BSPHO Scientific Meeting 2025

The first BSPHO Scientific Meeting of 2025 will be held on 21 February, from 16:00 to 18:30, at the BSPHO office, Brussels. The meeting is organized by UZA.

This meeting provides a valuable opportunity to connect, exchange knowledge, and discuss recent advancements in pediatric hematology and oncology.

This is an open meeting so don’t hesitate to share the invite with your colleagues.

Event is free of charge but registration is mandatory.

Meeting Agenda Overview

Time	Topic	Speaker
16:00	Gross tumor volume increase and need for adaptive radiotherapy in pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma of the midline structures	Dr. Toon Van Genechten
16:30	Prestin as biomarker for ototoxicity in pediatric oncology	Dr. PhD Jaques Van Heerden
17:00	CAR-NK therapy: promising future therapy for childhood cancer?	Dr. Liesbeth Vanheeswijck
17:30	A 69 long noncoding RNA signature predicts relapse and acts as independent prognostic factor in pediatric AML	Zhiyao Ren
18:00	Networking Drink

Accreditation points are requested.

Practical Details

Location : BSPHO office (BLSI - 6th floor) 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs - 1200 Brussel

How to get there: (check for details here)

Check out the highlights and photos from our last BSPHO meeting here.

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Event Sponsor: Olivia Fund

This Scientific meeting is sponsored by the Olivia Fund.

The Olivia Fund supports multiple innovative research projects in the field of paediatric cancer in order to improve the outcome and care of paediatric cancer patients. Any contribution can be of much value.

Want to find out more about the Olivia Fund? Check the website: www.olivia.be