ESTRO GUIDE 2017

• How can we adapt the treatment at the beginning and along the therapies by imaging? • Workshops rectal cancer. PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should: • Review main international guidelines on the course topics • Participate in tumour boards on the course topics at their institution. TEACHINGMETHODS • 7 hours of lectures • 2 hours of practical workshops • 6 hours of case discussions. The course consists of didactic lectures, case discussions in small working groups and plenary debates. KEYWORDS Imaging, multidisciplinary, combined modality treat- ments, personalised oncology, upper abdomen, prostate cancer, rectal cancer. ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EAC- CME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office. WHICH IMAGING COURSE TO CHOOSE? ESTRO also organises a course on target volume deter- mination (TVD): from imaging to margins (see page 62) The TVD course is aimed at trainees in radiation oncology, radiation physicists and RTT or at seniors as a refresher course The TVD course provides the fundamental understanding for the use of imaging for the TVD of tumours seen in general and routine clinical radiation oncology practice. The TVD course covers the following sites: CNS, H&N, breast, lung and pelvic tumours. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Interactive workshops • Evaluation form.

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FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS • Regina Beets-Tan, Radiologist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL) • Vincenzo Valentini, Radiation Oncologist, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome (IT) TEACHERS The teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro- education.org/courses for the latest information.

Regina Beets-Tan

Vincenzo Valentini

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