ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

INTERDISCIPLINARY RADIOBIOLOGY CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAPY PHYSICS RTT YOUNG

SATURDAY 6 MAY 2017

SYMPOSIUM Imaging for therapeutic response / toxicity evaluation 14:45 - 16:00 | LEHAR 1-3

Predictive imaging markers may help define patients who benefit most from a specific treatment or intervention. Early imaging markers of response may be used to adapt the therapeutic strategy. Validation of such markers is key to translation in clinical practice. This symposium will highlight MRI and PET techniques related to hypoxia-guided interventions, show an overview of PET data for the tri-modality treatment of rectum and oesophageal cancer and discuss the potential of diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI as imaging markers for these cancers. Imaging markers also may reflect normal-tissue response. This will be illustrated with examples of liver and brain. 14:45 > Functional imaging as biomarker for toxicity response Speaker: Y. Cao (USA) 15:10 > Imaging tumour response to neoadjuvant treatment in GI tumours Speaker: G. Meijer (The Netherlands) 15:35 > Imaging biomarkers to predict and early assess the response to radiation therapy. Potential impact of studies in small animals Speaker: B. Gallez (Belgium) SYMPOSIUM Comprehensive motion management and immobilisation solutions in radiation therapy 14:45 - 16:00 | STRAUS 1 The primary aim of radiation therapy treatments is to deliver an optimal dose to the target volume while minimising dose to the surrounding normal structures. There remain a number of challenges posed by the inaccuracies of treating patients, where tumours and critical structures are constantly moving and adapting with normal physiological functions. Speakers will focus on different approaches to immobilisation; answering the question: are we able to solve all ‘problems’ only with technical solutions; etc. Session will focus on modern technics like ExacRack or Active breathing control. Chair: U. Van der Heide (The Netherlands) Co-chair: A. Lopez Medina (Spain)

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Chair: B. Bak (Poland) Co-chair: S. Jäger (Austria)

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