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On behalf of the Breast Cancer Task Force of the BSMO

Breast Cancer Debate of the Year 2024
> 17 January 2025 (evening)

Breast Cancer Highlights of the Year 2024
> 18 January 2025 (morning)

Join us either in person at The Hotel or participate online from wherever you are.
The Hotel, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels


Chairs:

Evandro de Azambuja (Institut Jules Bordet)
Hans Wildiers (UZ Leuven)

 

Breast Cancer Debate of the Year 2024

Friday 17th January 2025

18:00

Reception and dinner

19:30

Introduction by the chairs

19:40

 

 

Are anthracyclines still needed in EBC?
Case presentation: P. Foidart (CHU Liege)
Favour: C. Duhem (CHL)
Against: D. Taylor (CHU Namur)
Discussion: all

20:15

 

 

Is it time to abandon axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer?
Case presentation: M. Van Houdt (UZ Leuven)
Against: A. Smeets (UZ Leuven)
Favour: A. De Caluwe (Inst Jules Bordet)
Discussion: all

20:50

COFFEE BREAK

21:10

Can we safely de-escalate therapy in stage I TNBC?
Case presentation: E. Agostinetto (Bordet)
Against: M. Ignatiadis (Inst Jules Bordet)
Favour: G. Jerusalem (CHU Liège)
Discussion: all

21:45

The use of adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors:
a critical review A. Awada (Chirec)

22:00

Closing and take-home messages

 

Highlights of 2024 in breast cancer

Saturday 18th January 2025

09:00

Welcome and introduction by the chairs

09:05

Translational research data
F. Duhoux (UCL)

09:50

What’s new in breast radiation
I. Meattini (Italy)

10:15

What’s new in breast surgery
M. Vanhoeij (UZ Brussels)

10:40

COFFEE BREAK

11:00

Early breast cancer: systemic therapies
E. de Azambuja (Institut Jules Bordet)

11:35

Metastatic breast cancer: systemic therapies
H. Wildiers (UZ Leuven)

12:10

Q&A and take-home messages

12:30

Closing and light lunch

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