CME Course

 

Cancer and Renal Transplantation Updates

 

Barcelona – Casa Batlló

 

February 23-24th, 2007

Barcelona, Spain

 

          

In cooperation with

 

 

ERA-EDTA
European Council for Accreditation in CME in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (ECANDT of the ERA-EDTA accredited by the European Accreditation Council for CME – EACCME)
Chair-person:
R. Coppo (Italy)
A. Wiecek (Poland)
Secretary:
A.L.M. De Francisco (Spain)
C. Zoccali (Italy)
Members:
J. Floege (Germany)
 
R. Vanholder (Belgium)
 
 
J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)
 

 

CME Courses Coordinators:

Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology:
R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).
Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology: C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London
(France).
Dialysis: R. Vanholder (Belgium), S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).
Transplantation: C. Ponticelli (Italy), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark)
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe: N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

 

Local Coordinator: J.M. Campistol, Director of the Clinical Institute of Nephrology and Urology (ICNU), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
ERA-EDTA Coordinator: Rosanna Coppo (Italy) and Claudio Ponticelli (Italy)
 
The Catalan Transplantation Society and Hospital Clinic Barcelona Organizer:
This CME Course has been organised in cooperation with The Catalan Transplantation Society and Hospital Clinic Barcelona
 
COURSE SECRETARIAT: AOPC – ERA-EDTA CME Course 2007
Edif. Colon - Av. Drassanes 6-8, 19 E-08001 Barcelona (Spain)
Phone: +34 933 027 541
Fax: +34 933 011 255
 
VENUE: Hotel AC Barcelona, Pº Taulat, 278, E-08019 Barcelona (Spain) www.ac-hotels.com
 
REGISTRATION: Limited number of participants. In order to register to the Course, download and print the form. Fill in the form in all its parts and send it to the following fax number + 34 93 301 12 55 or by e-mail to congress@aopc.es.
The course fee will be 500 Euros for each participant. VAT 16% included.

The fee includes:

CME CREDITS   
The organisation is currently in the process of obtaining the official accreditation from the UEMS institution. For this purpose, attendance at the sessions of the participants requesting CME credits will be checked.

 

REGISTRATION FORM

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD
     
15.30
Registration
   
16.00-17.00

Coffee-break

   
17.00
Opening ceremony
   
17.30-19.00
Cancer epidemiology
 

Chairmen: M. Crespo (A Coruña, Spain) and F. Oppenheimer (Barcelona, Spain)

  • General population
    J.M Borras (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Transplanted population
    H.M. Kauffman (Virginia, USA)
   
20.30
Dinner at the hotel

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH
     
8.30-10.30
Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Cancer in Transplant Patients
 
Chairmen: V. Cuervas-Mons (Madrid, Spain) and J.M. Grinyó (Barcelona, Spain)
  • General overview of cancer
    P. Gascón (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Oncovirus
    T. Haque (London, UK)
  • Role of immunosuppressive drugs on cancer development
    E. Geissler (Regensburg, Germany)
   
10.30-11.00
Coffee Break
   
11.00-13.00
Specific type of cancer in transplant population
 

Chairmen: J.M. Morales (Madrid, Spain) and J.C. García-Valdecasas (Barcelona, Spain)

  • Skin cancer
    S. Euvrard (Lyon, France)
  • Kaposi Sarcoma
    F. Schena (Bari, Italy)
  • PTLD
    A. Martínez (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma
    O. Iliopoulos (Boston, USA)
   
13.00-14.00
Lunch
   
14.00-16.00
New therapies in cancer patients
 
Chairmen: G. Rábago (Pamplona, Spain) and J. M. Cruzado (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Biological agents
    J. Albanell (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Anti-VEFG
    A. Carrato (Elche, Spain)
  • m-TOR inhibitors
    J.M. Campistol (Barcelona, Spain)
   
16.00-16.30
Coffee Break
   
16.30-18.00
Practical workshops on the management of transplant patients with cancer
 

J. M. Campistol (coordinator)

 

Workshop 1: F. Schena (Bari, Italy) and J. M. Cruzado (Barcelona, Spain)

 
Workshop 2: S. Euvrard (Lyon, France) and A. Gutiérrez-Dalmau (Barcelona, Spain)
   
18.00-18.30
Summary and conclusions
J.M. Campistol (Barcelona, Spain)