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
Chair: N.N.

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

Pediatric thyroid carcinomas – what´s new?
Dr. Antje Redlich, Magdeburg, 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. Calogero Virgone, Padua, Italy

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

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: N.N.

The challenge of the diagnosis of rare pediatric tumors
Prof. Dr. Rita Aleggio, 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
Chair: N.N.

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14.50 – 15.15Coffee Break
15.15 – 17.15Session 4: DICER1-associated tumors
Chair: N.N.

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
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Norbert Graf, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Advance in rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in DICER1 predisposition syndrome
Dr. Nadège Corradini, Nantes, France
18.30Congress Dinner
→ 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 – 11.35Session 5: Ear, Nose and Throat tumors
Chair: N.N.

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
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Udo Kontny, Aachen, Germany

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

Surgery of ENT tumors in children and adolescents
Prof. Dr. Jens Peter Klußmann, Cologne, Germany – to be confirmed

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

Esthesioneuroblastoma
Dr. Barbara Hero, Cologne, Germany
11.35 – 11.55Coffee Break
11.55 – 13.05Session 6: Pancreatic tumors
Chair: N.N.

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

Surgery of pancreatoblastoma and pancreatic carcinoma
Prof. Dr. Jörg Fuchs, Tuebingen, Germany

Treatment strategies for children with relapsed pancreatoblastoma
Prof. Dr. Ewa Bien, Gdansk, Poland
13.05 – 14.05Lunch Break
14.05 – 15.20Session 7: Basic Research
Chair: N.N.

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

Free talks
15.20 – 15.40Coffee Break
15.40 – 17.10Session 8: NUT carcinoma
Chair: N.N.

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

Studying spatial biology of NUT carcinoma with the multiplexed imaging platform MACSima™
Dr. Christian Seitz, Heidelberg, Germany
17.10Closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schulte, Tuebingen, Germany