November 19-20 | Strasbourg, FR
September 25-26 | Turin, IT
September 25-26 | Turin, IT
September 25-26 | Turin, IT
September 25-26 | Turin, IT
Ablation from A to Z: Lung and MSK, Strasbourg/FR, November 19-20, 2026
The ESIR 2026 course on lung and MSK ablation offers a comprehensive overview and in-depth learning experience in ablation techniques and monitoring.
Limited to 21 attendees, the course will provide the opportunity for hands-on ex vivo and in vivo animal lab training under the guidance of expert faculty.
Organized by Prof. Afshin Gangi and Dr. Roberto Luigi Cazzato, lectures and video case presentations will add to the course’s learning experience.
This course is designed for interventional radiologists who would like to fine-tune their practical skills and learn more about current treatment options using ablation techniques and advanced image guidance.
Check out the programme below to find out what you could learn. Don’t wait — apply now, as places for this ESIR course are limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join us at the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery – IHU Strasbourg for this exciting course!
Who should attend?
This course is designed for interventional radiologists who have completed their radiology training and are interested in fine-tuning their practical skills and learning more about the current treatment options for routine as well as technically challenging cases.
Preliminary programme
Thursday, November 19, 2026
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and faculty presentation
09:15 – 10:10 Epidemiologic facts
Lung tumour ablation: Patients’ selection within the MDTB
Bone tumours: Epidemiology, current treatments, and patients’ selection within the MDTB
Soft-tissue ablation: Desmoid tumours, parietal endometriosis and vascular malformations
Q&A
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:25 Ablation technologies, imaging guidance, and protective measures
Ablation technologies relevant to lung and MSK ablation
Imaging guidance and techniques of protection in lung ablation
Imaging guidance and techniques of protection in MSK ablation
Q&A
11:25 – 11:55 Complications and their management
Expected complications in lung ablation and their management
Expected complications in MSK ablation and their management
Q&A
11:55 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 14:45 Hands-on device training (rotating groups)
Cryoablation I and radiofrequency ablation I
Radiofrequency ablation II
Cryoablation II
Electrochemotherapy
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 15:45 Follow-up
Imaging and clinical follow-up for lung ablation
Imaging and clinical follow-up for MSK ablation
15:45 – 17:00 Video case discussions: “How I do”
How do I plan bone ablation: Case review of osteoid osteoma and bone metastasis ablation
How do I plan a desmoid tumour ablation
How do I plan lung tumour ablation
Recorded interventions
Wrap-up
Friday, November 20, 2026
08:45 – 11:00 Hands-on in vivo animal lab training (rotating groups)
Lumbar spine radiofrequency ablation
Peripheral bone cryoablation
Soft-tissue cryoablation
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:45 Hands-on in vivo animal lab training (rotating groups)
Lumbar spine electrochemotherapy
Lung radiofrequency ablation
Lung cryoablation
13:45 – 14:00 Course wrap-up
Local hosts
Preliminary faculty
X. Buy (Bordeaux/FR)
M. Calandri (Turin/IT)
J. Plaussière (Bordeaux/FR)
P. P. Rao (Colmar/FR)
G. Tsoumakidou (Lausanne/CH)
Venue
IHU – Institute of Image-Guided Surgery
1 place de l’Hôpital
Strasbourg 67091
France
Registration
Please note that this course is open only to interventional radiologists who have completed their radiology training.
The registration fees are as follows:
| Early fee (until September 24, 2026) | Regular fee (as of September 25, 2026) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course registration (CIRSE member*) | € 820 | € 930 | ||
| Course registration | € 1040 | € 1150 | ||
To attend the ESIR courses as a member, CIRSE membership fee for the year of the course must be settled.
These fees include:
- Course attendance
- Teaching material for the course
- Coffee breaks
- Lunch on the first day
General information
- Please note that this course is limited to 21 participants and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Please note that your registration becomes valid only after receipt of payment and after confirmation by the CIRSE Central Office.
- When making your flight bookings, please make sure that you will be able to stay for the entire course.
Invoices will be issued by the CIRSE Foundation, Neutorgasse 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
CIRSE Foundation
Neutorgasse 9
1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: 0043 1 904 2003
Fax: 0043 1 904 2003 30
Email: [email protected]
Cancellation of course registration
The CIRSE Foundation offers all participants the possibility of purchasing insurance with our partner “Europäische Reiseversicherung” via this link. Thus, the CIRSE Foundation itself will not refund any amount after a cancellation of registration. All requests have to be issued to the “Europäische Reiseversicherung” directly. Refunds will be given within the terms and conditions of the “Europäische Reiseversicherung”. Name changes will be handled as a cancellation and new registration. Please note that CIRSE offers just a platform to affect a policy between you and “Europäische Reiseversicherung”.
Accommodation
Please note that the following are only suggestions. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee for ESIR courses. CIRSE supports compliance with ethical standards. Therefore, CIRSE emphasizes that the participants shall bear any and all costs in this context themselves.
Hôtel du Dragon
3*, 7 min. walk from the venue
12, rue du Dragon, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 88 35 79 80
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.hoteldudragon.com/en/
Hôtel Au Cerf d’Or
3*, 8 min. walk from the venue
6 Place de l’Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 88 36 20 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.cerf-dor-strasbourg.fr/
Holiday Inn Express
3*, 15 min. walk from the venue
Rue de la Corderie, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 88 10 99 99
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://hiexstrasbourg.com/en/holiday-inn-express-strasbourg-en/
Hôtel Les Haras
4*, 6 min. walk from the venue
23 Rue des Glacières, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 90 20 50 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://les-haras.fr/?lng=en
Cour du Corbeau
4*, 12 min. walk from the venue
7 Rue des Couples, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 90 00 26 26
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.cour-corbeau.com/en/
Pavillon Régent Petite France
4*, 12 min. walk from the venue
5 rue des Moulins, 67000 Strasbourg
Phone: +33 3 88 76 43 43
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.regent-petite-france.com/?lang=en