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Gala dinner

Time: 19:00 - 20:00 CET

Faculty diner

Time: 19:00 - 20:00 CET

3x best abstract (3×10 min) – Multimodality treatment

Time: 14:15 - 14:25 CET

Italian gastric cancer studies

Time: 13:45 - 14:15 CET

Franco Roviello, university Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy

Plenary session 5 — Nishi-Takahashi | Memorial lecture

Time: 13:44 - 13:45 CET

Chairs: Suzanne Gisbertz, surgeon, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Jimmy So, surgeon, National University Cancer Institute of Singapore, Singapore

Minimally invasive surgical techniques

Time: 17:10 - 17:40 CET

Chairs: Han Kwang Yang (surgeon, Seoul University National Hospital, Seoul, South-Korea) and Johanna van Sandick (surgeon, NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Vivian Strong, surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, USA

Plenary session 3 : Jin Pok Kim Lecture

Time: 17:09 - 17:10 CET

Chairs: Han Kwang Yang, surgeon, Seoul University National Hospital, Seoul, South-Korea and Johanna van Sandick, surgeon, NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 09:50 - 10:00 CET

2 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 09:40 - 09:50 CET

1 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 09:30 - 09:40 CET

HDGC prophylactic surgery

Time: 09:10 - 09:30 CET

Paul Mansfield, surgeon, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

HDGC endoscopic surveillance

Time: 08:50 - 09:10 CET

Jolanda van Dieren, gastro-enterologist, NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

HDGC – Genetic changes

Time: 08:30 - 08:50 CET

Chella van der Post, pathologist Radboud Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Session 5c: Videosession: How to cope with failures

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Session 5b: Pathology / Translational research

Time: 10:45 - 10:45 CET

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Session 5a: Medical Oncology – Novel drugs and technologies

Time: 10:45 - 12:12 CET

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Coffee break

Time: 10:00 - 10:45 CET

3x best abstract (3×10 min) – Pathology / Translational

Time: 09:30 - 09:40 CET

GEJ cancer from a surgeon’s point of view

Time: 09:00 - 09:30 CET

Bas Wijnhoven, surgeon, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

GEJ cancer from a medical oncologist’s point of view

Time: 08:30 - 09:00 CET

Florian Lordick, medical oncologist, University Cancer Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Plenary session 7 joint ESDE – IGCA session

Time: 08:29 - 08:30 CET

Chairs: Mark van Berge Henegouwen, surgeon, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Yuko Kitagawa, surgeon, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Sponsored breakfast symposium

Time: 07:30 - 08:29 CET

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Being editor of Gastric Cancer

Time: 17:10 - 17:40 CET

Yasuhiro Kodera, nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Plenary session 6 – Masaki Kitajima | Memorial Lecture

Time: 17:09 - 17:10 CET

Chairs:
Takeshi Sano, surgeon, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan and Pauli Puolakkainen, surgeon, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Session 4b: Multimodality treatment

Time: 15:30 - 17:00 CET

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Session 4a: Epidemiology / Classification

Time: 15:30 - 17:00 CET

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Tea break

Time: 14:45 - 15:30 CET

Session 3c: Quality of life / Supportive care

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Session 3b: Artificial Intelligence & precision enhancing surgery

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Coffee break

Time: 10:00 - 10:45 CET

Session 3a: Pathology / Translational research

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Coffee break

Time: 00:00 - 00:00 CET

Lunch break

Time: 12:00 - 13:00 CET

Registration opens at 12:30 CET

Registration Open

Time: 12:30 - 13:30 CET

Executive Committee Meeting

Time: 10:00 - 12:00 CET

3 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 12:05 - 12:15 CET

2 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 11:55 - 12:05 CET

1 – accepted oral abstract

Time: 11:45 - 11:55 CET

Classification

Time: 11:05 - 11:25 CET

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Manami Inoue, Tokyo, Japan

Distribution & risk factors of gastric cancer

Time: 10:45 - 11:05 CET

Session 2c: Surgery – Innovations in gastric cancer surgery

Time: 15:30 - 17:09 CET

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Session 2b: Radiation Oncology

Time: 15:30 - 17:09 CET

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Session 2a: Medical Oncology – Targeted therapy

Time: 15:30 - 17:09 CET

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Parallel sessions 2

Time: 15:28 - 15:29 CET

Tea break

Time: 14:45 - 15:27 CET

Landmark Clinical trials

Time: 14:15 - 14:45 CET

Magnus Nilsson, surgeon, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Presidential lecture

Time: 13:45 - 14:15 CET

Yuko Kitagawa, surgeon, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Plenary session 2

Time: 13:43 - 13:44 CET

Chairs: Henk Hartgrink, surgeon, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands and Osvaldo Castro, Hospital da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Session 1c: Gastroenterology / Endoscopy

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Session 1b: Medical Oncology – Immunotherapy

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Session 1a: Staging

Time: 10:45 - 12:15 CET

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Closing remarks

Time: 09:45 - 10:00 CET

Current trials in North and South America

Time: 09:30 - 09:45 CET

Brian Badgwell, surgeon, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

Current trials in Europe

Time: 09:15 - 09:30 CET

Suzanne Gisbertz, surgeon, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Current trials in China

Time: 09:00 - 09:15 CET

Zenkuan Xu, surgeon, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China

Current trials in Korea

Time: 08:45 - 09:00 CET

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Seung-Wan Ryu, surgeon, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital in Daegu, Korea

Current trials in Japan

Time: 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Takahiro Kinoshida, surgeon, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Tokyo, Japan

Plenary session 1: Current Trials

Time: 08:28 - 08:29 CET

Chairs: Misuru Sasako, surgeon, Osaka, Japan and Giovanni de Manzoni, surgeon, Verona, Italy

Welcome reception

Time: 18:00 - 18:30 CET

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Opening Ceremony

Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET

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Closing ceremony

Time: 12:20 - 12:40 CET

Parallel sessions

Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CET

Break

Time: 10:00 - 10:30 CET

Plenary session 7 joint ESDE – IGCA session

Time: 08:29 - 08:30 CET

Chairs: Mark van Berge Henegouwen, surgeon, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Yuko Kitagawa, surgeon, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Sponsored breakfast symposium

Time: 07:30 - 08:27 CET

Registration open

Time: 07:00 - 07:30 CET

Session 4c: Surgery: Expanding horizons – Treatment of limited stage IV gastric cancer

Time: 15:30 - 17:00 CET

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Break

Time: 15:00 - 15:30 CET

Lunch break

Time: 12:15 - 13:44 CET

Poster viewing

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 CET

Plenary session 4: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC)

Time: 08:29 - 08:30 CET

Chairs: Toshiaki Hirasawa, gastroenterologist, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan and Johanna van Sandick, surgeon, NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Parallel sessions

Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CET

Break

Time: 10:00 - 10:30 CET

Sponsored breakfast symposium

Time: 07:30 - 08:29 CET

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Gala dinner

Time: 19:00 - 20:00 CET

Registration open

Time: 07:00 - 07:30 CET

Presidential dinner

Time: 19:00 - 20:00 CET

Drinks & bites

Time: 17:00 - 19:00 CET

Parallel sessions

Time: 14:28 - 14:29 CET

Lunch break

Time: 12:15 - 12:30 CET

Parallel sessions 1

Time: 10:43 - 12:15 CET

Coffee break

Time: 10:00 - 10:30 CET

Registration open

Time: 07:00 - 07:30 CET

Sponsored breakfast symposium

Time: 07:30 - 08:29 CET

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