3 & 4 February 2024
Urogenital Tumors in Cats & Dogs:
What if it doesn't go with the flow?
A B O U T
Topics in Veterinary Oncology is an onsite & online congress on Small Animal Clinical Oncology
Topics in Veterinary Oncology (formerly ONCOlogisch Treffen or the Dutch International
Veterinary Oncology Conference) has been organized for the past 18 years.
The congress' subject is always centered around 1 topic. This can be:
an organ system (GI, respiratory, skin...),
a tumor type (neuro-endocrine, soft tissue sarcomas...),
a species (feline) or
a presentation (emergency oncology)
It’s been 14 years since we first did a congress on Urogenital Tumors in cats & dogs (take a peek at our History page here). We thought it was good to come up with update on this subject. These tumors are quite regularly seen in clinical practice and they are often difficult to treat, let alone to cure. Many things have changed in the course of 14 years. Minimally invasive techniques have become more widely available in veterinary medicine. Techniques like SUBs have been developed over time, that didn’t exist in the early days. Other things maybe haven’t changed technically (mastectomies, urethrostomies…), but insights may have changed with regard to how we look at them and when and how we use them.
Buckle up for a 2-day congress with items on ovarian tumors and their paraneoplastic syndromes, uterine and vaginal tumors, testicular tumors, penile cancer, radical vaginectomy, penile surgery, urethrostomy types, amputation & reconstruction of the prepuce, post-surgery follow-up, renal lymphoma and carcinoma, radical mastectomy vs mammectomy vs nodulectomy and much more...
The subject is always discussed in-depth by:
a medical oncologist,
a surgical oncologist,
a radiotherapist,
a diagnostic imager
a pathologist
Read all about our former congresses here:
SCHEDULE
Definitive program
day 1, Saturday 3 February 2024
chairpeople: dr. Joachim Proot & dr. Ruth Fortrie (both dipl.ECVS)
08.30 Registration & coffee
09.00 Congress opening
Session on Tumors of the Upper Urinary Tract
09.15 An overview of the tumors of upper urinary tract
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
09.35 Renal and ureteral tumors, a radiologists point-of-view
medical imager: dr. Susanne Boroffka
10.00 Surgical removal of upper urinary tract tumors
oncological surgeon: dr. Jonathan Bray
10.15 Coffee break
10.45 SUB placement for malignancies
interventional radiologist: dr. Gerard McLauchlan
11.25 Medical treatment for renal & ureteral tumors, options & prognosis
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
11.45 Time for questions & panel discussion
all speakers
12.00 Lunch
13.15 Key-note lecture on 'Preoperative chemo-immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced urinary tract cancer'
professor Joost Boormans (MD), Erasmus Hospital Rotterdam
Session on Bladder & Urethral tumors
14.00 Lower urinary tract tumors, an overview
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
14.30 Bladder & urethral cancers, radiologic features
medical imager: dr. Susanne Boroffka
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Bladder & urethral tumors, minimally invasive treatment options
interventionalist: dr. Gerard McLaughlan
16.15 Medical treatment strategies & prognosis for lower urinary tract tumors
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
16.45 Time for questions & panel discussion
17.15 Welcome drink at the bar offered by the Collaborative Veterinary Cancer Centers
19.00 Dinner & Live Music
day 2, Sunday 4 February 2024
chairpeople: dr. Joachim Proot & dr. Ruth Fortrie (both dipl. ECVS)
08.30 Welcome & coffee
Session on Prostatic Tumors
09.00 Tumors of the prostate, an overview
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
09.15 How to differentiate benign prostatic disease from malignancies using medical imaging
medical imager: dr. Susanne Boroffka
09.45 Surgery of prostate tumors: to cut or not to cut?
oncological surgeon: dr. Jonathan Bray
10.15 Coffee break
10.45 Newest minimally invasive techniques, insights & challenges
interventionalist: dr. Gerard McLauchlan
11.30 Medical treatment options & prognosis for prostatic cancer
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
11.45 Time for questions & panel discussion
all speakers
12.00 Announcement of the winner of the Johan de Vos AWARD, sponsored by the Dutch Animal Cancer Foundation
awarded by dr. Bart de Leeuw
12.15 Lunch
Session on genital tract tumors
13.30 A brief overview of genital tract tumors
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
14.00 My two most maximally invasive & spectacular surgeries
oncological surgeon: dr. Jonathan Bray
14.30 Panel discussion
different dog breeds: guidelines for spaying, discussion with the audience
14.45 Coffee break
Session on mammary gland tumors
15.15 Tumors of the mammary gland: a brief overview
medical oncologist: dr. Jarno Schmidt
15.45 Updates on Mammary gland tumor surgery: what has changed in the last 15 years?
oncological surgeon: dr. Jonathan Bray
16.15 Time for questions & panel discussion
16.30 Closing ceremony
SPONSORS
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We wish to thank the sponsors for their financial support!
INFO
ACCOMMODATION
As always, congress center is 'Kontakt der Kontinenten' in Soesterberg, close to Utrecht.
Your hotel accommodation can be booked on the congress center's website www.kontaktderkontinenten.nl or directly on this booking link.
There's a large parking lot with charging options for EVs.
