Towards New Standards 2026 - Bruges

Dear friends & colleagues,

the multidisciplinary digestive oncology team of UZ Leuven is pleased to invite you to the 8th edition of the Towards New Standards in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Symposium. This prestigious event will take place once again at the BMCC in Bruges, Belgium, on Thursday, December 3, and Friday, December 4, 2026.

Continuing our commitment to excellence, the symposium will provide in-depth scientific content and serve as a forum for multidisciplinary dialogue among healthcare professionals. Our focus remains on the value of integrated, collaborative care in the management of colorectal cancer.

Main Symposium Highlights – Friday, December 4, 2026

- Early rectal cancer and new endoscopic techniques
- Implementation of robotic surgery
- The concept of oligometastatic disease
- New ablative techniques for liver metastasis
- Practice changing trials
- A granular treatment algorithm (the Leuven protocol)
- Emerging total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) strategies - immunoTNT