Program

Invited Speakers

Stefan Holdenrieder (GER, Munich)

President of ISOBM

Keynote Lecture: Better biomarkers mean better patient care - vision and mission of the ISOBM

Drahomíra Springer (CZ, Prague)

President of the Czech Society of Clinical Biochemistry (CSKB)

Keynote Lecture: Cancer screening programmes

Huub van Rossum (NL, Amsterdam)

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote Lecture: Tumor markers; identifying pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical challenges and opportunities to improve the clinical cancer care

Vojtěch Linka (CZ, Pilsen)

Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic, University Hospital, Pilsen

Keynote Lecture: Bioethical Dilemmas in End-of-Life Care

Samuel Vokurka (CZ, Pilsen)

Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic, University Hospital, Pilsen

Keynote Lecture: Insights into Oncological and Palliative Treatment and Care

We invite submissions of lectures or posters to the following sections:

Session 1: Biomarkers in cancer screening

Session 2: Cancer diagnosis in a multidisciplinar cooperation

Session 3: Prostate cancer

Session 4: Liquid biopsy

Session 5: Analytical chalenges

Session 6: Paliative care

Session 7: Varia

We are planning the following round tables:

Round table 1: Cancer screening versus Overdiagnosis

Round table 2: Current challenges in liquid biopsy

Confirmed lectures

Stefan Holdenrieder (GER, Munich)
President of ISOBM
Keynote Lecture: Better biomarkers mean better patient care - vision and mission of the ISOBM

Drahomíra Springer (CZ, Prague)
President of the Czech Society of Clinical Biochemistry (CSKB)
Keynote Lecture: Cancer screening programmes

Huub van Rossum (NL, Amsterdam)
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Keynote Lecture: Tumor markers; identifying pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical challenges and opportunities to improve the clinical cancer care

Samuel Vokurka (CZ, Pilsen)
Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic, University Hospital, Pilsen
Keynote Lecture: Insights into Oncological and Palliative Treatment and Care

Vojtěch Linka (CZ, Pilsen)
Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic, University Hospital, Pilsen
Keynote Lecture: Bioethical Dilemmas in End-of-Life Care

Jiří Ferda (CZ, Pilsen)
Department of Imaging methods, University Hospital, Pilsen
Advanced imaging methods in cancer diagnostics

Richard Pikner (CZ, Klatovy)
Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Bone Metabolism, Klatovska Hospital, Klatovy
Calcicum-phosphate Disorders  in Oncological Patients

Radek Kučera (CZ, Pilsen)
Department of Immunochemistry Diagnostics, University Hospital, Pilsen
Prostate cancer diagnostics, status quo and perspectives

Martin Pešta (CZ, Pilsen)
Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University
Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer Based on Liquid Biopsy

Jiří Polívka (CZ, Prague)
Department of Histology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Charles University
Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer Based on Liquid Biopsy

Lucie Heczko (CZ, Pilsen)
Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University
ctDNA as a tool of colorectal and ovarian tumor dynamics monitoring: clinical applications, limits and methodological approaches