ESTRO Guide 2019

“The ESO-ESSO-ESTRO ‘Multidisciplinary course in oncology for medical students’ was a unique experience. Not only did the course strengthen my understanding of oncology, it expanded my perspective”

- Ahmed Saleh, Intern | University of Washington, Seattle, USA -

LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of the course participants should: • Have a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of oncology • Get a clear picture of the complexity and importance of the multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment • Prepare a specific topic related to the theoretical and/or practical sessions and present it to plenary audience. COURSE CONTENT: • History, epidemiology, genetics, dia- gnostics, treatment principles and therapeutic approaches, prevention and screening • Communication with the patient • Breast cancer • Colorectal cancer

COURSE COORDINATION ESTRO– European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology Alessandra Nappa Email: anappa@estro.org Tel: +32 2 775 93 43

APPLICATION DEADLINE 30 May 2019

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE • Jesper Grau Eriksen, ESTRO representative, Odense University Hospital, Odense (DK) • Pavlidis Nicholas, ESO representative, School of Medicine University of Ioannina, Ioannina (GR) • Sergio Sandrucci, ESSO representative, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin (IT) • Jan Vermorken, Medical Oncologist, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp (BE) FACULTY • A. Baildam, Surgical Oncologist, King Edward VII’s Hospital London and The Alexandra Hospital and The Christie Clinic, Manchester, UK • G. Borst, Radiation Oncologist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL • J. De Grève, Medical Oncologist, UZ Brussels (VUB), Brussels, BE • D. Nevens, Radiation Oncologist, GZA St Augustinus/Iridium Cancer Network, Antwerp, BE • S. Sandrucci, Surgical Oncologist, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, IT • D. Schrijvers, Medical Oncologist, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, BE • J. Vermorken, Medical oncologist, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, BE LOCAL HOSTS • Sergio Sandrucci, Full Professor of Surgical Oncology, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, IT • Umberto Ricardi, Dean of the University of Turin and ESTRO President, Turin, IT

• Gastro-intestinal cancers • Genito-urinary cancers • Gynaecological cancers • Head and neck cancer • Lung cancer • Sarcoma and melanoma.

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