Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends,

It is our great pleasure and honour to invite you to the 6th CROATIAN ONCOLOGY CONGRESS, the largest Croatian oncology meeting.

It is our wish for the sixth time, and for the second time in cooperation with the Croatian Society for Internal Medicine Oncology of the Croatian Medical Association, to gather the majority of Croatian oncologists from all fields of this important and large part of the medical and public-health activity. We will also give a chance to young Croatian oncologists to learn and to actively participate in lectures, discussions at round tables and posters and in that way gain much-needed experience. Once more, famous specialists from the USA and Europe have been invited as lecturers. This time certain fields of oncology are going to be shown only during plenary lectures in order to dedicate more time to discussions, which at previous meetings were neglected due to lack of time.

We wish to emphasize that previous congresses have by large contributed to the development of the Croatian oncology and we believe that you share our opinion. This time as well our topic will be translational medicine and due to topic's relevance and very successful first symposium, held in cooperation with the Croatian Society of Gastroenterology at the beginning of 2011 in Zagreb, we will extend our topic on digestive tract tumours.

We are looking forward to have with us once more the nurses and medical radiology engineers, who will hold their symposiums within the Congress – the 17th Symposium of the Oncology Haematology Association of the Croatian Nurses Association and the 5th Oncology Symposium of Medical Radiology Engineers, both with international participation. This successful cooperation will certainly be continued at forthcoming meetings and we will try to improve it furthermore, above all in common appearances with nurses and radiology technologists, which in fact we are already doing during everyday work.

To every health-care worker who is in any way involved in oncology and meets oncologic patients through his/her work, the programme of the 6th CROATIAN ONCOLOGY CONGRESS will offer useful topics, a chance to enrich his/her knowledge, exchange experiences, refresh acquaintances and make new ones in the stone city of Dubrovnik.

 

Until our next meeting,

President and Vice-Presidents of the Organisational Committee

Prof. Sc. D. Mirko Šamija

Prof. Sc. D. Damir Vrbanec

Prof. Sc. D. Eduard Vrdoljak

Organisers

The Croatian Oncology Society of the Croatian Medical Association

The Croatian Society for Internal Medicine Oncology of the Croatian Medical Association

Organisational Committee

President: Mirko Šamija

Vice-Presidents: Damir Vrbanec, Eduard Vrdoljak

Secretaries: Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, Antonio Juretić

Members: Boris Belev, Damir Ciprić, Dinko Čović, Marko Čupić, Damir Golčić, Mislav Grgić, Damir Gugić, Josip Konja, Višnja Matković, Ivan Milas, Marica Miščančuk, Damir Nemet, Miroslav Samaržija, Mladen Solarić, Božena Šarčević, Rudolf Tomek, Andro Vlahušić

Scientific Committee:

Svetlana Antonini, Lidija Beketić-Orešković, Herman Haller, Miroslava Katičić, Fabijan Knežević, Velimir Lupret, Marko Margaritoni, Rajko Ostojić, Josip Paladino, Krešimir Pavelić, Marija Petković, Stjepko Pleština, Krešimir Rotim, Boris Ružić,Zoran Slobodnjak, Marija Strnad, Hrvoje Šobat, Mišo Virag

Honorary Committee:

Egidio Ćepulić, Mladen Ćepulić, Dragan Dekaris, Zdravko Ebling, Radovan Fuchs, Milorad Gošev, Anica Jušić, Eva Kosovel, Branimir Krenajz, Zvonko Kusić, Boris Labar, Zvonimir Mareković, Matko Marušić, Željko Metelko, Davor Miličić, Darko Milinović, Hrvoje Minigo, Ivan Prpić, Danica Ramljak, Željko Reiner, Anton Roth, Dane Rukavina, Šime Spaventi, Antun Tucak, Franjo Žunter

Sponsors

The President of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipović

The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia

The Croatian Medical Association

The Croatian Medical Chamber

GOLDEN SPONSOR: ROCHE

Invited lectures

  •   Plenary lectures

  •   Lectures according to cancer sites

Round table

Presentations of cases

Oral presentations of selected posters

Satellite symposiums

Topics:

Preventive cancer diagnostics

Breast tumour

Gynaecologic tumours

Central nervous system tumours

Melanoma

Tumour cachexia

Digestive tract tumours

Head and neck tumours

Leukaemia and lymphoma

Lung cancer

Urogenital tract tumours

Children's tumours

Supportive treatment

Thyroid gland tumours

Molecular oncology

Official languages:

Croatian and English (no conference interpreting)

Penta d.o.o.

