ESTRO Guide 2018

“This is the first time that I have attended an ESTRO course. If this is the quality to be expected from other courses, I am sure I will attend more. I would highly recommend this course to my colleagues.”

- Steven Tay | Eindhoven, The Netherlands -

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Delineation exercises • Evaluation form.

• Geometrical uncertainties and correction strategies: what are the uncertainties inmodern radiation therapy and how do correction strategies affect PTVmargins? How to calculate your own margins (workshop) • Image registration and evaluation: how tomake the best use of the images at hand • Understanding algorithms, regions of interest, correction reference points: how to create protocols for IGRT management (workshops and hands-on) • Site specific advanced treatment and IGRT techniques • Safety issues: the importance of incidence reporting and a feedback loop • Implementing andmanaging advanced treatment techniques: how to implement new gained skills in your department in a multidisciplinary environment.

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION THERAPIST

KEYWORDS Radiation therapist (RTT), pre-treatment imaging, treatment planning, image guidance, geometrical uncertainties.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Rianne de Jong, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Elizabeth Forde, Radiation Therapist, Trinity College, Dublin (IE) • José Luis Lopez Guerra, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla (ES) • Mirjana Josipovic, Medical Physicist, The Finsen Centre – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen (DK) • Martijn Kamphuis, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • Peter Remeijer, Medical Physicist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL) • Sofia Rivera, Radiation Oncologist, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif (FR)

FURTHER READING Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course for further information.

ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognitionwill be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the AmericanMedical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office.

SCHOOL

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should have an interest in all steps of radiation therapy.

LOCAL ORGANISER Danilo Pasini, Radiation Thechnologist, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome

TEACHINGMETHODS Approximately (4,5 days/36 h): • 23 hours of lectures • 3 hours of tutorials • 10 hours of practical workshops.

This course is using the FALCON platform (Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring) for the contouring exercises

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

Rianne de Jong

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