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The programme of the conference was opened on Thursday 22 May with an introductory speech by the head physician of the Comprehensive Oncology Centre of the Pardubice Region, Prof. MUDr. Karel Odrážka, Ph.D., who welcomed all present and then handed over the floor to the guests of honour. On behalf of the professional oncological societies spoke the Vice-Chairman of the Czech Oncological Society prof. MUDr. Jindřich Fínek, Ph.D., MHA and doc. MUDr. Radka Lohynská, Ph. D., who represented the Society of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. Among others who said a few words was the Director of the Regional Branch of VZP Hradec Králové Ing. Michal Provazník. Miroslav Měšt'an, Ph.D., Regional Director for Health Services of the Pardubice and Chrudim Hospitals, and Norbert Barek, M.D., Director of Medical Care of the Pardubice Hospital. The final word belonged to the representatives of AKESO Holding a.s., to which Multiscan s.r.o. belongs, Executive Director Ing. Mgr. Martina Kulštejnová and the CEO of the holding Ing. Milan Rufer, MBA.
Both days of the professional programme brought many interesting lectures and topics. As the conference was also attended by foreign speakers, the discussions encouraged the sharing of experiences and comparison of treatment procedures in different countries. Lubomir Skopal, MD, a clinical oncologist working in the French overseas departments, focused on prostate cancer as an occupational disease in patients from the Lesser Antilles and skin malignancies in children with hereditary disorder xeroderma pigmentosum from the Comoros Islands. Other international speakers included Assoc. Josef Kovařík, M.D., Ph.D. from Newcastle Hospital, President Emeritus of ESTRO and Secretary General Emeritus of ECCO Prof. Michael Brada BSc, MBchB, FRCP, DSc from London and Zuzana Lovasová, M.D. from Västeräs, Sweden, who outlined the current situation of radiotherapy in this Scandinavian country. After nine years, Prof. Vratislav Strnad, MD, Head of the Department of Interventional Radiation Oncology in Erlangen, Germany, visited the Controversies in Oncology and his presentation focused on prostate cancer and the effects of brachytherapy in the treatment of this tumour.
From the Czech oncology capacities, the presentations were made by doc. Milan Vošmik, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy at the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of HK, who presented the topic Local recurrence of ENT cancer - surgery, re-radiation or systemic treatment? Prof. Jiří Petera, M.D., Ph.D. from the same clinic, whose presentation dealt with radiotherapy of glioblastoma, or the Chairman of the Society of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Prof. Martin Doležel, M.D., Ph.D. with the topic Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy - Expectations and Reality.
Palliative care is an indispensable part of oncological treatment. Miroslav Žiaran, M.D., a physician of the Comprehensive Oncology Centre of Pardubice Hospital, opened the controversial topic of euthanasia, which was loosely followed by the contribution Palliative care in oncology in the grip of terminology by the Head of the Oncology Clinic of the Olomouc University Hospital, prof. MUDr. Bohuslav Melichar, Ph.D.
The professional conference Controversies in Oncology offers space for other specialties without which the complex treatment of oncological patients cannot be done. Therefore, it was very beneficial to learn about the knowledge and experience of, for example, the world-renowned endocrinologist focusing on adrenal tumours , Prof. Karel Pacák, M.D., DSc, FACE, Dhc from AKESO holding, who worked for almost 30 years at the American National Institutes of Health, where he founded and headed the prestigious endocrinology research programme, Prof. MUDr. Aleš Ryška, Ph.D. from the Fingerland Institute of Pathology of the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of HK, who spoke on the topic of the present and future of predictive diagnostics in gastric cancer and GEJ, or the head of the Surgical Clinic of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University in Prague , MUDr. Jiří Pudil, who spoke about robotic resection of the liver and pancreas.
After a knowledge-packed day, a social programme awaited the conference participants as always. The musical group 4 Tenors was a great success this time and then, as every year, the James Band performed.
