8th European Combined Neurooncology Course 2026 Programme

Time Room 1 Room 2 Main Hall Social
14:00

Registration and welcome

Chair(s):
Antonis Kattamis
14:20

Course presentation and housekeeping information

Kleoniki Roka
Paediatrician, MD, PhD, Senior Attending Physician, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital
Chair(s):
Antonis Kattamis, Kleoniki Roka
14:30

Intracranial germ cell tumours: Current treatment approaches

Matthew Murray
Professor in Cellular and Molecular Pathology; Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, University of Cambridge; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
14:50

Neurosurgical aspects / CSF management / need for biopsy

Katerina Apostolopoulou
MD, PhD, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Children's Hospital Agia Sophia
15:10

Neuro-imaging in Germ Cell Tumour: Tips and pitfalls

Giovanni Morana
University of Torino
15:30

RT updates in intracranial GCT

Claire Alapetite
Radiation Oncologist, Institut Curie
15:50

GCT clinical cases

Chair(s):
Camilla Satragno
16:30

Coffee / Tea Break

17:00

Simulating planning RT – Techniques, fields, doses, and anticipated toxicities – Group A

Yasmin Lassen
Aarhus University Hospital
Beate Timmermann
West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE)

Palliative care workshop – Group B

Erna Michiels
Neuro-oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Máxima Center
Daniele Bertin
MD, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
17:45

Simulating planning RT – Techniques, fields, doses, and anticipated toxicities – Group B

Beate Timmermann
West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE)
Yasmin Lassen
Aarhus University Hospital

Palliative care workshop – Group A

Erna Michiels
Neuro-oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Máxima Center
Daniele Bertin
MD, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
18:30

Quiz and Wrap-up

20:00

Dinner / Social Event