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08:00-10:00 SESSION 12: Advances in Pediatric Oncology I
  Chairpersons: Conor Mallucci (United Kingdom), Willem J.R. van Ouwerkerk (The Netherlands)

08:00-08:20  INVITED LECTURE IL13
What progress has been made in medulloblastoma management during the past 20 years?
Maurice Choux (France)

08:20-09:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS OP52-OP58
OP52 Pediatric chordomas: a series of 31 cases and review of the literature
Kevin Beccaria, Stephanie Puget, P. Varlet, A. Cazorla, S. Bolle, B. George, Michel Zerah, Christian Sainte-Rose (France)

OP53 Cyclin D1 gene and protein expression in intracranial ependymomas: correlation with supratentorial localization
Fernanda Andrade, Suely K. Marie, Hamilton Matushita, Sergio Rosemberg, Sueli Oba-Shinjo (Brazil)

OP54 Expression of tumor associated macrophage markers in pediatric glioblastoma
Arimappamagan Arivazhagan, S.D. Shwetha, N. Abhishek, K. Sravani, Santosh Vani (India)

OP55 Integrated proteomic platforms for studying pediatric brain tumor diseases
Claudia Desiderio, Luca D’Angelo, Claudia Martelli, Ilaria Inserra, Irene Messana, Massimo Castagnola, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Concezio Di Rocco, Massimo Caldarelli (Italy)

OP56 Meningiomas in children: report of a consecutive series of 60 cases
Stephanie Puget, P. Varlet, N. Travers, C. Dufour, M. Bourgeois, N. Boddaert, Thomas Blauwblomme, Michel Zerah, Christian Sainte-Rose (France)

OP57 Pineal tumors in children: report of a consecutive series of 101 cases
N. Chivoret, P. Varlet, C. Dufour, N. Boddaert, Thomas Blauwblomme, Kevin Beccaria, Michel Zerah, Christian Sainte-Rose, Stephanie Puget (France)

OP58 Brain tumors in children with refractory seizures – A long-term follow up study after epilepsy surgery
Marec von Lehe, Susanne Bartels, Robert Sassen, Christoph Schöne-Bake, Caroline Wessling (Germany)

09:15-09:30 FLASH PRESENTATIONS FP89-FP93
FP89 Epidemiology in children treated for intracranial tumors in Ukraine 1980-2009
Yuriy A. Orlov, Andrii V. Shaverskyi, Pavlo N. Plavskyi (Ukraine)

FP90 Presentation, pathology and treatment outcome of brain tumors in 172 consecutive children at CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda. The predominance of the visible diagnosis and the uncertainties of epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
Vita Stagno, John Mugamba, Benjamin C. Warf (Uganda, USA)

FP91 The burden of radiation induced cerebral cavernous malformations on Pediatric Oncology
Eugenio Pozzati (Italy)

FP92 Optic Pathways Gliomas (OPW) in children. Single institutional experience
Magda Garzόn Tarazona, Ofelia Cruz Martinez, Mariona Suñol, Gemma Garcia Fructuoso (Spain)

FP93 Cerebellar Low Grade Gliomas (CLGG) in children: surgical institutional experience 
Magda Garzón Tarazona, Ofelia Cruz, Martinez Mariona Sunol, Antonio Guillen, Santiago Candela, Mariana Alamar, Gemma Garcia Fructuoso (Spain)

09:35-09:40 Discussion

09:40-09:55 FLASH PRESENTATIONS FP94-FP98
FP94 Surgery and radiotherapy in childhood craniopharyngioma: impact on neuropsychological functions
Daniela Chieffo, Gianpiero Tamburrini, S. Chiesa, Luca Massimi, R. Rubbino, M. Balducci, Concezio Di Rocco, Massimo Caldarelli (Italy)

FP95 Expedient approaches for craniopharyngioma surgery: micro and endoscopic hybrid surgery
Hidehiro Oka, Mari Kusumi, Koji Kondo (Japan)

