EFC Congress 2024
Scientific Programme
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DIFFICULT CASES IN COLPOSCOPY
Chair: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Vesna Kesic (RS)
09:00 – 10:30 Pregnancy
09:00 – 09:30 Pregnancy Theory – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
09:30 – 09:40 Pregnancy Case 1 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
09:40 – 09:50 Pregnancy Case 2 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
09:50 – 10:00 Pregnancy Case 3 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
10:00 – 10:10 Pregnancy Case 4 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
10:10 – 10:20 Pregnancy Case 5 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
10:20 – 10:30 Pregnancy Case 6 – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT), Mihaela Grigore (RO)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Glandular pathology
11:00 – 11:30 Glandular pathology Theory –Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
11:30 – 11:40 Glandular pathology Case 1 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
11:40 – 11:50 Glandular pathology Case 2 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
11:50 – 12:00 Glandular pathology Case 3 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
12:00 – 12:10 Glandular pathology Case 4 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
12:10 – 12:20 Glandular pathology Case 5 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
12:20 – 12:30 Glandular pathology Case 6 – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE), Deirdre Lyons (GB)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 VIN & VaIN
13:30 – 14:00 VIN& VaIN Theory – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:00 – 14:10 VIN& VaIN Case 1 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:10 – 14:20 VIN& VaIN Case 2 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:20 – 14:30 VIN& VaIN Case 3 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:30 – 14:40 VIN& VaIN Case 4 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:40 – 14:50 VIN& VaIN Case 5 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
14:50 – 15:00 VIN& VaIN Case 6 – Speaker: Vesna Kesic, (SRB), Xavier Carcopino (FR)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Anal and multizonal disease
15:30 – 16:00 Anal and multizonal disease Theory – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:00 – 16:10 Anal and multizonal disease Case 1 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:10 – 16:20 Anal and multizonal disease Case 2 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:20 – 16:30 Anal and multizonal disease Case 3 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:30 – 16:40 Anal and multizonal disease Case 4 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:40 – 16:50 Anal and multizonal disease Case 5 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
16:50 – 17:00 Anal and multizonal disease Case 6 – Speaker: Deirdre Lyons (GB), Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
BASIC COLPOSCOPY COURSE
Chair: Amelia Pedro (PT), Jana Žodžika (LV)
09:00 – 10:30 Colposcopic principles
09:00 – 09:10 Introduction
09:10 – 09:30 Basics of Human Papilloma Virus cervical infection – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT)
09:30 – 09:50 Colposcopy exam of the normal cervix (TZ, SCJ, metaplasia) – Speaker: Maria Castro (ES)
09:50 – 10:10 Colposcopic nomenclature and useful scoring systems – Speaker: Jana Žodžika (LV)
10:10 – 10:30 Discussions
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Colposcopic diagnosis
11:00 – 11:30 Abnormal findings at colposcopy and systematic
colposcopic examination – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT)
11:30 – 12:00 Management principles of the cervical SIL
and European guidelines – Speaker: Maria Castro (ES)
12:00 – 12:30 Interactive case and discussion – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT) & Jana Žodžika (LV)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Colposcopic management
13:30 – 13:50 Follow up after treatment – Speaker: Annu Heinonen (FI)
13:50 – 14:10 Morbidity and safety of treatments – Speaker: Jana Žodžika (LV)
14:10 – 14:30 Basics of Cervical Cytology and Histology of Normal and Abnormal Cervical Epithelium – Speaker: Christine Bergeron (FR)
14:30 – 15:00 Interactive case and discussion – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT) & Jana Žodžika (LV)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Interactive session “How to set the colposcope?”
15:30 – 15:50 Colposcope: the device and how to use it? – Speaker: Maria Castro (ES)
15:50 – 17:00 Colposcopy setting – 4 stations with 4 colposcopes – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT), Annu Heinonen (FI), Maria Castro (ES), Jana Žodžika (LV)
Congress
From Thursday September 19 to Saturday September 21
Live streaming available
09:00 – 09:15 Opening session
Maggie Cruickshank (GB), Jana Žodžika (LV) and Lasma Lidaka (LV)
09:15 – 10:45 Working towards eliminating cervical cancer
Current knowledge on HPV natural history and screening: part I
Chairs: Laura Kotaniemi (FI), Anne Hammer (DK)
- Current evidence for HPV natural history and latency – Speaker: John Doorbar (GB)
- Clinical implications of HPV latency – Speaker: Anne Hammer (DK)
- The role of microbiome on HPV infection and SIL – Speaker: Olga Plisko (LV)
- Triage of HPV-positive patients – Speaker: Marc Arbyn (BE)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Working towards eliminating cervical cancer
Current knowledge on HPV natural history and screening: part II
Chairs: Maggie Cruickshank (GB) and Jana Žodžika (LV)
