Teaching course: Gynaecological oncology: endometrium, vulva (27 November 2026)

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Course directors: K. Vandecasteele (UZ Gent) + M. Christiaens (UZ Leuven)

14:00 – 14:10	Setting the scene
14:10 – 14:35	Epidemiology and clinical presentation of endometrial and vulvar cancer (symptoms, staging and imaging)	T. Baert (UZ Leuven)
14:35 – 15:00	Pathology of endometrial and vulvar cancer	K. Van de Vijver (UZ Gent)
15:00 – 15:25	General treatment principles of endometrial and vulvar cancer: Surgical aspects	T. Baert (UZ Leuven)
15:25 – 15:50	General treatment principles of endometrial and vulvar cancer: Systemic treatment	E. De Jaeghere (UZ Gent)
15:50 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 17:00	Endometrial cancer: Radiotherapy and Follow-up (General principles: EBRT and brachytherapy)	K. Vandecasteele (UZ Gent)
17:00 – 17:45	Vulvar cancer: Radiotherapy and Follow-up	M. Christiaens (UZ Leuven)

The course materials (slides, articles,…) of this academic year’s edition of the course will be available at the earliest from the Monday preceding the course. Until then, you can consult the materials of the previous edition of this course.

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Course Content

FORMAT
The courses are currently held online. In order to increase participation and for attendance to be tracked, participants need to be connected with microphone + camera. If there are no technical problems, the session will be recorded.

PRESENCE
Junior members are required to attend at least 5/7 teaching courses each year, attendance is registered at each session.

PRESENTATIONS
The presentations for the courses will be available on the BeSTRO-website before the course, where they are available exclusively to members. The courses will be recorded and these recordings will also be available on the website after the course

EVALUATION
The educational committee at BeSTRO evaluates the content and organisation of the courses on a yearly basis. After each teaching course, a survey is sent out to all participants in order to provide the educational committee with the necessary feedback to improve the teaching program.