Scientific Program

Friday, November 29th, 2024
08.30 – 08.45Welcome
Prof. Dr. Jörg Fuchs, Tuebingen, Germany
08.45 – 09.05Keynote: How to find friends for rare pediatric tumors – Networking and professional structures built within Germany, Europe and beyond
PD Dr. Ines Brecht, Tuebingen, Germany
09.05 – 11.20Session 1: Pediatric Endocrine tumors
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Calogero Virgone, Padua, Italy
Prof. Dr. Stefan Wudy, Gießen, Germany

Challenges of surgery on pediatric thyroid tumors
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lorenz, Halle, Germany

Pediatric thyroid carcinomas – what´s new?
PD Dr. Antje Redlich, Magdeburg, Germany

The challenging task of complete tumor resection in advanced pediatric adrenocortical tumors
Dr. Dr. Christoph Slavetinsky, Tuebingen, Germany

Pediatric neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix – the new European Recommendations
Prof. Dr. Jelena Roganovič, Zagreb, Croatia

Steroid metabolomics in pediatric adrenocortical tumors
Prof. Dr. Stefan Wudy, Giessen, Germany

Diagnostic Utility of a Modified Reticulin Algorithm in Pediatric Adrenocortical Neoplasms
Prof. Dr. Calogero Virgone, Padua, Italy

The urge to find new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of advanced pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma
Prof. Dr. Michaela Kuhlen, Augsburg, Germany

Surgical management of pediatric thyroid neoplasms. Experience of a national pediatric onco-surgical reference center
Dr. Cristian Urla, Tuebingen, Germany
11.20 – 11.40Coffee Break
11.40 – 12.50Session 2: Innovation and challenges in Diagnostics of rare pediatric tumors
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Falko Fend, Tuebingen, Germany

The challenge of the diagnosis of rare pediatric tumors
Prof. Dr. Rita Alaggio, Rome, Italy

Melanoma in prepuberal children: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
Dr. Stephan Forchhammer, Tuebingen, Germany

Methylation analysis for differentiation of classical melanoma from spitzoid melanoma in children and adolescents – a new approach
Prof. Dr. Andreas von Deimling, Heidelberg, Germany

Innovative advances in radiology for pediatric cancer patients
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schäfer, Tuebingen, Germany
12.50 – 13.50Lunch Break
13.50 – 14.50Session 3: Free talks
Chairs:
Dr. Malgorzata Krawczyk, Gdańsk, Poland
PD Dr. Andreas Schmidt, Tuebingen, Germany

Beyond the usual suspects: a case report and systematic review of SDH-deficient renal cell carcinoma in pediatric patients
Prof. Dr. Michal Kunc, Gdańsk, Poland

Challenges in the management of pediatric gastric carcinoma – two case-reports and literature review
Dr. Malgorzata Styczewksa, Gdańsk, Poland

Childhood pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: a national experience
Dr. Claire Brisset, Angers, France

Surgical treatment of pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasms in pediatric patients – Experience from a large Italian center
Maja Velimirovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bronchial carcinoid tumors in children and adolescents
Dr. Claire Brisset, Angers, France
14.50 – 15.15Coffee Break
15.15 – 17.15Session 4: DICER1-associated tumors
Chairs:
Dr. Nadège Corradini, Lyon, France
Prof. Dr. Dominik Schneider, Dortmund, Germany

The DICER-1 Tumour Syndrome
Dr. KrisAnn Schulz, Minnesota, USA

Relapsed pediatric pleuropulmonary blastoma – A European collaborative analysis
Prof. Dr. Monika Sparber-Sauer, Stuttgart, Germany

Pleuropulmonary blastoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations
Prof. Dr. Gianni Bisogno, Padua, Italy

The International Pleuropulmonary blastoma Study – first transatlantic study on a rare pediatric tumor
Dr. KrisAnn Schulz, Minnesota, USA

Rare gonadal tumors in children and adolescents
Prof. Dr. Dominik Schneider, Dortmund, Germany