- Do we need co-testing ? – Speaker: Olaf Reich (AT) & Christine Bergeron (FR)
- Is high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion risk-based management the future of cervical cancer screening? – Speaker: Maciej Mazurec (PO)
- Screening for cervical cancer in older women – Speaker: Anne Hammer (DK)
- Self-sampling in HPV-based screening programmes – Speaker: Kristina Elfgren (SE)
- Self-testing of HPV in urine – Speaker: Gilbert Donders (BE)
12:45 – 14:30 Free time
14:30 – 16:00 HPV vaccination: moving towards cervical cancer eradication
Chairs: Pekka Nieminen (FI), DaceRezeberga (LV)
- Status of HPV vaccination in Europe – results of EU4Joint Action PERCH – Speaker: Marc Arbyn (BE)
- Impact of vaccination on screening – Speaker: Simopekka Vänskä (FI)
- Impact of vaccination on colposcopy – Speaker: Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
- Vaccination after treatment of SIL? – Speaker: Amelia Pedro (PT)
- NOVEL study – preliminary results – Speaker: Pekka Nieminen (FI)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Communication with patients and social media
Chairs: Grainne Flannelly (IRL), Ameli Trope (NO)
- New paradigm of social media – Speaker: Grainne Flannelly (IE)
- How to inform patients and which information should we provide about HPV infection and vaccination – Speaker: Laura Kotaniemi (FI)
- A Patient voice – Speaker: Johanna Vierikko (FI)
17:30 – 18:30 Selected best oral presentations
Chairs: Olga Plisko (LV), Maria Castro (ES)
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08:30 – 09:00 Selected best oral presentations
Chairs: Anne Hammer (DK), Kristina Jariene (LT)
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09:00 – 10:45 Optimal management of cervical intraepithelial lesions
Chairs: Illka Kalliala (FI), Kristīne Pčolkina (LV)
- Management of persistent HPV and low-grade lesions – Speaker: Andrea Ciavattini (IT)
- Clinical management of CIN2 across countries – Speaker: Karolina Aro (FI)
- Risk of persistency and progression of CIN2 – Speaker: Kathrine Dyhr Lycke (DK)
- Risk stratifications of CIN 2 for clinical management – Speaker: Karoliina Louvanto (FI)
- Optimal treatment strategies of adenocarcinoma in situ – Speaker: Xavier Carcopino (FR)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Challenges in colposcopy
Chairs: Xavier Carcopino (FR), Kristina Jariene (LT)
- Management of women with type 3 TZ – Speaker: Jean Luc Mergui (FR)
- Colposcopy of pregnant women – Speaker: Wojciech Kolawa (PO)
- Screening and management of immunocompromised women – Speaker: Ruud Bekkers (NL)
- Prospects of eliminating cervical cancer in Ukraine – Speaker: Natalya Volodko (UA)
12:45 – 14:00 Free time
14:00 – 15:30 Ensuring standards and quality assurance in women in Europe: colposcopy standards
Chairs: Maggie Cruickshank (GB) and Robert Jach (PO)
- Challenging colposcopy cases: applying EFC/ESGO European consensus statement on expert colposcopy – Speaker: Maggie Cruickshank (GB)
- Cervical cancer screening in Europe: quality assurance and organsiation of programmes in 2024 – Speaker: Miriam Elfström (SE)
- Ambitions for quality assurance in Hungary – Speaker: Robert Koiss (HU)
- Feasibility of collecting and comparing quality indicators on colposcopy – an update from the EFC Quality and standard group – Speaker: Anne Hammer (DK)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Ensuring the prevention of cervical cancer: reducing the risk for women post-treatment
Chairs: Xavier Carcopino(FR), Maria Castro (ES)
- Reasons of recurrent and residual disease after cervical SIL treatment – Speaker: Evangelos Paraskevaidis (GR)
- Risk of persistent HPV infection and cervical SIL after treatment – Speaker: Kristina Elfgren (SE)
- Post-treatment follow-up of cervical SIL and adenocarcinoma in situ – Speaker: Maggiorino Barbero (IT)
- Follow up after VIN and VaIN treatment – Speaker: Vesna Kesic (SRB)
17:30 – 18:00 Selected best oral presentations
Chairs: Eva-Maria Niine-Roolaht (EE), Tamar Alibegashvili (GE)
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08:30 – 09:00 Selected best oral presentations
Chairs: Jana Žodžika (LV), Annu Heinonen (FI)
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09:00 – 10:15 Cervical pre/cancer and reproductive outcomes
Chairs: Mihaela Grigore (RO), Maria Kyrgiou (GB)
- Fertility sparing treatment in cervical cancer – selection of candidates and management ESGO/ESTRO/ESP Update 2023 – Speaker: Robert Jach (PO)
- HPV infection and fertility – Speaker: Ilkka Kalliala (FI)
- Optimal decision making in management of SIL – Speaker: Maria Kyrgiou (GB)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:45 Multidisciplinary team meetings in colposcopy
Chairs: Pekka Nieminen (FI), Christine Bergeron (FR)
- How to organize an MDT in colposcopy clinic – Speaker: Pekka Nieminen (FI)
- Multidisciplinary team meeting in colposcopy Case 1 – Speaker: Kristina Jariene (LT)
- Multidisciplinary team meeting in colposcopy Case 2 – Speaker: Eva-Maria Niine-Roolaht (EE)
- Multidisciplinary team meeting in colposcopy Case 3 – Speaker: Melanie Henes (DE)
- Multidisciplinary team meeting in colposcopy Case 4 – Speaker: Kristine Pcolkina (LV)
- Report of recipient of the Emmanuel Diakomanolis EFC Colposcopy prizes 2022: Experience on quality assurance system in UK – Speaker: Iryna Muryzina (UA)
- Report of recipient of the Emmanuel Diakomanolis EFC Colposcopy prizes 2022: Experience on training and education programme in colposcopy in Finland – Speaker: Luka Roškar (SI)
12:45 – 13:15 Closing remarks & Awards Ceremony
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