FP96 Brain tumors in children 0-3 years old
Alexandru Tascu, Iulia Vapor, Adrian Iliescu, Catalin Pascal, Radu Eugen Rizea, Andrei Spatariu, Adrian Barari, Irina Tudose (Romania)

FP97 Molecular biological aspects of medulloblastomas in children under 3 years of age
Eva Brichtova, Karel Zitterbart, Zdenek Pavelka, Jaroslav Sterba (Czech Republic)

FP98 Medulloblastoma in 361 children
Yuriy A. Orlov, Andrii V. Shaverskyi, Pavlo N. Plavskyi (Ukraine)

09:55-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break • ePosters Viewing
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10:30-12:15 SESSION 13: Advances in Pediatric Oncology II
  Chairpersons: Wolfgang Wagner (Germany), Carmine Mottolese (France)
10:30-10:50 INVITED LECTURE IL14
Clinical genomics in Neuro-oncology
Stefan Pfister (Germany)

10:50-11:35 ORAL PRESENTATIONS OP59-OP64
OP59 Intraoperative MRI-guidance in pediatric low grade glioma surgery – Advantages and challenges
Constantin Roder, Martin Breitkopf, Artemisia Dimostheni, Sotirios Bisdas, Marcos S. Tatagiba, Martin U. Schuhmann (Germany)

OP60 Thalamic tumors in children: evaluation of surgical strategy
Benedetta Pettorini, Barry Pizer, Amit Kanwar, Shivaram Avula, Conor Mallucci (United Kingdom)

OP61 Advantages and risks of the combined unilateral frontobasal / interhemispheric approach compared to more lateral approaches in pediatric craniopharyngeomas
Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Honegger, Marcos Tatagiba, Artemisia Dimostheni (Germany)

OP62 Resective surgery in thalamic tumors in children
Giuseppe Cinalli, Daniel Aguirre, Pietro Spennato, Claudio Ruggiero, Giuliana Di Martino, Vincenzo Trischitta (Italy)

OP63 The role of endoscopic evidence of accidental findings suspected for ventricular metastatic dissemination in children with new diagnosed medulloblastoma and triventricular obstructive hydrocephalus
Barbara Spacca, Raffaele Scrofani, Piertarturo Donati, Lorenzo Genitori, Flavio Giordano, Federico Mussa, Iacopo Sardi, Maurizio Aricó, Luigi Sardo, Mirco Scagnet, Regina Mura, Massimiliano Sanzo (Italy)

OP64 Awake surgery for lesions in critical areas in children: our experience with 9 cases
Alexandru Szathmari, Pierre-Aurelien Beuriat, Michel Desmurget, Angela Sirigu, Frederic Dailler, Jacqueline Convert, Carmine Mottolese (France)

11:35-12:05 FLASH PRESENTATIONS FP99-FP107
FP99 The choice of surgical approach for thalamic tumors
M. Smrčka, E. Brichtová, V. Juráň (Czech Republic)

FP100 Posterior cranial fossa pediatric brain tumors: a comparative proteomic study
Luca D’Angelo, Claudia Martelli, Diana Valeria Rossetti, Marta Caretto, Federica Iavarone, Massimo Castagnola, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Concezio Di Rocco, Massimo Caldarelli, Claudia Desiderio (Italy)

FP101 Choroid plexus tumors in children
Hamilton Matushita, Daniel Cardeal, Fernanda de Andrade, Adriana Espindola (Brazil)

FP102 The use of iCT Brain suite for frame based stereotactic biopsies in the pediatric setting. Practicality, use and results
Jane Skjøth-Rasmussen, Bo Jespersen, Jannick Brennum (Denmark)

FP103 Childhood braintumors of posterior fossa and midline structures
Martina Messing-Jünger, Harald Reinhard (Germany)

FP104 Spinal tumors in children
Martina Messing-Jünger, Harald Reinhard (Germany)

FP105 Congenital and infantile tumors: pathology and outcome in Europe and Asia – A 15 year review
Guirish A. Solanki, Sandip Chaterjee (United Kingdom, India)