Zystic nephroma in the context of DICER1 predisposition
Prof. Dr. Norbert Graf, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Advance in rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in DICER1 predisposition syndrome
Dr. Nadège Corradini, Lyon, France
18.30Congress Dinner – fully booked
→ Restaurant 1821, Wilhelmstraße 3, 72074 Tübingen
Saturday, November 30th, 2024
09.00 – 09.20Keynote: When adult cancers occur in children
PD Dr. Andreas Block, Hamburg, Germany
09.20 – 11.20Session 5: Ear, Nose and Throat tumors
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Udo Kontny, Aachen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Daniel Henri Orbach, Paris, France

Salivary gland tumors in children and adolescents – data and treatment recommendations from the European cooperative study group for pediatric rare tumors
Prof. Dr. Daniel Orbach, Paris, France

Exploring cervical lymph node invasion characteristics and patterns of relapse in pediatric salivary gland malignancies: insight into therapeutic implications and long-term outcomes
Dr. Celine Richard, St. Jude, USA

Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy
Dr. Malgorzata Krawczyk, Gdansk, Poland

Nivolumab in combination with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil as induction therapy in children and adults with EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Prof. Dr. Udo Kontny, Aachen, Germany

The role of radiotherapy in head and neck tumors in children
Prof. Dr. Beate Timmermann, Essen, Germany

The EORTC-ESMO Guidelines for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Dr. Cristina Gurizzan, Milan, Italy

Esthesioneuroblastoma
Dr. Barbara Hero, Cologne, Germany
11.20 – 11.40Coffee Break
11.40 – 12.50Session 6: Pancreatic tumors
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Ewa Bien, Gdańsk, Poland
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schulte, Tuebingen, Germany

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas in childhood and adolescence – an analysis of the German Registry for Rare Pediatric Tumors
Dr. Michael Abele, Tuebingen, Germany

Update on neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas
Prof. Calogero Virgone, Padua, Italy

Surgical strategies in pediatric pancreatic tumors
Prof. Dr. Jörg Fuchs, Tuebingen, Germany

Treatment strategies for children with relapsed pancreatoblastoma
Prof. Dr. Ewa Bien, Gdansk, Poland
12.50 – 13.50Lunch Break
13.50 – 15.10Session 7: Basic Research & Free Talks
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Martin Ebinger, Tuebingen, Germany
Dr. Tim Flaadt, Tuebingen, Germany

Etiology of pediatric melanoma in children and adolescents – first results from the EU MELCAYA project
Anton Karelin, Tuebingen, Germany

Preclinical modeling of rare solid tumors for clinical translation
Dr. Roland Imle, Heidelberg, Germany

Challenges in risk-based treatment of non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma and other rare soft tissue tumors in children and young adolescents
Dr. Amadeus T. Heinz, Stuttgart, Germay

PerVision – indiv. Peptidvakzinierung bei fusionsgetriebenen Sarkomen
Prof. Dr. Martin Ebinger, Tuebingen, Germany

GDF-15 as an emerging target for Cancer immunotherapies
Prof. Dr. Jörg Wischhusen, Wuerzburg, Germany

Free talks
15.10 – 15.30Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.00Session 8: NUT carcinoma
Chairs:
Dr. Maja Česen, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lauer, Tuebingen, Germany

Clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis of NUT carcinoma – Data of the International NUT Carcinoma Registry
Prof. Dr. Christopher Alexander French, Harvard Medical School, USA

Pediatric NUT carcinoma in children and adolescents – data from the European cooperative study group for paediatric rare tumours
Dr. Tim Flaadt, Tuebingen, Germany

NUT Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents: The Expert European Standard Clinical Practice Harmonized Recommendations
Dr. Lauriane Lemelle, Paris, France

New targeted treatment approaches for NUT Carcinoma – an underdiagnosed and highly aggressive entity
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lauer, Tuebingen, Germany
17.00Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schulte, Tuebingen, Germany