Calendar sheets in malignant pleural diseases

Target audience

  • Pneumologists
  • Oncologists
  • Thoracic surgeons
  • Pathologists
  • Clinicians
  • Trainees

Topics

The course will address the following topics:

  • malignant pleural mesothelioma
  • pleural manifestation of lung cancer or other solid tumours
  • sarcoma
  • lymphoma
  • asbestos-related pleural manifestations
  • benign pleural tumours
  • general but also disease-specific diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and techniques


Access online:

Join the online course in time, 5-10 minutes before the start of the course through the following link: https://ers.adobeconnect.com/mpd2020.

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Please note that access to this course is restricted to registered participants.



Epidemiology, etiology, prognosis and presentation of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Kristiaan Nackaerts (Leuven, Belgium)

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
PDF journal article, handout or slidesSlide presentation
PDF journal article, handout or slidesSlide presentation
Diagnosis and staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Jacobus A. Burgers (Aalsmeer, Netherlands)

Thursday, 5 March 2020
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Pathological diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Françoise Galateau-Salle (Caen, France)

Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Role of surgery and of radiotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Mir Ali Reza Hoda (Wien, Austria), Charlotte Billiet (Antwerp, Belgium)

Thursday, 12 March 2020
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Systemic therapy 1 in malignant pleural mesothelioma: chemotherapy
Arnaud Scherpereel (Lille, France)

Thursday, 14 January 2021
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Systemic therapy 2 in malignant pleural mesothelioma: immuno- & targeted therapy
Joachim Aerts (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Thursday, 21 January 2021
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Malignant pleural effusion: treatment of the fluid and intrapleural therapy
Anna Bibby (Bristol (Avon), United Kingdom)

Thursday, 28 January 2021
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