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Sat 1 & Sun 2 February 2025

Skin Tumors in Cats & Dogs:

What’s new, what’s hot and what’s not in the world of cutaneous tumours?

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from mast cell tumor to lymphoma:

all you need to know to tackle cutaneous tumours successfully

Speakers

S P E A K E R S   2 0 2 5

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 19 years

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The congress' subject is always centered around 1 topic. This can be: â€‹

an organ system (GI, respiratory, skin...),

a tumor type (neuro-endocrine, soft tissue sarcomas...),

a species (feline) or a presentation (emergency oncology)

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The subject is always discussed in-depth by:

a medical oncologist,  a surgical oncologist,

a radiotherapist, a diagnostic imager and/or a pathologist (depending on the subject)

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congress language is English

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Read all about our former congresses here:

Schedule

SCHEDULE

final program

day 1, Saturday 1 February 2025

chairpeople: dr. Joachim Proot & dr. Ruth Fortrie (both dipl.ECVS)

 

08.30 Registration & coffee

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09.00 Congress opening

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Session on Mast Cell Tumors


09.15 Mast cell tumors, part 1 'mast cell tumors and the primary care doctor': dr. Craig Clifford & dr. Sjoerd Klarenbeek

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Topics covered: diagnostics and staging: cutaneous vs subcutaneous MCT, multiple MCT’s, cytology and grading (or not?), histology (tumor biology, classification systems, margins, immunohistochemistry, marker discrepancies, what to do with early stage ones, Weishaar classification), feline mast cell tumors, staging with or without sentinel lymph node mapping, H1N1-H1N2 what to do?, lymphangiography (CT or x-ray)

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10.30 Coffee break

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11:00 Session on Mast cell tumors, part 2: dr. Craig Clifford

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Topics covered: medical treatment, chemotherapy, receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, Stelfonta ®, check-point inhibitors (Gilvetmab ®), neo-adjuvant (electro)chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
 


11:45 Time for questions & panel discussion, all speakers

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12:00 Lunch 

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13.15 Session on Mast cell tumors, part 3: surgery (primary closure): dr. Julius Liptak

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Topics covered: margins (lateral and deep), size of tumor vs size of dog, incomplete histologic excision MCT, narrow histologic excision, removal of lymph nodes (intrapelvic - intrathoracic - head&neck), use of intraoperative fluoresceine (ICG) or methylene blue in detection

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14.15 Key-note lecture: melanoma in humans: prof. dr. Christian Blank

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15.00 Coffee break 

 

Session on Cutaneous Melanomas

 

15.30 Cutaneous melanomas in cats & dogs: all speakers


Topics covered: classification, therapeutics & prognosis: species differences, biology of melanocytes, histologic diagnosis of melanoma, proliferation markers, mitotic count, prognosis and grade challenge, what is the cut off for medical treatment, immunotherapy (check point inhibitors, ONCEPT Melanoma® vaccin, nail/digit bed melanomas (not oral), phalangeal phillet technique


16.45 Time for questions & panel discussion 

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17.00 Welcome-drink at the bar offered by the Collaborative Veterinary Cancer Centers 

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19.00 Dinner & Live music (BAND) & 'BBB' ('Booze, Bed & Brain' trying to process all the information)

 

 


Day 2, Sunday 2 February 2025

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Chair people: Joachim Proot & Ruth Fortrie (both dipl.ECVS)

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08.30 Good morning & coffee

 

Session on Cutaneous Lymphoma

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09.00 Cutaneous Lymphoma: ‘the dirty skin’: all speakers

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Topics covered: how to diagnose, cytology vs histology, markers, PARR, classification, epitheliotrope disease vs non-epitheliotrope disease, treatment (of course), Laverdia-CA 

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Session on Cutaneous HSA

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09.45 Cutaneous Hemangiosarcoma: 'even more dirty skin': all speakers
       
Topics covered: pathogenesis & diagnosis, cytology diagnostic failures, primary tumor or metastatic lesion?, MCT-like behaviour, ddx vascular hamartoma, cutaneous vs subcutaneous vs intramuscular 

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10.30 Coffee break 

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Session on Histiocytic tumors

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11:00 Histiocytic tumors: ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’: all speakers

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Topics covered: challenges in histopathology, histiocytoma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytic sarcoma, treatment options

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11.45 Time for questions & panel discussion

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12.00 Award Ceremony: dr. Johan de Vos Research Award by the Dutch Animal Cancer Foundation


awarded by Dr. Bart de Leeuw

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12.15 Lunch

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Session on 'Squames'

 

13.30 Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Cats & Dogs, all speakers

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Topics covered: nose, ear and digit disease, pathogenesis, histopathology subtypes, differences between dog and cat, Bowens disease, Aldara crème, electrochemotherapy, nasal plane reconstruction in the dog 

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14.30 Time for questions and panel discussion

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14.45 Coffee break

 

Session on Reconstructive Surgery 

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15.15 What’s new in the world of reconstructive surgery: dr. Julius Liptak

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Topics covered: search and find the limits of reconstructive surgery, ICG infrared/fluoresceine, flap viability of flaps, highlighting of margins

 

 

16.15 Time for questions & panel discussion

 

16.30 Conference closing ceremony​​​

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T I C K E T S

The early bird ends 30 November 2024 at midnight !

Full 2-day congress

on-site and/or online

and/or on-demand

It doesn't matter whether you wish:

  • to attend onsite,

  • follow the congress online,

  • or even split and take a day onsite and a day online,

  • or follow everything on-demand at your own pace in the months to come

Saturday evening 

dinner

Great choice of dinner at the congress center buffet. In a nice atmosphere you can enjoy good food and drinks together with colleagues from all over Europe, exchange ideas and have fun after a day of gathering knowledge. 

The food type is 'world kitchen'.

You will be redirected to the congress website of Yellenge, our partner in online streaming, video capture and congress organisation
Info

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.

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