December 6, 2024
from 09:00 till 17:30
Brain metastases
Sheraton Hotel
Brussels airport
1930 Brussels
Our yearly symposium will take place physically again, scheduled at Friday 6 December 2024, save the date! You can find the program of this meeting dedicated to the multidisciplinary care of brain metastases on the right.
We would be very pleased to have you and meet in person!
BANO prize
BANO would like to continue to support young Belgian researchers in the field of neuro-oncology. Therefore, a Young Investigator’s prize will again be awarded during Annual Symposium 2023. Any neuro-oncology researcher (pre-clinical, translational, or clinical) who works in a Belgian center, is younger than 38 and a member of BANO can apply. Ongoing or recently completed projects can qualify. The application consists of a 1-page CV and project description of max. 3 pages.
Case of the year
In addition, a grant is provided for the best presentation of “Case of the year”. Applicants (residents) are invited to submit a challenging case about brain metastases, which will be discussed with the invited speakers. Three cases will be pre-selected. These cases will be presented at the conference, based on which the best case presentation will be selected by the invited speakers as “Challenging case of the year” and will win a prize.
The application consists of an abstract of 250 words describing the case (intro – case – conclusion), with one author. The case should either focus on diagnostic issues, management issue / policy making, or ethical issues.
Please send your applications for the BANO prize and Case of the year to johnny.duerinck@uzbrussel.be by November 10.
2024 Annual meeting program: Updates on brain metastases
Morning session
09:00-09:30 Entrance and welcome
09:30-10:00 Dr. Sven Dekeyzer – The many faces of cerebral metastases on imaging
10:10-10:40 Dr. Einar Vik-Mo – Surgery for brain metastases – when and how?
10:50-11:20 Dr. Joost Verhoeff – The Anatomy of Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Metastases?
11:30-12:00 Dr. Michèle Morel – End-of-life stories: a narrative care tool for persons with a progressive cancer disease
Afternoon session
12:00-12:15 BANO prize winners
12:15-12:35 General assembly – Voting for the new board
12:15-13:30 —LUNCH—
13:30-14:00 Dr. Nathalie Albert – Molecular imaging and theranostics of brain metastases – novel concepts
14:00-14:30 Dr. Michiel Pegtel – Advances in the pathology of brain metastases
14:30-14:50 —BREAK—
14:50-15:20 Dr. Matthias Preusser – Emerging role of antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) for CNS metastases
15:20-15:50 Dr. Eva Van Grinsven – Neuropsychological insights in patients with brain metastases
15:50-16:50 Challenging case of the year – discussion with experts
16:50-17:15 Summary/Take-home messages
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