Annual report 2017

5th GEC * -ESTRO workshop The strength of brachytherapy 30November - 1 December 2017 | Rome, Italy

The aim of the workshop was to support the brachytherapy community in their ongoing work to identify common issues in their field and to exchange experiences.

The workshop covered the following topics: • Head and neck, and eye brachytherapy • Quality and costs in brachytherapy • Breast and skin brachytherapy - recent perspectives • Organ volumes, dose and toxicity for brachytherapy in pelvic malignancies.

Each working group had the opportunity to present its ongoing projects. The workshop also enabled GEC-ESTRO members and other attendees interested in brachytherapy to network.

219 PARTICIPANTS

38 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

PARTICIPANTS PER COUNTRY - TOP 10

The Netherlands: 25 Italy: 27

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UK: 20

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Poland: 15

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Germany: 11

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Portugal: 10 Denmark: 10 Spain: 11

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Russia: 9 Hungary: 9

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*Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie

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