ESTRO 2025 - Abstract Book

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ESTRO 2025

the most useful imaging modality, but the high costs and limited availability restrict its use in screening to only a restricted group of women (high-risk group).

In this setting, AI is becoming a central player. Prospective studies already showed that dedicated AI systems can perform at least as good as an average radiologist in the evaluation of screening mammography. In addition, they can reduce reading times for DBT. One prospective and several retrospective studies are also suggested that AI could help identifying subtle signs, and thus can accurately guide the radiologists on when to perform additional examinations and when the screening mammography is sufficient. Despite these promising results, there is an active discussion on how to better introduce AI in clinical practice: AI as an additional tool for the radiologists might lead to higher false positive rates and unnecessary examination. When AI is used as a stand-alone tool, it is important to pay particular care in setting threshold, to avoid false negative or too many false positive findings. In addition, legal issues arise when considering using AI as a stand-alone tool, or when AI is used as a risk assessment tool. Different possibile solutions have been suggested to optimize performance and workflow in the screening setting. Furthermore, clear guidelines on how to ensure stability of the performance of the AI tools, or their applicability in different populations, are still missing.

AI solutions for ultrasound and MRI are at an earlier stage of development, and a large scale evaluation of their performance is still missing.

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Speaker Abstracts Implementing a teenager and young adult information evening in an RT department Clare L David Radiotherapy Department, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the current information services provided to Teenage Young Adult (TYA) oncology patients within a single radiotherapy department through retrospective patient views. Additionally, the participants provided valuable perspectives on the aptness and merit of implementing a dedicated information evening within the radiotherapy department. RESEARCH QUESTION: Would the implementation of a Teenage Young Adult Information Evening, within a radiotherapy department, improve the information support and treatment pathway for 18-24-year-old cancer patients? SAMPLE: Cancer diagnosis within this patient cohort is rare and thus, the sample size for this study was expected to be small. After the study inclusion and exclusion criteria had been applied, 18 patients were deemed to be suitable. Of those 18 patients, 10 participants consented to take part in the study. METHODOLOGY: Focus group methodology has been shown to be an optimal data collection approach with this specific patient cohort due to their inherent desire to meet and share experiences with each other and was therefore used as the primary data collection tool. However, due to time limitations, open ended questionnaires were also used to collect perspectives from participants who were unable to attend the scheduled focus group sessions. The transcribed data from the focus groups, along with the questionnaire responses were then analysed using coding techniques to produce themes; 6 themes in total strongly emerged from the data.

KEY RESULTS: The participants felt they received adequate information about their radiotherapy treatment and its side effects. However, participants did report some gaps within the service provision that need addressing to