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  • 25
    FRI
    19:15 – 21:00
    General

    Opening Ceremony: Opening Ceremony

    Opening video

    19:20
    Welcome by ECCO President
    Speaker: M. Piccart (Belgium)

    19:30
    Welcome by ESMO President
    Speaker: R.A. Stahel (Switzerland)

    19:40
    Opening Lecture: New funding models for accelerating progress against cancer
    Speaker: M. Foti (USA)

    20:10
    Welcome by National Organising Committee Chair
    Speaker: C.C. Zielinski (Austria)

    20:20
    Austrian Minister for Health
    Speaker: S. Oberhauser (Austria)

    20:30
    History of the Viennese Waltz – The complexity of Ease – How did it all start, how did it evolve and where has it lead us?
    Speaker: K. Laczika (Austria)

    «Philitango» – Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

    Closing Video and Welcome Reception

  • 26
    SAT
    08:45 – 10:15
    General

    Opening Plenary Session: Opening Plenary Session

    08:45
    Welcome by Congress President
    Speaker: M. Piccart (Belgium)

    08:50
    ESMO President
    Speaker: R.A. Stahel (Switzerland)

    08:55
    Chair of ECCO Patient Advisory Committee
    Speaker: I. Banks (Belgium)

    09:00
    Congress President
    Chair: M. Piccart (Belgium)

    09:05
    Cancer research under EU Programmes and their contribution to advances in screening, palliative care and prevention
    Speaker: V. Andriukaitis (Belgium)

    09:15
    Scientific Co-Chair
    Chair: E.G. de Vries (Netherlands)

    09:15
    Genomic alterations in cancer
    Speaker: L.A. Garraway (USA)

    09:45
    Scientific Co-Chair
    Chair: P. Naredi (Sweden)

    09:45
    Immunotherapy, past, present and future
    Speaker: C. Robert (France)

  • 26
    SAT
    12:45 – 14:30
    General

    Special Session: EURECCA

    Chair: C.J. van de Velde (Netherlands)

    Chair: I.T. Rubio (Spain)

    12:45
    Optimising oesophageal-gastric cancer care
    Speaker: W. Allum (United Kingdom)
    Display Presentation Details

    13:15
    Prospective International Watch and Wait Database (IWWD) for complete responders of neoadjuvant therapies for rectal cancer
    Speaker: N. Figueiredo (Portugal)
    Display Presentation Details

    13:45
    Breast cancer in Europe
    Speaker: E. Bastiaannet (Netherlands)
    Display Presentation Details

    Discussion

  • 26
    SAT
    14:30 – 16:40
    Abstract nr
    General

    Presidential Session: Presidential Session I

    Chair: M. Piccart (Belgium)

    Chair: F. Ciardiello (Italy)

    14:30
    Keynote lecture: The impact of germline genetics on cancer risk and integration in clinical practice
    Speaker: N. Rahman (United Kingdom)

    15:00
    ECCO Lifetime Achievement Award
    Award Lecturer: H. Bartelink (Netherlands)

    15:30
    1LBA
    LATE BREAKING ABSTRACT: Is Europe doing better in cancer care since the 90s? The latest findings from the EUROCARE-5 study
    Speaker: M. Sant (Italy)
    Display abstract

    15:40
    Discussant : P. Autier (France)

    15:50
    2LBA
    LATE BREAKING ABSTRACT: Responding to the cancer crisis: Expanding global access to radiotherapy – a Lancet Oncology Commission
    Speaker: R. Atun (USA)
    Display abstract

    16:00
    Discussant : C. Grau (Denmark)

    16:10
    3LBA
    LATE BREAKING ABSTRACT: CheckMate 025: a randomized, open-label, phase III study of nivolumab (NIVO) versus everolimus (EVE) in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
    Speaker: P. Sharma (USA)
    Display abstract

    16:20
    4LBA
    LATE BREAKING ABSTRACT: Cabozantinib versus everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma: Results of the randomized phase 3 METEOR trial
    Speaker: T. Choueiri (USA)
    Display abstract

    16:30
    Discussant : C.N. Sternberg (Italy)

  • 26
    SAT
    15:15 – 16:45
    General

    Leadership Programme: Leadership Programme 1: “You – the Leader”

    Coordinator: D. Ashton (United Kingdom)

    During this workshop we will discuss why you might be drawn to a leadership role, the qualities you may already possess and those you may need to develop.

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