ESTRO 38 - Programme Book & Exhibition Guide

INTERDISCIPLINARY PRE-MEETING COURSE Conservative treatment in early rectal cancer Friday 26 April 2019 | 08:30-17:30 | room Ambra 5

Course directors: N. Gambacorta (IT) and A. Appelt (UK) Course teachers: G. Beets (NL), R. Beets-Tan (NL), R. de Jong (NL), E.l Fokas (DE), K. Haustermans (BE), F. Peters (NL), N.Scott (UK), D. Sebag-Montefiore (UK), A. Sun Myint (UK)

Course aim To provide an overview of alternatives to radical surgery in the management in early rectal cancer, including patient selection, imaging, pathology and radiotherapy techniques. Learning objectives • To be able to identify patients who might benefit from non-surgical management of early rectal cancer • To understand the role of different imaging modalities in selection, assessment and follow-up of patients with early rectal cancer treated without radical surgery • To understand the pathology risk factors to identify different risk classes of early tumour • To understand the potentials of treatment intensification. • To gain knowledge of the characteristics and limitations of different radiotherapy treatment modalities, including external beam treatment, brachytherapy and contact X-ray Target audience Radiation oncologists and senior residents; lower GI radiologists who support a radiotherapy service; medical physicists who are involved in rectal cancer radiotherapy.

Programme 08:30

Pre-meeting starts

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08:30-08:45 >

Clinical rationale for conservative management of early cancer David Sebag-Montefiore (UK) Patient selection – clinical factors and biomarkers Karin Haustermans (BE) Imaging for staging, patient selection, response assessment and follow-up Regina Beets-Tan (NL)

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