BSPHO Symposium 2025

The BSPHO 2025 Symposium will be held on 28 November from 12:30-17:30 at the Provinciehuis Leuven. Save the date!

What is the BSPHO Symposium?

The BSPHO Symposium is an exclusive meeting organised every two years, focusing on key topics in childhood cancer, gathering experts in the field of paediatric haemato-oncology (PHO): physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, ...

This year's topic is: Supportive Care in Paediatric Haemato-Oncology, addressing essential practices that improve quality of life for young patients, from managing side effects to providing critical psychological and social support throughout their cancer journey.

Meeting Agenda

Here's a brief overview of the program:

Low-germ diet: infectious risk and microbiology in immunocompromised children
Preventing fungal infections in pediatric stem cell transplants
Vascular access in paediatric hemato-oncology: practices in Belgian PHO centers
Febrile neutropenia: insights and consensus from the French-speaking pediatric oncology community
Network-focused meetings to sustain social support
Taste alteration post-chemotherapy: from research to patient care
Skin problems during cancer treatment and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

The registration for this event is mandatory and will open in October.  Accreditation points (Ethics and Economy / JACIE) are requested.

The Study Coordinator Meeting and Psychologists Meeting will take place right before the Symposium (9:30 - 12:30) at the same venue.

Why attend?

Networking opportunity - It's an opportunity for health professionals to meet each other and discuss issues and trends, listen to presentations, present best practices themselves and to make recommendations.

Engaging & informative presentations - Members from different pediatric centres present valuable insights and knowledge about the latest trends and developments in the field of pediatric oncology.