FP106 Online survey on management of pediatric craniopharyngiomas
Benedetta Pettorini, Barry Pizer, Imran Bhatti, Ganesalingam Narenthiran, Conor Mallucci (United Kingdom)

FP107 Signs and symptoms of pediatric brain tumors and diagnostic value of preoperative EEG
Matthias Preuß, Jürgen Meixensberger, Andreas Merkenschlager, Matthias K. Bernhardt (Germany)

12:05-12:15 Discussion
12:15-13:45 Lunch Brake • ePosters Viewing
12:15-13:15 Symposium Programme
13:15-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:30 SESSION 14: Endoscopy
  Chairpersons: Yusuf Ersahin (Turkey), Owen Sparrow (United Kingdom)
13:45-14:05 INVITED LECTURE IL15
Neuroendoscopy – Lesson learnt
Nelci Zanon (Brazil)

14:05-14:40 ORAL PRESENTATIONS OP65-OP68
OP65 Endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery in children: 8-year institutional experience
Paolo Frassanito, Luca Massimi, Mario Rigante, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Concezio Di Rocco, Gaetano Paludetti,  Massimo Caldarelli (Italy)

OP66 What is the role of MRI in ETVSS era?
Jerome Cochereau, Nicolas Leboucq, Syril James, Philippe Coubes, Alain Bonafé, Thomas Roujeau (France)

OP67 Endoscopic endonasal surgery in pediatric craniopharyngiomas
Diego Mazzatenta, Matteo Zoli, Adelaide Valluzzi, Ernesto Pasquini, Giorgio Frank (Italy)

OP68 Change in optic nerve sheath diameter as a radiological marker of ETV outcome
Llewellyn Padayachy, Lucas Chamberlain, Henri Carrara, Anthony Figaji, Graham Fieggen (South Africa)

14:40-14:55 FLASH PRESENTATIONS FP108-FP112
FP108 Quadrigeminal arachnoid cyst: is endoscopic treatment “the best”?
Vivek Tandon, Kanwaljeet Garg, Rajinder Kumar, Ashish Suri, Sarat P. Chandra, Bhawani Shankar Sharma (India)

FP109 Neuroendoscopic management in patients with Dandy-Walker malformation
Yusuf Ersahin (Turkey)

FP110
The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of CSF shunt malfunction
Mino Zucchelli, Francesca Nicolini, Mariella Lefosse, Ercole Galassi (Italy)

FP111 Cauterization of third ventricular floor in endoscopic third ventriculostomy
Mohamed Ellabbad, Ibrahim Ewaiss, Adel Mansour, Mohamed Essa (Egypt)

FP112 Simplification of shunt catheter using neuroendoscope for multilobar hydrocephalus caused by intraventricular cysts and trapped fourth ventricle
Ryuji Ishizaki, Takafumi Wataya, Yuzuru Tashiro (Japan)
14:55-15:00 Discussion

15:00-15:20 FLASH PRESENTATIONS FP113-FP118
FP113 MRI morphometric measurements of the third ventricle in children with hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis treated with ETV
Vassilios Tsitouras, Spyros Sgouros (Greece)

FP114 Fever following neuroendoscopic procedures in children
Erwin M.J. Cornips, Suzanne L. De Kunder, Kim Rijkers, Johan S.H. Vles (The Netherlands)

FP115 3rd endoscopic ventriculostomy in A. Chiari II patients. A ten years follow-up
Silvio Machado (Brazil)

FP116 The use of subcutaneous reservoirs to prevent intraventricular stent migration
Bassel Zebian, William John Kitchen, Christos Chamilos, C. Parks, Benedetta Pettorini, Conor Mallucci (United Kingdom)

FP117 Large cavum veli interpositi cyst: discussion of two cases
Carlo Giorgio Giussani, Andrea Trezza, Leonardo Fiori, Erik Pietro Sganzerla (Italy)

FP118 Is there a possibility to avoid the development of trapped fourth ventricle in children?
Heidi Bächli, Amin Hashemi, Andreas Unterberg (Germany)

15:20-15:30 Discussion
15:30-16:00 CLOSING CEREMONY
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