CUTE-2026, Utrecht
| Waar: | |
| Gasthuis Leeuwenbergh Servaasbolwerk 1a 3512 NK Utrecht |
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| Wanneer: | |
| 4/5 juni 2026 | |
| Accreditatie: | |
| NVMDL, NVvH, VNVN, VSR | |
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Introduction
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to join our two-day conference, “Cutting Edge Utrecht: Exploring the Future of Endoscopic Resection”, which will be held on June 4-5, 2026, at the Leeuwenbergh in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
During the conference we will focus on endoscopic resection of gastrointestinal neoplasia, and complication management. As endoscopic treatment options continue to evolve towards addressing larger and more invasive lesions, our goal is to provide an overview of the latest technical advancements. We will also highlight new equipment and medical devices, while encouraging multidisciplinary discussions on oncological treatment strategies.
An outline of the program can be found online, it will feature interactive video sessions, state-of-the-art presentations, industry-sponsored symposia, and ample opportunities for discussion and networking. Parallel to the main program, we will organize in-depth sessions where experts collaborate to develop common policies and a research agenda for topics not yet included in current guidelines. We are currently finalizing the program and faculty list.
And of course there will be an engaging social program to connect with peers and to see a bit of beautiful Utrecht.
We are looking forward welcoming you in Utrecht on June 4 & 5, 2026!
Yours,
Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht and Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht
Parallel Program June 4
| 8:30-9:00 | Main program and introduction | |
| Chair session 1 Geerard Beets, surgeon MUMC+ and Brechtje Grotenhuis, surgeon Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Introduction organ preservation of cT1b-T2 rectal cancers Case 1 - presentation and voting Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht and Brechtje Grotenhuis, surgeon Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis |
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| 9.15-9.30 | Strategy 1: Neoadjuvant CRTx +/- local excision Hans de Wilt, surgeon Radboudumc |
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| 9.30-9.45 | Strategy 2: Local excision +/- adjuvant CRTx or TME Jurriaan Tuynman, surgeon Amsterdam UMC |
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| 9.45-10.00 | Strategy 3: Local excision + active follow-up + salvage treatment (surgery/CRTx/CXB) Leons Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Plenary discussion on case 1 Jurriaan Tuynman, surgeon Amsterdam UMC, Hans de Wilt, surgeon Radboudumc and Leons Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break | |
| Selection of cases MRI, ERUS and optical diagnosis, and the MDT | ||
| Chair session 2 Pieter Tanis, surgeon Erasmus MC and David Tate, gastroenterologist UZ Gent, Belgium |
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| 11.00-11.07 | How to use MRI Jeanette van Vooren, radiologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 11.07-11.14 | How to use optical diagnosis Barbara Bastiaansen, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC |
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| 11.14-11.21 | How to use ERUS George Tribonias, gastroenterologist Red Cross Hospital Athens, Greece |
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| 11.21-11.30 | Plenary discussion | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Case 2 + discussion Jeanette van Vooren, radiologist UMC Utrecht, Barbara Bastiaansen, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC and George Tribonias, gastroenterologist Red Cross Hospital Athens, Greece |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Industry sponsored lunch symposium | |
| Chair session 3 Hans de Wilt, surgeon Radboudumc and Pieter Tanis, surgeon Erasmus MC |
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| 13.00-13.30 | How detrimental is a locoregional recurrence? Maria Pellise, gastroenterologist Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain |
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| Future studies | ||
| 13:30-13:40 | STAR-TREC III Brechtje Grotenhuis, surgeon Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis |
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| 13:40-13:50 | TESAR-2 Leons Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht and Jurriaan Tuynman, surgeon Amsterdam UMC |
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| 13:50-14:00 | ENSURE Barbara Bastiaansen, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Testing the boundaries of oncological radiation Martijn Intven, radiation oncologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 14:15-14:30 | Testing the boundaries of local excision David Tate, gastroenterologist UZ Gent, Belgium |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Plenary discussion | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea break | |
| Chair session 4 Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht and Brechtje Grotenhuis, surgeon Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis |
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| 15:30-15:55 | What is the ideal endpoint and study design Sjoerd Elias, clinical epidemiologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 15:55-16:20 | How to measure quality of life Stephanie Breukink, surgeon MUMC+ |
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| 16:20-17:00 | Which studies should we perform? Panel |
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| 17:00 - 18:00 | Join main program | |
Main Program June 4
| Upper Gastrointestinal lesions | ||
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration & coffee | |