Danijela Ćurčić

Izidora Kršnjavoga 25, 10000 Zagreb

Phone: 01 4553 290 / 462 86 07

Mob: 091 4553 290

Fax: 01 4553 284

E-mail: danijela.curcic@penta-zagreb.hr

 

www.penta-zagreb.hr

We invite doctors with clinical experience, to register their posters regarding above-mentioned topics and briefly orally present their results in clinical and research work.

Deadline for summaries’ receipt: 15 December 2011

On-time submitted summaries are going to be published in the book of summaries. All summaries for posters will be examined by the members of the Scientific Committee who will choose the most interesting ones for brief oral presentation (5 minutes) at the Congress. Top three posters will be financially awarded.

Instructions for writing summaries

Summaries of lectures and posters should be submitted on one A4 sheet, with single-spacing and include title, authors (full name and surname), institute address and brief outline. Please send your summaries to e-mail address morana.simat@gmail.com and danijela.curcic@penta-zagreb.hr until 15 December 2011 at the latest.

Poster stand dimensions are 200 cm (height) x 100 cm (width), method of putting up posters: adhesive tape. The posters are put up on 29 March 2012 from 09:00 am to 10:00 am and taken off on 31 March 2012 from 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm.

REGISTRATION DESK

Working hours of the Registration office of the Business Centre at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel in Dubrovnik:

28 March 2012 03:00 pm – 07:30 pm

29 March 2012 08:30 am – 02:00 pm / 03:45 pm – 07:15 pm

30 March 2012 08:30 am – 01:15 pm / 02:45 pm – 07:15 pm

31 March 2012 08:30 am – 01:15 pm / 02:45 pm – 05:45 pm

CONGRESS PARTICIPATION FEES per person	until 31 October 2011		01 November 2011 - 15 February 2012		from 16 February 2012
FOUR-DAY PARTICIPATION FEE	kn 2250	EUR 308	kn 2625	EUR 360	kn 3375	EUR 462
ONE-DAY PARTICIPATION FEE	kn 750	EUR 103	kn 900	EUR 123	kn 1125	EUR 154
*PARTICIPATION FEE of The Croatian Nurses Association/ Medical Radiology Engineers	kn 750	EUR 103	kn 900	EUR 123	kn 1125	EUR 154

*related to the 17th Symposium of the Oncology Haematology Association of the Croatian Nurses Association or the 5th Oncology Symposium of the Medical Radiology Engineers.

Four-day participation fee and participation fee for the 17th Symposium of the Oncology Haematology Association of the Croatian Nurses Association / 5th Oncology Symposium of the Medicine Radiology Engineers includes:

-   - a bag with congress materials, the final programme, the book of summaries,

-   - congress button for participation in the opening ceremony, the working part of the Congress, satellite symposiums, expert exhibition,

-   - confirmation of participation,

-   - a welcome cocktail, refreshments during breaks, congress dinner.

One-day congress participation fee includes:

- a bag with congress materials, the final programme, the book of summaries,

- congress button for participation in the working part of the Congress, satellite symposiums, expert exhibition

- confirmation of participation,

- refreshments during breaks

Lunches on 28, 29, 30 and 31 March 2012 and dinners on 29 and 31 March 2012 are not included in the participation fee, but an additional payment for them can be made at special price which is applicable only to in advance made registrations and payments.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

The Congress participants will be accommodated at special prices at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel and the Argosy Hotel in Dubrovnik. The stated prices for one person per day include overnight stay with breakfast buffet and tourist tax with the possibility of additional payment for mentioned four lunches and two dinners at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel at special price (drinks not included).

for one person per day		in a double-room	in a single room
Hotel Valamar Lacroma ****	KN	405	700
	EUR	55	96
Hotel Argosy***	KN	330	515
	EUR	45	71

Additional payment for lunch/dinner at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel per meal: 130 kn or 18 EUR.

