SIOPE Host Genome Working Group Meeting in Bern, Switzerland in January 2025: An opportunity to foster international collaboration
The registration is open for the next meeting of the SIOPE Host Genome Working Group, which will take place in Bern, Switzerland, on 30 and 31 of January 2025. The meeting will comprise plenary session talks on national and international multidisciplinary advisory boards and circulating tumor DNA for early cancer detection. We will host workshops on various cancer predispositions to discuss recommendations for workup and management, and abstract sessions on ongoing and completed projects. The meeting will be preceded by the Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency Meeting of the C4CMMRD Group, on 29 - 30 January, covering multiple aspects and exciting new projects to tackle the challenges of mismatch repair deficiency.
SIOP Europe Meeting in Budapest, Hungary in May 2025: Exciting joint sessions on Cancer Predispositions
The SIOPE Host Genome Working Group has teamed up with several other working groups to host exciting joint sessions, during the SIOPE Meeting in May 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. With the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT) we have put together a session on “Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma in children and adolescents: Updates and challenges”. We will host talks on clinical presentation, genetics, surveillance, and treatment of these rare tumors. Furthermore, a second session with the Radiation Oncology Working Group will review challenges in irradiation of patients with cancer predispositions, notably Li Fraumeni Syndrome. We will review clinical cases, genetics of Li Fraumeni Syndrome, and the risks that could occur when these patients are exposed to irradiation. We will then assess specificities for irradiating children with Li Fraumeni syndrome and how treatment is affected by the underlying disease overall.