| 9:00-9:05 | Welcome & introduction Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht and Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| Chair session 1 Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 9:05-09:30 | Cutting edge endoscopy, past-present-future Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 9:30-10:00 | Optical diagnosis of upper GI lesions: Go or No Go for ESD Alanna Ebigbo, gastroenterologist Katholishes Klinikum Bochum, Germany |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Go for ESD, but… muscle retraction sign? Or fibrosis? What now Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Chair session 2 David Graham, gastroenterologist University College London Hospital, UK |
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| 11:00-11.30 | Positive vertical deep margins, what to do? Arjun Koch, gastroenterologist Erasmus MC |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Esophageal cancer: is there room to go deeper? Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, UMC Utrecht |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch and sponsored symposium by FUJIFILM | |
| Chair session 3 Wouter Nagengast, gastroenterologist UMC Groningen |
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| 13:00-13:30 | Challenging video case 1: difficult location or anatomy David Graham, gastroenterologist University College London Hospital, UK |
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| 13:30-14:00 | Challenging video case 2: the bleeder Edward Despott, gastroenterologist Royal Free Hospital, London, UK |
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| 14:00-14:30 | Challenging video case 3: oops… a perforation Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Complication management: treating and preventing esophageal stenosis Jacques Bergman, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Tea break | |
| Chair session 4 Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 15:30-15:45 | Histological considerations and pitfalls in endoscopic resection specimens Sybren Meijer, pathologist Amsterdam UMC |
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| 15:45-16:20 | Management of high-risk T1 EAC: evidence based multidisciplinary discussion: truths, emotions, pitfalls? Richard van Hillegersberg, surgeon UMC Utrecht, Sybren Meijer, pathologist Amsterdam UMC, Alanna Ebigbo, gastroenterologist Katholishes Klinikum Bochum, Germany, Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany, Jacques Bergman, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC, Arjun Koch, gastroenterologist EMC Rotterdam |
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| 16:20-16:40 |
Taking care of ourselves: ergonomics during ESD |
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| 16:40-18:00 | Sponsored symposium Olympus and reception Day 1 | |
Main Program June 5
| Lower Gastrointestinal lesions | ||
| 7:45-9:00 | Registration & coffee | |
| 8:00-9:00 | Sponsored Breakfast symposium by Boston Scientific Redefining Endoscopic Resection: Precision, Advancements and Protective Care Chair: Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht Speakers for this session are gastroenterologists Philippe Leclercq, Véronique Van der Voort and Roos Pouw |
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| Chair session 1 Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 9:00-9:20 | ESD the basics- PRO and CONS of the pocket creation technique Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany |
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| 9:20-9:40 | ESD the basics- PRO and CONS of the saline immersion technique Edward Despott, gastroenterologist Royal Free Hospital, London, UK |
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| 9:40-10:00 | ESD the basics- PRO and CONS of traction devices Philippe Leclercq, gastroenterologist CHC Liege Mont Legia, Belgium |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Discussion | |
| 10:30-10.50 | Coffee | |
| Chair session 2: David Tate, gastroenterologist UZ Gent, Belgium and Jurjen Boonstra, gastroenterologist LUMC |
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| 10:50-11:10 | How do I do colorectal eFTR Barbara Bastiaansen, gastroenterologist Amsterdam UMC |
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| 11:10-11:30 | How I do TAMIS | |
| 11:30-11:50 | How do I do EID Leon Moons, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch and sponsored symposium by MICRO-TECH ‘Watts going on?! Take a deep dive with Phil Livesey into the world of electro coagulation' |
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| 13:00-13:40 | Selection of resection techniques rectum: ESD, eFTR, EID or TAMIS George Tribonias, gastroenterologist Red Cross Hospital Athens, Greece, Jurjen Boonstra, gastroenterologist LUMC, Wouter Nagengast, gastroenterologist UMC Groningen and Edward Despott, gastroenterologist Royal Free Hospital, London, UK |
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| 13:40-14:10 | Selection of resection techniques colon: ESD, pEMR + eFTR or CELS David Tate, gastroenterologist UZ Gent, Belgium, Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany, Philippe Leclercq, gastroenterologist CHC Liege Mont Legia, Belgium and Edward Despott, gastroenterologist Royal Free Hospital, London, UK |
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| 14:10-15:15 | Suturing- How to close and when Paul Didden, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 15:15-15:30 | Tea break | |
| 15:30-15:50 | Complications- how can we help each other - CASE1 Philippe Leclercq, gastroenterologist CHC Liege Mont Legia, Belgium, Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany and Wouter Nagengast, gastroenterologist UMC Groningen |
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| 15:50-16:10 | Complications- how can we help each other - CASE2 Philippe Leclercq, gastroenterologist CHC Liege Mont Legia, Belgium, Sandra Nagl, gastroenterologist Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg, Germany and Wouter Nagengast, gastroenterologist UMC Groningen |
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| 16:10-16:30 | Complications- how can we help each other - CASE3 Edward Despott, gastroenterologist Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, Jurjen Boonstra, gastroenterologist LUMC and Wouter Nagengast, gastroenterologist UMC Groningen |
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| 16:30-17:00 |
How to become proficient- how to organize your training |
