Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 1st Baltic Region Networking Meeting in Oncology in Madrid.
The 1st Baltic Region Networking Meeting in Oncology aims to strengthen cooperation between oncology professionals from the Baltic region and neighbouring countries.
The meeting will bring together specialists from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine to exchange clinical experience, share best practices and scientific innovations, with special attention to rare tumours and personalised cancer care.
We hope this meeting will be the first step towards a long-term regional partnership, creating new professional connections and opportunities for future clinical and scientific cooperation.
The meeting will take place in Madrid on 23 October 2026, during the ESMO Congress, and is intended for oncology professionals attending ESMO 2026.
Best regards,
Assoc. prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė (President of the Lithuanian Society for Medical Oncologu)
Assoc. prof. Birutė Brasiūnienė (Head of the Center of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center (branch of VULSK))
REGISTRATION:
Registration is free of charge but mandatory.
Please register by completing the registration form – https://creativa.lt/event/oncology
PROGRAM:
18:00 – 18:30 Registration & Welcome coffee
18:30 – 18:45 Welcome speeches
– Tomas Irnius, Ambassador Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Kingdom of Spain
– Linas Kukuraitis, Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
– Sonata Jarmalaitė, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania
18:45 – 20:00 Lecture session
Chair of the session – Valdas Pečeliūnas
18:45 – 19:00 The Lithuanian Cancer Cluster: The Role of Specialized Cancer Centers in National Oncology Care
Valdas Pečeliūnas, MD, PhD (National Cancer Center, Lithuania, Vilnius)
19:00 – 19:10 A Role of the Societies of Medical Oncology in the Era of Personalised Medicine
Sigita Liutkauskienė, MD, PhD (Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunos klinikos, Lithuania, Kaunas)
19:10 – 19:20 What Experience We Could Learn and Share in Clinic from Nordic Countries
Birutė Brasiūnienė, MD, PhD (National Cancer Center , Lithuania, Vilnius)
19:20 -19:30 New Cancer Modalities for Rare Tumours, the role of investigator initiated studies – Experience from Poland
Prof. Piotr Rutkowski (Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland, Warsaw)
19:30 – 19:40 Oncology care in Estonia: Chalenges, Opportunities and Priorities
Kristiina Ojamaa, MD, PhD (Tartu University Hospital, Estonia)
19:40 – 19:50 Oncology Care in Latvia: Challenges, Opportunities and Priorities
Aija Gerina-Bērzina, MD, PhD (Pauls Stradins Clinical university hospital, Riga, Latvia)
19:50 – 20:00 Challenges in the Treatment and Management of Cancer Patients During Wartime
Oleksandr Stakhovskyi, MD, PhD (National Cancer Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine)
20:00 – 21:00 Networking
