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 on melanoma in humans & immune checkpoint inhibitors: prof. dr. Christian Blank

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15.00 Coffee break 

Session on Cutaneous Melanomas

15.30 Cutaneous melanomas in cats & dogs (NOT oral): 'Not always darkness': 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 fillet technique for digit pad transfer

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' in an attempt to process the incoming 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: 'the Bloody Mess Mass': 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: 'Totally Tips': 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: 'The dos & don'ts and everything in between': 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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