Friday 15^th November 2019

13:30      Welcome and introduction (D. Betticher, Fribourg)

Gastric Cancer (U. Güller, St. Gallen)

13:35      Systemic treatment for metastatic gastric cancer (T. Kössler, Genève)

14:05      Surgical approach for localized gastric cancer: how much and how? (M. Schäfer, Lausanne)

14:35      Peritoneal disease: what now? (M. Pocard, Paris)

15:05      Interactive case presentations (U. Güller, M. Hübner)

15:30      Coffee break

Esophageal Cancer (M. Schäfer, Lausanne)

15:45      Preoperative work-up and patient selection (S. Möning, Genève)

16:05      Endoscopic treatment options (S. Godat, Lausanne)

16:25      Radio-(chemo)therapy: pre-operative, post-operative or definitive? (S. Bodis, Aarau)

16:45      Esophagectomy: How I do it (P. Allemann, Lausanne)

17:05      Nutrition in GI Cancer patients (M. Hübner, Lausanne)

17:45      Interactive case presentations (U. Güller, M. Hübner)

18:15      Adjourn

Saturday 16^th November 2019

Pancreatic Cancer (M. Hübner, Lausanne)

08:00      Surgery: possibilities and limits (B. Gloor, Bern)

08:30      Chemotherapy: when, for whom, how? (U. Güller, St. Gallen)

09:00      Immunotherapy in upper GI cancer: hype or hope? (A. Wicki, Liestal)

09:30      Interactive case presentations (U. Güller, M. Hübner)

10:00      Coffee break

Hepatocellular Cancer                                                                                         

10:30      Surgical treatments: Resection and liver transplantation (P. Dutowsky, Zürich)

11:00      Local-ablative treatments: SIRT, RFA, TAE, TACE (L. Hechelhammer, St. Gallen)

11:30      Systemic therapy of HCC (R. Winterhalder, Luzern)

12:00      Wrap up, feedback, award: best case presentation (U. Güller, M. Hübner)