ECIO 2016

The annual ECIO meeting offers all physicians interested in image-guided oncological therapies an opportunity to learn about new developments and discuss best practice. Since the early days of image- guided biopsies and palliative stenting, the field has expanded to cover a staggering range of clinical options.

Next year’s meeting, to be held Dublin, Ireland, will endeavour to cover a broad cross-section of these therapies, focusing on the most recent advances. Under the new chairperson, Prof. Thomas Helmberger, the Scientific Programme Committee has already devised an exciting and varied programme.

Colorectal liver metastases
A core theme will be metastatic colorectal liver cancer. More than one million new colorectal patients are seen each year worldwide: approximately 15% of these have liver metastases at diagnosis and around 60% develop these during follow-up. Recent interventional oncology data demonstrate some promising adjuvant therapies, as well as increased survival time and improved quality of life in unresectable patients. These treatments and their clinical application will be thoroughly examined in various Clinical Focus Sessions and a Multidisciplinary Tumour Board.