» Program | Thursday 27.03.2025
Registration desk open 07.00h
Plenary
Main Conference Hall (Grote Zaal)
08.00-08.30h OPENING ECHNO2025
René Leemans (ECHNO2025 chairman)
Giovanni Succo (EHNS President)
08.30-09.00h Presidential Lecture by Ehab Hanna “The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create it: Advances in Multidisiplinary Care”
Session 1.0: Artificial Intelligence: where to use?
09.00 – 09.20 Lecture by Christian Simon “The Current Landscape of AI: Synthetic Data in Head and Neck Oncology”
09.20 – 09.40 Lecture by Christophe Le Tourneau “Combining Artificial Intelligence in Precision Oncology”
09.40 – 09.45h Change to parallel
Parallel Sessions
Grote Zaal
09.45 – 10.45h Session 1.1
Artificial Intelligence: Where to use?
09.45 – 09.55h: paper #1
09.55 – 10.05h: paper #2
10.05 – 10.15h: paper #3
10.15 – 10.25h: paper#4
10.25 – 10.35h: paper#5
10.35 – 10.45h: paper#6
Selected papers will be published January 2025
Veilingzaal
09.45 – 10.45h Session 1.2
Patients in Clinical Trials DAHANCA experience
National patterns of participation in DAHANCA trials
Centralised treatment – the challenge of particle therapy trials
The patient perspective
Update of DAHANCA 27 surgery or radiotherapy for early laryngeal cancer
Administratiezaal
09.45-10.45h Session 1.3
Young EHNS
Introduction
Surgical Oppertunities Outside Europe
Non Surgical
Berlagezaal
09.45 – 10.45h Session 1.4
Intra-operative assessment (IOA) of resection margins
10.45 – 11.15h Morning break
Plenary
Main conference Hall (Grote Zaal)
11.15 – 12.30h Round Table 1
Transoral Robotic Surgery: Everything you always wanted to learn
11.15 – 11.30h: Navigating the Radiologic Landmarks: Davide Farina
11.30 – 11.45h: Defining the Role of TORS in the Unknown Primary: Somiah Siddiq
11.45 – 12.00h: Pathologic Work-up and Reporting: Andrzej Marszalek
12.00 – 12.15h: Adjuvant Therapy – When and How: Jesper Eriksen
12.15 – 12.30h: Discussion and Q&A
12.30 – 13.30h Lunch
12.30-13.30h Symposium sponsored by MSD
Plenary
Main conference Hall (Grote Zaal)
Session 2.0: Liquid Biopsy and Biomarkers to Guide Treatment
13.30 – 13.50h Lecture by Ruud Brakenhoff “The Current Landscape of Liquid Biopsy and Biomarkers to Guide Treatment”
13.50 – 14.10h Lecture by Pierre Blanchard “Is ctDNA in Head and Neck Cancer ready for Implementation?”
14.10 – 14.15h Change to parallel
Parallel Sessions
Grote Zaal
14.15-15.30h Session 2.1
Liquid biopsy and biomarkers to guide treatment
14.15-14.25h: paper #1
14.25-14.35h: paper #2
14.35-14.45h: paper #3
14.45-14.55h: paper #4
14.55-15.05h: paper #5
15.05-15.15h: paper #6
15.15-15.25h: paper #7
Selected papers will be published January 2025
Veilingzaal
14.15-15.30h Session 2.2
Instructional Course Head and Neck Reconstruction: the Birmingham Way
Administratiezaal
14.15-15.30h Session 2.3
ASHNO/EHNS: Viral Related Head and Neck Cancer
EBV in Nasopharyngealcancer: Chwee-Min Lim
HPV in oropharyngealcancer: Patravoot Vatanasapt
EU robot network: Giovanni Succo
Minimal-invasive surgery in HPV related HNC: Sheng-Po Hao
Berlagezaal
14.15-15.30h Session 2.4
IFHNOS Symposium- What’s New in Malignant Parotid Tumors?
Integration of morphological, histopathological and molecular data into the new pathological classification by Alena Skalova
Questions around the best treatment of the neck by Giuseppe Spriano:
Photons and protons: how to treat these tumors? by Hans Langendijk:
Systemic therapy: new therapeutic opportunities by Paolo Bossi:
15.30-16.00h Afternoon Break
Plenary
Main Conference Hall (Grote Zaal)
16.00-17.15h Round Table 2
The Grey Zones in Laryngeal Cancer Treatment
16.00-16.15h: Advanced laryngeal cancer: RT or not as Primary Treatment?: Vincent Gregoire
16.15-16.30h: Best Indications for Horizontal Partial Laryngectomies: Piero Nicolai
16.30-16.45h: Limitations of the Transoral Laser?: Giorgio Peretti
16.45-17.00h: Next steps in Organ Preservation: Andreas Dietz
17.00-17.15h: Discussion and Q&A
17.30h: Thursday wrap up