International EFR Meeting 2005 in Vienna

The International EFR Spring Meeting will be taking place in Vienna form March 31 to April 2, 2005.

The programme created will focus on new development in the multidisciplinary setting of colorectal cancer treatment – from diagnosis to state-of-the-art treatment approaches. In addition to scientific presentations and lectures one entire day will be dedicated to a surgical training course with live transmission into the auditorium.

Topics

• Surgical training course for endoscopic resection of the colorectal carcinoma
• Screening and Imaging
  • New technology
  • Preoperative lymph node assessment
  • MRI/ultrasound
• Open questions in surgery
  • 20 years of TME
  • Endoscopic resection
  • Sphincter sparing operation
• The Oxford debate
  • Pros and cons of radiation technique
  • This house believes in short-term radiation.
  • This house believes in long-term radiation.
• Medical oncology
  • What is evidence-based in the chemotherapy of rectal cancer?
  • New chemotherapeutic combination therapies
  • Looking toward the future
• A different point of view
  • The patient
  • The cancer nurse
  • The psycho-oncologist
    

The accompanying programme of this international congress will combine culture and enjoyment. In addition to scientific presentations, this congress is intended to deepen intercultural friendships.
The pre-programme and programme for facilitating registration will be dispatched.