First Nordic meeting: Hereditary cancer and genetic counselling in the Nordic countries
Welcome to Skien November 12th. Open meeting to all healthcare professionals working with hereditary cancer.
Almmuhuvvon 2024-09-09
Maŋemus ođastuvvon 2024-09-10
The meeting is open to all healthcare professionals working with hereditary cancer. There will be a small participation fee of 350 NOK which covers lunch and refreshments on November 12th.
Registration
Abstracts
1. Scientific project
2. Challenging clinical case
Registration
Deadline for registration is October 1st.
For those of you who also wish to attend the Norwegian national genetics conference on November 13th- 14th, you can find more information about the program and registration here.
For those of you who also wish to attend the Norwegian national genetics conference on November 13th- 14th, you can find more information about the program and registration here.
Abstracts
We aim for an interactive meeting and encourage everyone to submit abstracts for oral presentations. You can choose between two categories:
1. Scientific project
Please submit a structured abstract describing your study. The abstract should include names of all authors and their affiliations. The name of the person presenting the abstract must be underlined.
Font: Times New Roman, size: 12; Maximum length: 250 words (excluding title, authors, andaffiliations).
Font: Times New Roman, size: 12; Maximum length: 250 words (excluding title, authors, andaffiliations).
2. Challenging clinical case
Please submit a PowerPoint presentation on a challenging case you want to discuss with our Nordic expert panel. The presentation should be of maximum 2-3 slides (1 slide pedigree, 1-2 slides pertinent details).
In the e-mail you should include a title of your presentation, your name, place of work, and position.
Junior colleagues will be prioritized for the case presentations.
Send your abstract/PPT to: cathrine.bjorvatn@helse-bergen.no
Deadline for abstract submission is October 1st.
In the e-mail you should include a title of your presentation, your name, place of work, and position.
Junior colleagues will be prioritized for the case presentations.
Send your abstract/PPT to: cathrine.bjorvatn@helse-bergen.no
Deadline for abstract submission is October 1st.
Accommodation:
Participants must book their own accommodation. NFMG/NSHG has agreements with two hotels:
- Clarion Collection Hotel Bryggeparken: Price NOK 1405 per night. For reservations, contact the hotel via email at bryggeparken@strawberry.no, and mark the reservation with room block number: 1090GR015186. Have a credit card ready for guarantee. Note: The agreement is valid only for room bookings made by September 13, 2024.
- Thon Hotel Høyers: Price NOK 1495 per night. For reservations, visit: Thon Hotels Reservation number for booking: 30354890 Note: The agreement is valid only for room bookings made by August 13, 2024.
The hotels are a 500-meter walk from Ibsenhuset. The number of rooms is limited, so it's first come, first served. Thon Hotel Høyers, Kongens gate, Skien til Ibsenhuset, Lundegata 6, 3724 Skien - Google Maps
Below you find the preliminary program for the 12th of November and a link to the program for the Norwegian national genetics conference on the 13th -14th of November.
We hope you will join us for what we hope will be the first in a series of Nordic meetings on hereditary cancer.
Preliminary program
(changes may occur)
November 12th 2024
- 13:00: Take-away lunch
- 13:15: Welcome - The idea of a Nordic network, presentation of participants. By Hildegunn Høberg Vetti & Cathrine Bjorvatn
- 13:30: Organisation of hereditary cancer service in the Nordic countries. Presentation from ERN GENTURIS national coordinators (20 min each). Sweden (Svetlana Lagercrantz), Denmark (Karin Wadt), Finland (Minna Poyhonen)
14:30: Break
- 14:45: Organisation cont. Norway (Hildegunn Vetti) + Iceland (tbd)
- 15:25: Nordic education of genetic counsellors. Cathrine Bjorvatn
- 15:40: Disclosure of genetic information to at-risk relatives. Anna Rosén
16:05: Break
- 16:20: Presentation of submitted abstracts
- 17:20: Challenging BRCA variants.
- BRCA15096G>A (R1699Q)
- BRCA2 c.8331+2T>C
Charlotte Lautrup, Siri Briskemyr (tbc)
17:45: Break
- 18:00:Challenging clinical cases. Participants are encouraged to present cases. Discussion with Nordic experts.
- 18:45: Digitalising genetic information. Cathrine Bjorvatn
19:00: End of the meeting
November 13th 2024
- 09.00 - 10.00: Morning after discussion: Is there a need for a Nordic network for hereditary cancer?
- 10.00 - 18.00: The Norwegian Genetics Conference (English day).
See separate program and registration