BJMO - 2022, issue Special, may 2022
A. Dekker MD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
What is the role of the patient in the management of prostate cancer? During BMUC 2022, André Deschamps, prostate cancer (PCa) patient and Chairman of Europa UOMO aimed to answer this question. In his lecture, he discussed the effect of PCa and its treatment on the daily life of patients and addressed some of the barriers and gaps that hamper a closer involvement of patients in the treatment decision process. 1
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T. Feys MBA, MSc
The second day of the 2022 annual BMUC meeting kicked off with a session addressing three hot topics in the field of kidney cancer. In a first lecture, Prof. Dr. Toni Choueiri (Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA) discussed the management of patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Subsequently, Dr. Marco Gizzi (GHdC, Charleroi) turned the attention to the adjuvant treatment of patients with RCC after which he gave an overview of new molecules for patients with metastatic RCC. Dr. Stephanie Kroeze (Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland) closed the RCC session with a presentation on how to combine radiotherapy with systemic therapy in this setting.
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A. Enguita PhD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
In line with the tradition, the BMUC scientific committee asked a urologist, a radiation oncologist, and a medical oncologist to summarise the top stories presented during the large urology and oncology meetings of the past year.
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J. Blokken PhD, PharmD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
The breast cancer task force session of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) annual meeting reviewed the most important recent data on advanced HER2-positive breast cancer and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). First, Dr. Eline Naert (University Hospital Ghent) discussed the treatment algorithm for advanced HER2-positive breast cancer anno 2022. Prof. Francois Duhoux (UCLouvain) subsequently addressed the current and emergent treatment options for patients with early or locoregional advanced triple-negative breast cancer. Finally, Prof. Christos Sotiriou (Institut Jules Bordet) closed the session by further dissecting the TNBC heterogeneity through molecular profiling and special transcriptomics.
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A. Enguita PhD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) significantly changed cancer management, allowing the identification of different oncogenic drivers and the subsequent approval of many targeted agents. An overview of the Belgian reimbursement situation and drug access in this setting was given during the molecular tests in oncology session of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) annual meeting. First, Prof. Brigitte Maes (Jessa Hospital, Hasselt) walked us through the current NGS situation in
Belgium with a discussion of the achievements and challenges of the BALLETT study. Subsequently, Dr. Kevin Punie (Leuven University Hospital, Leuven) discussed the current strategy, tasks and challenges of the molecular tumour board (MTB). Finally, Pr. Lore Decoster (University Hospital Brussel), Dr. Wim Demey (Klina General Hospital, Brasschaat) and Dr. Joëlle Collignon (CHU de Liège, Liège) addressed the reimbursements of drugs in lung, gastro-oesophageal, biliary and pancreatic cancer.
BJMO - 2022, issue SPECIAL, february 2022
J. Blokken PhD, PharmD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
During the supportive care task force meeting, the BSMO supportive care task force introduced three clinical trials they would like to set up in the near future. In addition, new BSMO guidelines on extravasation and anaemia were presented after which the session was closed by Dr. Christel Fontaine (UZ Brussel) with a status update on the supportive care task force activities over the past year.
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J. Blokken PhD, PharmD, T. Feys MBA, MSc
PACIFIC-R is a real-world international observational study evaluating patients with unresectable stage III non-small-cell-lung cancer treated with durvalumab following platinum-based chemoradiation. At the annual BSMO meeting, baseline characteristics and progression-free survival results for the Belgian cohort of this study were presented and contextualised with the PACIFIC-R global population and the durvalumab arm of the phase III PACIFIC trial.
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