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| 17:00 | Summary and final words+ reception day 2 | |
Parallel Program June 5
| 8:00-9:00 | Main program breakfast symposium | |
| Endoscopic resection for T2N0M0 lesions Chair: Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis |
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| 9:00-9:10 | Introduction and outline of the parallel program Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis |
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| 9:10-9:15 | Case: suspicion on T1-2N0M0 esophageal cancer, what to do? David Tate, gastroenterologist UZ Gent, Belgium |
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| 9:15-9:30 | Esophagectomy: risks, challenges, long-term outcomes Franco Badaloni, fellow surgery UMC Utrecht |
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| 9:30-10:00 | Endoscopic options: intermuscular? transmural? Examples of real-life cases Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis |
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| 10:00-10:30 | What do we want to know: Discuss on potential studies: indications, selection, type of study, relevant outcomes, animal studies Discussion led by Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis |
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| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee break | |
| Endoscopic resection after chemo/radiotherapy Chair: Sunil Gupta, gastroenterologist St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Canada |
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| 10:50-11:00 | Case: endoscopic resection after chemoradiotherapy Michael Bourke, gastroenterologist Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia (online presentation) |
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| 11:00-11:10 | Salvage esophagectomy: risks and challenges after chemoradiotherapy Bas Wijnhoven, surgeon Erasmus MC |
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| 11:10-11:30 | Residual or recurrent neoplasia after chemo/radiotherapy: how to define and categorize; preliminary data from a retrospective study and literature overview Manon Spaander, gastroenterologist Erasmus MC and Sunil Gupta, gastroenterologist St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada |
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| 11:30-12:00 | What do we want to know: Discuss on potential studies: indications, selection, type of study, relevant outcomes Discussion led by Sunil Gupta, gastroenterologist St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Main program lunch symposium | |
| Oligometastatic disease after ER for T1 EAC Chair: Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 13:00-13:15 | Definition of oligometastatic disease according to OMEC and how this is applicable to metastasis after endoscopic resection of T1 EAC Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist, UMC Utrecht |
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| 13:15-14:00 | Examples of management of recurrences after T1 EAC from the PREFER-trial Vincent Bos, research fellow |
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| 14:00-14:30 |
Delphi: Can we reach consensus on how to define and treat oligometastatic disease after ER of T1 EAC? Swenne Albert, research fellow |
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| 14:30-15:15 | Plenary discussion | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Tea break | |
| Taking minimally invasive treatment for gastric cancer a step further Chair: Bas Weusten, gastroenterologist St. Antonius Ziekenhuis |
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| 15:30-15:35 |
Current management of T1N0 gastric cancer Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist, UMC Utrecht |
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| 15:35-15:50 | Sentinel node navigated surgery for Upper GI cancer Suzanne Gisbertz, surgeon Amsterdam UMC |
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| 15:50-16:05 | SNNS for early gastric cancer: literature overview Esmee Verheul, UMC Utrecht |
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| 16:05-16:30 | Discussing study plans in the West Discussion led by Roos Pouw, gastroenterologist UMC Utrecht |
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| 16:30-18:00 | Join main program | |
Social Program
A social program is being organized in Utrecht.
After the conference, we will take part in a sporting activity together, which we will conclude with drinks, bites, and dinner.
You can register for this separately via the registration form.
Accreditation
Accreditation will be requested from:
- Dutch Society of Gastroenterology (NVMDL)
- Dutch Society of Surgery (NVvH)
- V&V Register and Register of Healthcare Professionals (VNVN)
- Nurse Specialists Register (VSR)
After attending the congress days, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance
Faculty
(Inter)national Faculty
- Alanna Ebigbo, Bochum, Germany
- Philippe Leclercq, Liège, Belgium
- Arjun Koch, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Jacques Bergman, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Barbara Bastiaansen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Sybren Meijer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Jurriaan Tuynman, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Paul Didden, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Bas Weusten, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Edward Despott, London, United Kingdom
- Sandra Nagl, Augsburg, Germany
- David Graham London, United Kingdom
- David Tate, Gent, Belgium
Venue
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Accommodation
We have listed several hotels conveniently located near the venue:
(please click on the hotel to visit the hotel's website)
Registration
The registration fee for attending 2 conference days, including coffee, tea, and lunch breaks, is for
Medical specialist: € 300,- incl. VAT.
Medical residents and endoscopy nurses: € 200,- incl. VAT.
Participation in the social program, including a sporting activity, drinks, bites, and dinner, costs €100 incl. VAT.
The scientific program of both days is seamlessly connected, which is why participation is only possible for the full two days.
