Onco Bridge Meeting

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ONCOLOGY
Onco Bridge Meeting
June 26, 2015
Radisson Blu Hotel
Sisli - İstanbul
www.oncologybridge.org
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INVITATION
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to invite you to Onco Bridge Meeting will be held in
June 26, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.
As Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, we would like to create a regional
oncology platform as named ”Onco Bridge”. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece,
Israel, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey attended to this platform. The aims of
the meeting are; increase the collaboration, educational activities for
young fellows and increase the collaborative scientific production in the
region.
Onco Bridge meeting will be held before Best of ASCO Istanbul meeting.
The scientific program will include educational sessions, round tables
(regional problems) and working groups (for young people).
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Onco Bridge Meeting in
Istanbul.
Prof. Dr. Gokhan Demir
President
Turkish Medical Oncology Society
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COMMITTEES
Meeting Organising Committee
Azad Kerimli, Azerbaijan
Grigor Badalyan, Armenia
Ilias Athanasiadis, Greece
Ola Khorshid, Egypt
Eliahu Gez, Israel
Fadi Farhat, Lebanon
Gokhan Demir, Turkey
Ahmet Ozet, Turkey
Serdar Turhal, Turkey
Ahmet Demirkazik, Turkey
Fulden Yumuk, Turkey
Cem Boruban, Turkey
Ozgur Ozyilkan, Turkey
Local Organising Committee
Gokhan Demir, Turkey
Serdar Turhal, Turkey
Basak Oyan Uluc, Turkey
Scientific Programme Committee
Eliahu Gez, Israel (Educational Sessions)
Serdar Turhal, Turkey (Round Tables)
Ola Khorshid, Eygpt (Working Groups)
Fulden Yumuk, Turkey (Working Groups)
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
I. EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
08.15 - 08.30
Welcome speech
Gokhan Demir (Turkey), Turkish Society of Medical Oncology President
08.30 - 09.00
Advances in treatment of melanoma
Chairs: Eliahu Gez (Israel), Ilias Athanasiadis (Greece)
Evolving treatment in advanced melanoma
Ronnie Shapira (Israel)
09.00 - 10.00
Current treatment approach in breast cancer
Chairs: Basak Oyan-Uluc (Turkey), Evangelia Razis (Greece)
New developments in the management of axilla
George Asimakopoulos (Greece)
Treatment of HER2 positive disease
Mohsen Mokhtar (Egypt)
10.00 - 10.30
Advanced prostate cancer
Chairs: Ahmet Ozet (Turkey), Ola Khorshid (Egypt)
Current treatment approach in castration resistant prostate cancer
Eli Rosenbaum (Israel)
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30
Current treatment approach in locally advanced & metastatic lung cancer
Chairs: Ahmet Demirkazik (Turkey), Rabab Gaafar (Egypt)
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy approaches in non-small cell lung cancer
Maya Gottfried (Israel)
Driver mutation oriented treatment of advanced NSCLC
Kostas Syrigos (Greece)
Radiotherapy standards in SCLC
Fady Geara (Lebanon)
12.30 - 13.30
Current treatment approach in head & neck cancer
Chairs: Pınar Saip (Turkey), Ourania Nicolatou-Galitis (Greece)
Approach to HPV positive disease
Amanda Psyrri (Greece)
Approach to HPV positive disease
Athanassios Argiris (Greece)
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
II. ROUND TABLES
14.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30
Table 1
Barriers to cooperative research
Ahmet Ozet (Turkey)
Hakan Akbulut (Turkey)
Grigor Badalyan (Armenia)
Table 2
Barriers to new treatment
(barriers to early access to newer
modalities)
Ahmet Demirkazik (Turkey)
Kamel Bentabak (Algeria)
Table 3
Cooperative education & collaboration
Cem Boruban (Turkey)
Shouki Bazarbashi (Saudi Arabia)
Table 4
Barriers to multidisciplinary
treatment of cancer patients
Necati Alkis (Turkey)
Azad Kerimli (Azerbaijan)
Table 5
Epidemiology
Serdar Turhal (Turkey)
Ilias Athanasiadis (Greece)
