ESTRO 38 - Programme Book & Exhibition Guide

INTERDISCIPLINARY RADIOBIOLOGY CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAPY PHYSICS RTT YOUNG

SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2019

SYMPOSIUM Circulating biomarkers for patient stratification and treatment monitoring

08:45 - 10:00 | Brown 1 Chair: G. Hanna (Australia) Co-chair: S. Meltzer (Norway)

08:45 > Blood biomarkers to predict radiotherapy response Speaker: G. Hanna (Australia) 09:03 > ctDNA as a non-invasive liquid biopsy for patient stratification and treatment monitoring Speaker: D. Gale (United Kingdom)

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09:21 > Cancer detection using methylated cell-free DNA Speaker: S. Bratman (Canada) 09:39 > Circulating biomarkers tumor immune response Speaker: D. De Ruysscher (The Netherlands)

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DEBATE This house believes that Proton-beam be used routinely in the treatment of lung cancer 08:45 - 10:00 | Gold Plenary Proton therapy is an attractive treatment option for lung cancer patients who need radiotherapy. Due to its physical properties, it has the potential to reduce side-effects. Yet, proton therapy is very challenging in thoracic tumors because of the movement due to breathing, and of the large differences in tissue density. It will be discussed whether there is enough clinical evidence to treat lung cancer patient with proton therapy in routine practice, and which patients to select for this treatment. Furthermore, the technical challenges of treating moving tumors will be addressed, and whether the current state- of–the–art proton techniques are able to tackle all these challenges.

Chair: Y. Lievens (Belgium) Co-chair: S. Peeters (The Netherlands) 08:45 > For the motion C. Simone (USA) 09:00 > Against the motion S. Ramella (Italy) 09:15 > For the motion

M. Hoogeman (The Netherlands)

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