ESTRO Guide 2018

“Each lecture, be it Biological optimisation, Dose-volume relationships or Quality assurance , had something for everyone, which is a testament to the hard work that has gone into developing this course over the years.”

- Aoife Gallagher and Hardeep Rajput | Oxford, UK -

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Clinical case discussion • Evaluation form • Practical demonstrations.

Practical demonstrations will take place on-site in close collaboration with the local staff. This course will be organised in close cooperation with themanufacturers of equipment for planning, delivery and QA of IMRT and conformal radiotherapy. Their practical demonstrations will be an important part of the course. PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should: As a clinician: • Be familiar with clinical indications for conformal radiotherapy • Have a general understanding of the treatment planning process. As a physicist: • Be familiar with quality assurancemeasurements for conventional therapy • Have a general knowledge of dose calculation algorithms and 3D-treatment planning. The participants will be asked to prepare a ‘homework’ based on three clinical cases sent by ESTRO. The results of such work will be discussed in small groups during the course. TEACHINGMETHODS • ~17 hours of lectures • 3 hours of practical demonstrations in a clinical department • 2 hours of software demonstration • 3 hours of case discussions.

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

KEYWORDS IMRT, IGRT, target definition, tolerance doses, inverse treatment planning, dose calculation, recent IMRT developments.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Marco Schwarz, Medical Physicist, Proton Therapy Centre, Trento (IT)

CO-CHAIR Frank Lohr, Radiation Oncologist, AOU Modena, Modena (IT)

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

TEACHERS • Sofie Ceberg, Medical Physicist, Skåne University Hospital, Lund (SE) • Lone Hoffmann, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (DK) • Mischa Hoogeman, Clinical Physicist, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL) • Eva Onjukka, Medical Physicist, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (SE) • Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Radiation Oncologist, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin (IT) • Carmen Rubio, Radiation Oncologist, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid (ES) • Matthias Söhn, