Chair: Prof. Luca Incrocci, MD PhD, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

08.30-09.00
Registration

09.00-09.15
Welcome and Introduction

09.15-09.45
What is quality of life and how to evaluate it?
Prof. Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, PhD
Tilburg University, The Netherlands

09.45-10.15
Psychosocial oncology and quality of life in cancer patients and their families
Prof. Judith B. Prins, PhD
University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands

10.15-10.45
Measuring sexual health: a challenge in oncology? The EORTC questionnaire on sexual functioning for cancer patients
Prof. Eva Greimel, PhD
Medical University Graz, Austria

10.45-11.15
Radiotherapy for genito-urinary cancers and its effects on sexual function
Prof. Luca Incrocci, MD PhD
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

11.15-11.45
Coffee/Tea Break

11.45-12.15
Quality of life after bladder-sparing cancer treatment
Martine Franckena, MD PhD
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

12.15-12.45
Testicular cancer treatment and its effect on fertility and quality of life
Prof. Andrea Salonia, MD PhD
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

12.45-13.45
Lunch

13.45-14.15
Quality of life as a prognostic factor for survival in patients with cancer
Fabio Efficace, PhD
Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA) Data Center, Rome, Italy

14.15-14.45
Stereotactic radiotherapy for prostate cancer: always better?
Alison Tree, MD
The Royal Marsden, London, United Kingdom

14.45-15.15
Chemo-and hormonal therapy and its effects on quality of life
Erika Limoncin, PhD
University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

15.15-15.30
Coffee/Tea Break

15.30-16.00
Quality of life decreases in prostate cancer patients even without treatment
Lionne D.F. Venderbos, PhD
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

16.00-16.30
Moderate hypofractionation for prostate cancer and quality of life
Ruud C. Wortel, MD PhD
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

16.30
Concluding remarks & Drinks