Speakers

Berndt Birkner,

Gastroenterology at Max Weber Place,
Munich, Germany

Lecture:

Quality assurance of screening colonoscopy

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Gerhard Brenner,

Managing Director, Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care,

Germany

Panel:

Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme

Hermann Brenner,

Chair, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center,

Heidelberg, Germany

Lecture:

Evidence, effectiveness and efficiency of endoscopic screening methods

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Meinhard Classen,

Chairman International Digestive Cancer Alliance (IDCA),
Vice-president of German Network against Colon Cancer,

Germany

Lecture:

Colorectal Cancer Screening in Europe

Chairman:

Panel: "Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme"

Massimo Crespi,

National Cancer Insitute "Regina Elena",
Roma, Italy

Lecture:

Colon Cancer in the EU:  a major health priority - Epidemiology

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Jean Faivre,

Professor at the Burgundy University,
Head of the Burgundy Digestive Cancer Registry,

France

Lecture:

Evidence, efficacy and effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood tests

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Chairman:

"Colon cancer screening practices across Europe"

Bernhard Gibis,

National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
Dept of Quality Assurance, Director,

Germany

Lecture:

Colorectal cancer screening programmes conducted through gFOBT must be quality assured in terms of structures, execution and evaluation

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Geir Hoff,

Head of Research, Telemark Hospital,

Norway

Chairman:

"From bench to practice"

Panel:

Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme

Ernst J. Kuipers,

Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterologist,
Chair, Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Internal Medicine,
Erasmus MC University Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Lecture:

Which colon cancer screening programmes can we afford? – A cost-benefit analysis of different approaches

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Christa Maar,

CEO Felix Burda Foundation & President of German Network against Colon Cancer,

Munich, Germany

Lecture:

Increasing public acceptance for colon cancer screening through public relation campaigns and the establishment of dedicated networks

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Nea Malila,

Director of the Mass Screening Registry,

Finland 

Lecture:

The Finnish colorectal cancer mass-screening programme

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Colm ӒMoráin,

Consultant Gastroenterologist,
Professor of Medicine Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences,

Ireland

Chairman:

"The prevention of colon cancer and European health policy"

Panel:

Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme

Jaroslaw Regula,

Coordinator of the National Screening Programme and Chief of Endoscopy Unit,

Institute of Oncology,

Poland

Panel:

Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme

Wolff Schmiegel,

President of the German Association of the Digestive and Metabolic Disease,

Ruhr University Bochum,

Germany

Lecture:

Colorectal Screening in Germany

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Chairman:

"Colon cancer screening practices across Europe"

Nereo Segnan,

Head of Unit of Cancer Prevention
ASO San Giovanni Battista
CPO Piemonte (Centre for Cancer Prevention),

Italy

Lecture:

Screening for colorectal cancer in Italy

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Monika Sieverding,

Psychological Institute,
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg,

Germany

Lecture:

Correlates of colorectal cancer screening in men and women in Germany

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Robert J.C. Steele,

Professor of Surgery
University of Dundee and
Director, Scottish Bowel Screening Programme,

United Kingdom

Lecture:

Increasing Public Acceptance for Colon Cancer Screening Programmes by Invitation Schemes

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Guido N.J. Tytgat,

Emeritus Professor in Gastroenterology,
University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chairman:

Panel: "Outlining a pan-European colon cancer screening programme"

Eric Van Cutsem,

Head of Gastrointestinal Oncology, 
Leuven, Belgium

Chairman:

"The prevention of colon cancer and European health policy"

Hans F.A. Vasen,

Medical director The Netherlands Foundation for the Detection of
Hereditary Tumours & Department of Gastroenterology,
Leiden University Medical Centre,
Leiden, The Netherlands

Lecture:

Can the identification of high risk groups increase the effectiveness of colon cancer screening programmes?

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Jaroslaw Waligóra,

European Commission, SANCO C2 'Health Information',

Luxembourg

Lecture:

A European cancer screening policy - What does it serve and which programmes does it support?

Miroslav Zavoral,

Head of Department of Internal Medicine of 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and Central Military Hospital Prague,
Czech Republic

Lecture:

Colorectal cancer screening in the Czech Republic

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