Reservations for hotel services are made on enclosed application form (one for both registration and accommodation), and applications will be admitted until 15 February 2012 at the latest. Afterwards, accommodation reservations will be confirmed according to the availability of the hotel rooms. Check-in is from 02:00 pm on the day of arrival and check-out lasts until 11:00 am on the day of departure. The Argosy Hotel and the Valamar Lacroma Hotel are three minutes walk apart.

AIR TRANSPORT

Special air transport has been organised for Congress participants from Zagreb to Dubrovnik Airport with special bus transport to and from the hotel.

Flight schedule (subject to changes):

Zagreb-Dubrovnik 28 March 2012 departure 10:40 am

Dubrovnik-Zagreb 31 March 2012 departure 07:30 am

Zagreb-Dubrovnik 28 March 2012 departure 02:25 pm

Dubrovnik-Zagreb 31 March 2012 departure 08:00 pm

Zagreb-Dubrovnik 28 March 2012 departure 10:40 am

Dubrovnik-Zagreb 01 April 2012 departure 07:30 am

Zagreb-Dubrovnik 28 March 2012 departure 02:25 pm

Dubrovnik-Zagreb 01 April 2012 departure 07:30 am

Zagreb-Dubrovnik 28 March 2012 departure 02:25 pm

Dubrovnik-Zagreb 01 April 2012 departure 01:30 pm

At Zagreb and Dubrovnik Airports the passengers are obliged to check in at 'check-in' desks at least 60 minutes before the plane departure.

The price of return plane ticket per person (valid on the day of programme printing and subject to changes) with all airport taxes and fees and costs of issuing tickets amounts to 1,300 kn or 178 EUR. Every change or cancellation after the issuing of plane ticket is additionally charged according to the conditions of the airline at that moment.

We point out that all participants of the Congress who make reservations for and buy their plane tickets for some of the above mentioned combinations of destinations from technical organiser of the Congress – the Agency Penta d.o.o. - will have free bus transport from Dubrovnik Airport to the hotel and vice-versa.

For travellers who ordered their plane ticket through Penta d.o.o., on the day of departure from Dubrovnik, the bus from both hotels leaves for Dubrovnik Airport 1 hour and 45 minutes prior to airplane departure.

You can obtain all additional information at the Registration desk.

For all other individual airplane tickets for other dates, according to participants’ choice, reservations can be made and they can be bought from the technical organiser of the Congress – the Agency Penta d.o.o.- , under prices and conditions which are valid at the time of their issuing.

Transport prices could be changed until the moment of issuing airplane tickets.

The airfares are paid within 72 hours after the reservation has been made.

For participants from Serbia we recommend flights Beograd-Tivat and vice-versa, with the possibility of organising transport to and from the hotel in Dubrovnik. You can obtain all information from the technical organiser of the Congress – the Agency Penta d.o.o.

PAYMENT

Prices of all services related to the Congress are stated in kunas and euros according to the exchange rate on 03 May 2011. In case of change of the exchange rate or other important factors, the technical organiser retains the right to change the prices.

Services are confirmed in line with the dates of reservation and payment receipt according to the method 'who first, picks'.

CANCELLATION

- until 31 December 2011 – 370 kn (50 EUR) per person

- from 01 January 2012 - 520 kn (70 EUR) per person

- from 15 February 2012 – the whole amount of payment is retained.

Participants, exhibitors, advertisers and sponsors can obtain all information at:

Penta d.o.o.

