
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