Thursday 21 May 2026

Main Program


Room: Burke Theatre

08.00-09.00

Registration

 

08.45-09.00

Welcome ESVONC to Dublin

BURKE ROOM

 

Head and Neck Cancer

 

09.00-09.45

Mapping the Molecular Landscape of Head & Neck Cancer: Insights from Molecular Profiling

Professor Enni Markkanen

09.45-10.30

Comparative Omics in Oral and Head & Neck Cancer: Bridging Human and Veterinary Oncology

Professor Enni Markkanen

10.30-11.00

Coffee break

 

11.00-11.45

Novel Management of Oral and Head & Neck Tumors in Veterinary Oncology: An Interventional Oncology Approach

William Culp

11.45-12.30

Emerging Therapies in Head & Neck Cancer: Targeted Approaches and Immunotherapy (clinical perspective)

Sarah Mason

12.30-13.00

Panel discussion

All speakers

13.00–14.30

Lunch

 

14.30-15.00

Sponsored talk by IDEXX

The evolution of cancer diagnostics: an update on screening and early diagnosis of canine lymphoma

 Clémence Peyron

 

General abstracts

 

15.00-15.15

Transcriptomic characterization of canine Rhabdomyosarcoma and
adjacent normal tissue

 Caroline Posthaus

15.15-15.30

 Multiomic characterization of localized and disseminated canine histiocytic sarcoma to identify novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches  Helia Abdshahzadeh

15.30-15.45

 Definitive-intent 10-Fraction Radiotherapy ("the Zurich Protocol") achieves comparable tumor control and survival in canine intracranial meningiomas  Carlotta Marie Ahrens

15.45-16.00

 Validation of a molecular radiosensitivity signature in canine sinonasal tumors treated with radiotherapy  Nina Hungerbühler

16.00-16.30

Coffee break

 

 

Resident abstracts

 

16.30-16.45

Pilot study investigating safety and tolerability of dose-escalated lattice radiation therapy for canine sinonasal carcinoma 

Patricia Gualtieri 

16.45-17.00

 Survival outcomes of cats with oral squamous cell carcinoma treated with radical surgery or radiotherapy  Ana Rejec JenĨek

17.00-17.15

 Exploratory RNA sequencing analysis of inflammatory and urothelial carcinoma bladder tissues in dogs  Rafael Bernardes

17.15-17.30

 Fluorescence lifetime imaging of indocyanine green for surgical cancer margin assessment in veterinary patients  Simone Janssen

17.30-18.00

ESVONC Clinical Research Fund

CRF Committee

18.30-20.30

Welcome Reception

Dinning Hall at Trinity College