Danijela Ćurčić

Izidora Kršnjavoga 25, 10000 Zagreb

Phone: 01 4553 290 / 462 86 07

Mob: 091 4553 290

Fax: 01 4553 284

E-mail: danijela.curcic@penta-zagreb.hr

 

www.penta-zagreb.hr

1. SPONSORSHIPS

Golden sponsor of the Congress

OBLIGATIONS

- the payment of sponsorship amount in total of 222,000 kn (30,000 EUR)

- acquiring of congress bags with the logos and names of the congress and sponsor for all participants

RIGHTS

- coloured advertisement the size of 1 page in the final programme of the Congress and in the book of summaries

- two satellite symposiums each lasting 60 minutes

- exhibition venue 8 square metres (4 x 2 m) in size

- 4 free participation fees

Main sponsors of the Congress

OBLIGATIONS

- payment of sponsorship amount in total of 148,000 kn (20,000 EUR)

RIGHTS

- coloured advertisement the size of 1 page in the final programme of the Congress and in the book of summaries

- satellite symposium lasting 60 minutes

- exhibition venue 6 square metres (3 x 2 m) in size

- 2 free participation fees

2. SATTELITE SYMPOSIUMS

Prices of satellite symposiums lasting 60 min.	until 15 October 2011	16 October 2011-15 January 2012	From 16 January 2012
	kn 51.800 EUR 7.000	kn 62.900 EUR 8.500	kn 74.000 EUR 10.000

3. EXHIBITION VENUE

Price of exhibition area per square meter	until 15 October 2011	16 October 2011-15 January 2012	from 16 January 2012
	kn 2.220 EUR 300	kn 2.590 EUR 350	kn 2.960 EUR 400

4. ADVERTISING

Advertisement in the final programme or in the book of summaries	until 15 October 2011	16 October 2011-15 January 2012	from 16 January 2012
	kn 11.100 EUR 1.500	kn 14.800 EUR 2.000	kn 18.500 EUR 2.500

5. OTHER

For welcome cocktail, refreshments during breaks, congress dinner, other meals etc. there is a possibility of sponsoring:

- welcome cocktail and dinner on 28 March 2012 – 88,800 kn (12,000 EUR)

- refreshments during breaks – 7,500 kn (1,003 EUR) each

- congress dinner on 30 March 2012 – 99,000 kn (13,560 EUR)

- other meals (4 lunches, 2 dinners) per meal, without drinks – 49,000 kn (6,715 EUR)

All types of sponsorship have to be registered with the technical organiser – Penta – and they depend on the sequence of registrations and payments, according to the method: 'who first, picks.'

For all information and applications contact the technical organiser of the Congress:

Penta d.o.o.

Danijela Ćurčić

Izidora Kršnjavoga 25, 10000 Zagreb

Phone: 01 4553 290 / 462 86 07

Mob: 091 4553 290

Fax: 01 4553 284

e-mail: danijela.curcic@penta-zagreb.hr

 

www.penta-zagreb.hr

Showings

All lecturers have LCDs and laptops at their disposal at congress halls.

Exhibitions and satellite symposiums

During the Congress at the Elafiti 2 hall in the Valamar Lacroma Hotel, an exhibition of medicines and medicine equipment will be held. Within the 6th Croatian Oncology Congress six satellite symposiums of pharmaceutical companies are envisaged.

The size of the exhibition venue: 6 square metres (3x2), 8 square metres (4x2) or more.

We kindly ask the companies which are interested in this type of advertising of their products at the Congress to contact the technical organiser of the Congress in relation to exhibition venue lease, envisaged dates for satellite symposiums, advertisements in the book of summaries and the final programme, and other ways of sponsorship:

Penta d.o.o.

Danijela Ćurčić

A. Hebranga 20, 10000 Zagreb

Phone: 01 4553 290 / 462 86 07

Mob: 091 4553 290

Fax: 01 4553 284

E-mail: danijela.curcic@penta-zagreb.hr

 

www.penta-zagreb.hr

Exhibition setting up: 28 March 2012 from 09:00 am

Exhibition dismantling: 31 March 2012 from 06:00 pm, 01 April 2012 until 11:00 am at the latest

6th CROATIAN ONCOLOGY CONGRESS
with international participation
28 March-01 April 2012

Programme

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

12:00 pm - 02:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

03:00 pm - 07:30 pm Registration of participants – Reception desk of the Business Centre

Elafiti hall 3/4

05:30 pm - 06:30 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

06:30 pm - 06:45 pm Opening ceremony

06:45 pm - 07:45 pm PLENARY LECTURES

Head: Stjepko Pleština

Mirko Šamija: Preventive cancer diagnostics

Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale (Norway): Breast tumour heterogeneity; a challenge for classification and treatment evaluation

08:00 pm             Welcome cocktaile

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Elafiti hall 3/4

08:30 am -10:00 am Breast tumour

Head: Damir Vrbanec

10:00 am -11:00 am SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM - ROCHE/p>

11:00 am -11.15 am Coffee break

11:15 am -11:45 am SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM - GLAXOSMITHKLINE

11:45 am - 01:15 pm Tumour cachexia – new notions

Moderator: Mirko Šamija

Round table – presentation of cases

01:15 pm - 02:15 pm Plenary lectures

Head: Eduard Vrdoljak

Janez Žgajnar: New notions in chirurgical oncology

Hrvoje Šobat: New notions in radiotherapeutic oncology

02:15 pm -03:30 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

03:30 pm - 04:30 pm Lung cancer

Head: Miroslav Samaržija

04:30 pm - 05:30 pm Gynaecologic tumours

Head: Herman Haller

05:30 pm - 05:45 pm Coffee break

05:45 pm - 06:45 pm Melanoma

Head: Mirna Šitum

Zdenko Stanec: Melanoma of extremities

Mirko Ivkić: Head and neck melanoma

Joško Zekan: Vulva melanoma

06:45 pm - 07:45 pm Central nervous system tumours

Head: Josip Paladino

Zdravko Heinrich: Radiochirurgy of endocranial tumours in paediatric age groups

Ante Melada: Tumours of pituitary gland

Goran Mrak: Minimally invasive chirurgical interventions in treating extraaxial tumours of endocraniums

08:00 pm             Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Friday, 30 March 2012

Elafiti hall 3/4

08:30 am - 10:30 am Digestive tract tumours

Heads: Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, Rajko Ostojić

10:30 am - 11:30 am SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – OKTAL PHARMA

11:30 am - 11:45 am Coffee break

11:45 am - 12:45 pm SATELLITE SMPOSIUM – BAYER PHARMA

12:45 pm - 01:45 pm Plenary lectures

Head: Damir Gugić

Eduard Vrdoljak: New notions in clinical application of systemic therapy of solid tumours

Živko Pavletić: Leukaemia and lymphoma – new notions

01:45 pm – 03:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

Elafiti hall 3/4

03:00 pm - 04:00 pm Urogenital tract tumours

Heads: Mladen Solarić, Mislav Grgić

04:00 pm - 05:00 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUMS - PFIZER

05:00 pm - 05:15 pm Coffee break

05:15 pm - 05:45 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM - GLAXOSMITHKLINE

05:45 pm - 06:45 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

08:00 pm             Congress dinner – main restaurant

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Elafiti hall 3/4

08:30 am - 10:30 am New notions in supportive treatment of oncologic patients

Head: Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana

08:30 am - 09:00 am Pain

09:00 am - 09:30 am Emesis

09:30 am - 10:00 am Infections

10:00 am - 10:30 am Anaemias

10:30 am - 11:30 am Head and neck tumours

Head: Mišo Virag

11:30 am - 11:45 am Coffee break

11:45 am - 12:45 pm Thyroid gland tumours

Head: Zvonko Kusić

Tomislav Jukić: Differentiated thyroid gland carcinoma – treatment and observation

Nina Dabelić: Inhibitors of thyrosin-kinase in treatment of thyroid gland carcinoma

Ante Punda: Rare thyroid gland tumours

Nikolina Bašić-Jukić: Thyroid gland carcinoma in patients with transplanted kidney

12:45 pm - 01:45 pm Plenary lectures

Head: Antonio Juretić

Michael Molls (Germany): Innovative randomized trials in oncology based on immunology and biology of solid tumours

Ivan Šamija: New notions in research and use of monoclonal antibodies in cancer treatment

01:45 pm - 03:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

03:00 pm - 04:00 pm Children's tumours

Heads: Josip Konja, Jasminka Stepan

04:00 pm - 06:00 pm Translational medicine in Croatia

Head: Sonja Levanat

06:00 pm - 06:30 pm Presentation of selected posters and granting of awards

06:30 pm - 06:45 pm Congress closing ceremony

08:00 pm             Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Sunday, 01 April 2012

Participants' leave

17th Symposium of the Oncology Haematology Association
of the Croatian Nurses Association
with international participation
28-31 March 2012

Head: Marica Miščančuk

Programme

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

12:00 pm - 02:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

03:00 pm - 07:30 pm Registration of participants – Reception desk of the Business Centre

Elafiti hall 3/4

05:30 pm - 06:30 pm SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

06:30 pm - 06:45 pm Opening ceremony

06:45 pm - 07:45 pm PLENARY LECTURES

Head: Stjepko Pleština

Mirko Šamija: Preventive cancer diagnostics

Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale (Norway): Breast tumour heterogeneity; a challenge for classification and treatment evaluation

08:00 pm             Welcome cocktail

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Elafiti hall 1

08:30 am - 11:00 am Working part of the Symposium

11:00 am – 11:15 am Coffee break

Elafiti hall 1

11:15 am - 02:15 pm Working part of the Symposium

02:15 pm – 03:30 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

Elafiti hall 1

03:30 pm - 05:30 pm Working part of the Symposium

05:30 pm - 05:45 pm Coffee break

8:00 pm             Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Friday, 30 March 2012

Elafiti hall 1

08:30 am - 11:30 am Working part of the Symposium

11:30 am - 11:45 am Coffee break

11:45 am - 01:45 pm Working part of the Symposium

01:45 pm - 03:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

Elafiti hall 1

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm Working part of the Symposium

05:00 pm - 05:15 pm Coffee break

05:15 pm - 06:15 pm Working part of the Symposium

08:00 pm             Congress dinner – main restaurant

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Participant's leave, and for those who stay

01:45 pm - 03:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

106:30 pm - 06:45 pm Congress Closing Ceremony

08:00 pm             Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Sunday, 01 April 2012

Participants' leave

 

 

 

Obtain detailed information, send your applications for lectures and summaries to the e-mail address: maricamiscancuk@gmail.com

5th Oncology Symposium of the Medical Radiology Engineers
with international participation
29-31 March 2012

Head: Damir Ciprić

Programme

Thursday, 29 March 2012

08:30 am – 02:00/03:45 pm – 07:15 pm Registration of participants – Reception desk of the Business Centre

02:15 pm – 03:30 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

08:00 pm Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Friday, 30 March 2012

Bokar hall

08:30 am - 11:30 am Working part of the Symposium

11:30 am - 11:45 am Coffee break

11:45 am - 01:45 pm Working part of the Symposium

01:45 pm - 03:00 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

Bokar hall

03:00 pm - 05:00 pm Working part of the Symposium

05:00 pm - 05:15 pm Coffee break

05:15 pm - 06:15 pm Working part of the Symposium

08:00 pm             Congress dinner – main restaurant

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Participants' leave and for those who stay

01:45 pm Lunch (additional payment) – main restaurant

06:30 pm - 06:45 pm Congress Closing Ceremony

08:00 pm             Dinner (additional payment) – main restaurant

Sunday, 01 April 2012

Participants' leave

 

 

 

Obtain detailed information; send your applications for lectures and summaries to the e-mail address: damir.cipric@kbcsm.hr