6th Course in Hereditary Cancer Genetics
22 – 25 September 2026
University Residential Centre of Bertinoro, Italy
This course aims at delivering up-to-date knowledge on hereditary cancer to clinical and molecular geneticists in training or certified. It creates the best opportunity for interaction and discussion with experts from all over Europe, in the fabulous environment of Bertinoro, one of the the headquarters of the ESHG sponsored courses.
The faculty combines experts from many fields of cancer genetics known for their didactic skills.
Participants are encouraged to present their research works as well as a clinical or genetic case in a poster format for on-site discussion. Prizes will be awarded for best presentations.
Organising committee (ERN GENTURIS):
Carla Oliveira, Hildegunn Vetti, Daniela Turchetti, Barbara Klink and Marjolijn Ligtenberg
Please click below for direct access to the respective sections:
- Programme
- Registration (virtual edition) for on demand review of the presentations
- Contact
General Information
The 6th course in Hereditary Cancer Genetics is planned as a live conference in Bertinoro, Italy from September 22-25, 2026.
In addition, a virtual attendance will be possible as follows:
- Availability of recorded talks of the lectures (not workshops) from Friday, October 27, 2026 to Sunday, January 31, 2027 for registered (virtual) participants.
- Participants registered for the virtual edition will receive access to the recordings via a dedicated link.
- Important note: no access to live talks will be possible. This is an on-demand course.
Registration (virtual participation)
Registration Fee for virtual participation only
- EUR 60,-
- The access links to the virtual platform will be sent on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
- Deadline for registration is December 1st, 2026.
The review of recorded talks will be possible for registered participants until January 31, 2027 at 23.59hrs CET.
Programme
Tuesday, September 22, 2026:
Basics in cancer genetics
| 14:00 | Welcome, introduction | Marjolijn Ligtenberg |
| 14:10 | Heritability of cancer and life-time risk | Daniela Turchetti |
| 14:40 | The genetic mechanisms of cancer | Marjolijn Ligtenberg |
| 15:10 | Variant classification | Carla Oliveira |
| 15:35 | Clinical variant interpretation | Maurizio Genuardi |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | Concurrent workshops I | |
| 18:00 | End of day 1 |
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Tumor syndromes
| 09:00 | Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer | Marc Tischkowitz |
| 09:30 | Prostate cancer | Verena Steinke- Lange |
| 10:00 | Li-Fraumeni syndrome | Svetlana Lagercrantz |
| 10:30 | break | |
| 11:00 | Neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis | Prof. Eva Trevisson |
| 11:30 | PHTS (Cowden Syndrome) | Marleen Kets |
| 12:00 | Melanoma & pancreatic cancer | Hildegunn Høberg-Vetti |
| 12:30 | Paediatric cancer | Marjolijn Jongmans |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Parallel specialised lectures
| 14:00 | Genetic counselling | Bev Speight Kathleen Claes |
| 14:30 | Genetic testing in mainstream Panels, exomes and genomes | Hildegunn Høberg-Vetti Barbara Klink |
| 15:00 | How to identify patients with a genturis? Precision oncology | Stefan Aretz Marjolijn Ligtenberg |
| 15:30 | Poster discussion | |
| 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:30 | Concurrent workshop II | |
| 18:00 | End of day 2 |
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Tumour syndromes
| 09:00 | Lynch syndrome | Verena Steinke- Lange |
| 09:40 | Polyposis | Stefan Aretz |
| 10:10 | Hereditary gastric cancer | Carla Oliveira & Tanya Bisseling |
| 10:40 | break | |
| 11:10 | Renal cancer & VHL | Marjolijn Jongmans |
| 11:40 | Pheo-/paraganglioma & MEN | Barbara Klink |
Basics in cancer genetics
| 12:10 | CanRisk and PRS in daily practice | Marleen Kets |
| 12:40 | Moderate risk genes: testing and clinical management | Marc Tischkowitz |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Concurrent workshop III | |
| 15:30 | Poster discussion | |
| 16:00 | break | |
| 16:30 | Concurrent workshop IV | |
| 18:00 | End of day 3 |
Friday, September 25, 2026
Parallel specialized lectures
| 08:30 | New technological developments including RNA Preimplantation genetic testing | Barbara Klink Filipa Carvalho |
| 09:10 | Tumour syndromes you can see Animal, Organoid and Organ-on-chip models | Eva Trevisson Carla Oliveira |
| 09:40 | Psycho-oncology Liquid biopsy | Svetlana Lagercrantz Kathleen Claes |
| 10:10 | break |
Basics in cancer genetics
| 10:40 | Germline pathogenic variants as a therapeutic target | Judith Balmana |
| 11:10 | Hereditary haematological cancer | Bev Speight |
| 11:40 | Patient’s personal experience | Tanya Bisseling |
| 12:10 | Best poster, wrapping up | |
| 12:30 | Lunch and adjourn | |
| 13:30 | End of day 4 |
Contact
Congress Office:
WMA GmbH
Ms. Magdalena Seidl
Alser Strasse 4
1090 Vienna, Austria
T: +43 1 405 13 83 24
F: +43 1 405 13 83 924
E: courses(at)eshg.org