Kamal Akperov (Azerbaijan)
Coffee Break
III. WORKING GROUPS
16.30 - 18.00
18.00 - 18.30
Group 1
Head & Neck
Fulden Yumuk (Turkey)
Ilias Athanasiadis (Greece)
Amanda Psyrri (Greece)
Group 2
GI
Serdar Turhal (Turkey)
Huseyin Abalı (Turkey)
Ravit Geva (Israel)
Group 3
Gynecologic
Nil Molinas Mandel (Turkey)
Yeim Eralp (Turkey)
Ola Khorshid (Egypt)
Group 4
Thoracic
Ömer Dizdar (Turkey)
Hamouda Boussen (Tunusia)
Rabab Gaafar (Egypt)
Group 5
Breast
Nuran Bee (Turkey),
Helidon Nina (Albania)
Sana Al Sukhun (Jordan)
Group 6
GU
Mustafa Ozguroglu (Turkey)
Eliahu Gez (Israel)
Marwan Ghosn (Lebanon)
Reports of working groups (5 minutes for per group)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Meeting Venue
Radisson Blu Sisli Hotel
Language
The official language of the meeting is English
Meeting badges
All participants, accompanying persons and exhibitors must wear the meeting identification badges.
Entrance to meetinghall and exhibition area will not be permitted to any person without badge.
Certificate of Attendance
Attendance certificates will be distributed to all participants on June 26, 2015.
Letter of Invitation
The Organization Secretariat will send you a letter of invitation upon request. The Organizing Committee
would like to clearly state that the letter is only to help the participant to obtain a visa or to raise travel
funds and has no further financial obligations from the meeting towards the participant. The
Organization Secretariat is only able to send you the letter of invitation after receipt of your registration
and payment.
Visa
Participants are requested to check with the Turkish consulate in their home country or their travel
agency for visa requirements. Entry visa to Turkiye can also be obtained at Istanbul Ataturk Airport for
some countries' citizens. (For detailed information : http://www.mfa.gov.tr)
Liability
Upon registration, participants agree that neither the Organizing Committee nor the Scientific
Secretariat assume any liability. Participants should, therefore, organize their own health and travel
insurance.
Currency
The local currency is the Turkish Liras (TL). Most hotels, restaurants and shops accept international credit
cards. All payments for the meetign including registration, hotel accommodation and tours have to be
made in Euro
Time
Turkiye is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT +2).
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REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION
REGISTRATION FEES
Before May 04, 2015
After May 04, 2015
200 €
250 €
Rate includes, meeting participation, meeting materials, lunch and coffee breaks.
VAT will be added to registration fees.
ACCOMMODATION FEES
Before May 04, 2015
After May 04, 2015
Single Room
Double Room
Single Room
Double Room
200 €
210 €
250 €
260 €
Radisson Blue Sisli Hotel
The fees cover a price of bed & breakfast accommodation for 1 night.
VAT will be added to accommodation fees.
TRANSFER FEES
All participants who have notified AYDER TOURISM to receive transportation services between June 24-26, 2015 will be provided the
two-way ( airport – hotel – airport ) service in return for 100 Euro + VAT. Please contact AYDER TOURISM for private carrier services. If
flight changes are notified in writing before 48 hours of the change, the carrier service changes.
VAT will be added to transfer fees.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Account Name
Bank Name
Branch Code
Branch Name
Ayder Turizm Tic. Ltd. ti.
Denizbank
3800
Yeniehir Branch
TL Account
TL IBAN No
Euro Account
Euro Iban No
2350264-364
TR48 0013 4000 0023 5026 4004 85
2350264-355
TR95 0013 4000 0023 5026 4000 27
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Scientific Secreteriat
Serdar Turhal, MD.
Baak Oyan Uluç, MD.
E-mail: turhal@superonline.com
E-mail: basakou@yahoo.com
Organization Secreteriat
Ayder Tourism
Meneke St. No: 8B/18 Kızılay - Ankara
Tel: +90 (312) 425 00 36 Fax:+90 (312) 425 00 46
E-mail: oncologybridge@gmail.com