Preliminary programme

Please note that the programme may be subject to change.

Friday, 25 April 2014

8.00–12.00

UEG pre-conference workshop: Methods to start screening and successfully assess the outcome
( Programme, 220 kB)

  • R. Stockbrügger, University of Ferrara, Italy
    Introduction: Europe needs and wants colorectal cancer screening
  • N. Tözün, Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
    Advertising the importance of colorectal cancer screening to the public
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology
    Set and control quality in screening colonoscopy
  • B. Seifert, Czech Society for General Practice
    Time to paradigm shift in Czech colorectal cancer screening
  • L. Dušek, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
    Best practices in collecting and processing data in colorectal cancer screening and after it
  • R. Stockbrügger, University of Ferrara, Italy
    Taking care of the screenees with findings…, and of those without!
  • C. Pox, University Hospital Bochum, Germany
    What communities gain from colorectal cancer screening
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology
    Closing remarks: Colorectal cancer screening - the United European Gastroenterology at your side!

12.00–14.00

Registration, light lunch

13.00–14:00

Press conference

Recent progress in the Czech National Programme of Colorectal Cancer Screening

14.00–15.00

Opening ceremony

  • P. Poc, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  • L. Miko, Deputy Director General for the Food chain, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, European Commission
  • Videomessage from T. Borg, EU Commissioner for Health
  • R. Vyzula, President of the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament
  • J. Běhounek, Vice-president of the Association of Regions of the Czech Republic
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology
  • W. Yared, Director of the Association of European Cancer Leagues
  • L. von Karsa, International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • A. Šteflová, Head of the WHO Country Office in the Czech Republic
  • M. Zavoral, Chair of the Czech Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
  • P. Honěk, Deputy Director of the VZP ČR (General Health Insurance Company)

15.00–16.30

State of the art lectures

Chair: P. Poc

  • L. Miko, Deputy Director General for the Food chain, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, European Commission / 10 min
  • R. Vyzula, President of the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament / 10 min
    Current needs of comprehensive colorectal cancer care: screening and diagnosis represent first steps of very complex patient’s trajectory
  • J. Běhounek, Vice-president of the Association of Regions of the Czech Republic / 10 min
  • P. Honěk, Deputy Director of the VZP ČR (General Health Insurance Company) / 10 min
    Population-based CRC screening: an investment which must be carefully controlled
  • T. Ponchon, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, United European Gastroenterology / 15 min
    Colorectal cancer screening: the logistics behind the scene
  • P. Poc, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety / 10 min
    Colorectal cancer screening — on the road
  • Q&A

16.30–17.00

Coffee break

17.00–19.00

Value of CRC prevention and awareness as a European issue I

Chairs: R. Stockbrügger, W. Yared, L. von Karsa, M. Zavoral

  • J. Triantafillidis,Saint Panteleimon General Hospital, Nicea, Greece / 15 min
    Screening programs for colorectal cancer in Greece: Present situation and future perspectives
  • L. Colemont, Stop Colon Cancer Foundation, Belgium / 15 min
    The story of "Dear Brad Pitt"
  • N. Tözün, Turkish Society of Gastroenterology / 15 min
    Challenges in the implementation of National CRC screening programme: Turkish experience
  • Š. Suchánek, Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology / 15 min
    Colorectal cancer screening in the Czech Republic at the advent of population-based programme
  • L. von Karsa, International Agency for Research on Cancer, France / 15 min
    Making screening happen – a recipe for success
  • Q&A

19.30–21.30

Networking reception

 

Saturday, 26 April 2014

8.30–10.15

Value of CRC prevention and awareness as a European issue II

Chairs: J. Triantafillidis, N. Tözün, B. Seifert, J. Špičák

  • M. I. Portillo Villares, Manager of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme, Basque Country Health Service,
    Bilbao, Spain / 15 min
    The strategy and results of the colorectal cancer screening programme in the Basque country
  • R. Stockbrügger, University of Ferrara, Italy / 15 min
    Colorectal cancer screening should be combined with primary prevention of common serious disorders: 1+1 makes 5!
  • R. Hrčka, University Hospital Bratislava, Slovakia / 15 min
    12 years of colorectal cancer screening programme in Slovakia: success or disappointment?
  • J. Špičák, President of the Czech Society of Gastroenterology / 15 min
    Current management of CRC – preliminary results of multicentric study
  • J. Žaloudík, Vice-president of the Health Committee of the Senate of the Czech Parliament / 15 min
    Diagnostic achievements and deficiencies in colorectal carcinoma over the century
  • R. Vyzula, President of the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament / 15 min
    Prevention is not only screening; lessons learned from long term registration of CRC clinical data in the Czech Republic
  • Q&A
10.15–10.45 Coffee break
10.45–12.00

Value of CRC prevention and awareness as a scientific issue

Chairs: A. Anttila, H. Brenner, S. Halloran, L. Dušek

  • A. Anttila, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland / 15 min
    Requirements for the evidence base for implementing colorectal cancer screening programmes
  • H. Brenner, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany / 15 min
    Current evidence of colorectal cancer screening effectiveness
  • S. Halloran, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, Guildford, UK / 15 min
    Screening for CRC – the UK experience
  • O. Májek, Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic / 15 min
    Monitoring of equity in access to CRC screening and CRC care: two sides of the same coin
  • Q&A
12.00–13.00

Value of CRC prevention and awareness as an ethical issue

Chairs: W. Yared, L. Colemont, M. Ředinová, M. Fridrichová

  • W. Yared, Director of the Association of European Cancer Leagues / 15 min
    Raising CRC awareness with social media
  • J. Pifflová Španková, President of EuropaColon Slovakia / 10 min
    Activities of the EuropaColon Slovakia patient organisation
  • T. Kruber, Onkomaják, Czech Republic / 10 min
    Screening… and what’s next? Who is going to take care for diagnosed patients?
  • M. Fridrichová, League Against Cancer Prague, Czech Republic / 10 min
    24 years of cancer prevention – activities of the League Against Cancer Prague
  • M. Ředinová, Director of the Czech ILCO, Prague, Czech Republic / 10 min
    Preventive screening – colorectal cancer prevention
  • Q&A
13.00–13.15 Conclusions, closing summary
13.15–14.00 Lunch
14.00–17.00

Multidisciplinary workshop: Are the CRC screening tests well optimized and used?

Chairs: S. Halloran, P. Kocna, B. Seifert, Š. Suchánek

  • S. Halloran, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, Guildford, UK
    Why FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Testing) is the best biomarker?
  • N. Král, 1st faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Wild spectrum of immunochemical tests in Czech colorectal cancer screening
  • P. Kocna, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    Quantitative FIT tests in the Czech Republic - present reality and future
  • Discussion with the audience – moderated by B. Seifert, Š. Suchánek