Friday 12th September 2025

13:30  Welcome and introduction (S. Peters, Lausanne)

When less is more: de-escalation strategies (O. Gautschi, Luzern)

13:40  Medical Oncology (A. Wicki, Zürich)

14:00  Radio-Oncology (D. Zwahlen, Winterthur)

14:20  Case presentation 1 (organized by O. Gautschi)

14:40  Surgical Oncology (F. Grass, Lausanne)

15:00  Geriatric Oncology (V. Dougoud, Fribourg)

15:30  Case presentation 2 (organized by V. Dougoud)

16:00  Coffee break

How to make good trials and guidelines (S. Peters, Lausanne)

16:20  Flaws and pitfalls in clinical trials and publications (T. Olivier, Genève)

16:40  EORTC initiative for pragmatic trials (S. Aebi, Luzern)

17:00  Case presentation 3 (organized by S. Peters)

17:20  ESMO magnitude of clinical benefit scale (R. Dafni, Athens)

17:40  How to integrate the patient perspective (K. Jordan, Potsdam)

18:00  Panel discussion: do we need Swiss guidelines? (S. Peters, Lausanne)

18:30   Dinner and award for best case presentation

Saturday 13th September 2025

Stakeholder viewpoints (O. Gautschi, Luzern)

08:00  Global drug availability: are we living in a honey-pot? (K. Tay-Teo, Genève)

08:20  Cost-effectiveness; how to assess and who is responsible? (M. Schwenkglenks, Basel)        

08:40  Reimbursement of new drugs - Challenges and possible solutions (K. Vokinger, Zürich)

09:00  Panel discussion (O. Gautschi and S. Peters)

09:45  Coffee break

10:00  Swissmedic (E. Trachsel, Bern)

10:20  Article 71 and our reimbursement system (D. Froidevaux, Zürich)

10:40  Oncosuisse: toward a national cancer plan (S. Peters, Lausanne)

11:00  Panel discussion (S. Peters and O. Gautschi)

12:00   End