ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

techniques can be used. The symposium will provide updates on dose-volume effects for the major organs at risk for head-and-neck cancer, the thoracic region, as well as on pelvic treatment sites. This enables to explore emerging factors like genetics and image feature. Furthermore, challenges and pitfalls of model’s validation will be addressed in the symposium, such as variations of toxicity across fractionation. Chair: D. Georg (Austria) Co-chair: P. Peterlin (Slovenia) 09:15 > Developments in head and neck toxicity data, models, and treatment optimisation Speaker: A. Van Der Schaaf (The Netherlands) 09:40 > New NTCP data in the thoracic region: probing ‘dark toxicity’ Speaker: J. Deasy (USA)

TUESDAY 9 MAY 2017

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10:05 > New NTCP data in the pelvic area Speaker: C. Fiorino (Italy)

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SYMPOSIUM RT is technology driven. How to keep the patient involved?

09:15 - 10:30 | STRAUS 1 Chair: S.C. Frasca (Italy) Co-chair: N. Metz (Austria)

09:15 > Patient education – tools to improve patient positioning Speaker: H. Hansen (Denmark) 09:40 > PROMs analysis to improve communication and enhance practice Speaker: A. Lemanska (UK) 10:05 > Public knowledge of RT saves lives: the case for RT awareness Speaker: E. Naessens (Ireland)

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SYMPOSIUM Hypofractionation in prostate cancer 11:00 - 12:00 | STOLZ 1-2

This session will cover the evolution in dose fractionation for prostate cancer. These new dose fractionation schemes vary from moderate hypofractionation to extreme hypofractionation. Moderate hypofractionation has been explored in four recent large phase 3 trials in low, intermediate and high risk prostate cancer. With high precision radiotherapy we can move to even larger doses per fraction eg 5 fractions of 7 to 9 Gy to a moderate total dose. Phase 3 studies are currently ongoing to compare this extreme hypofractionation with conventional or moderate hypofractionated schedules.

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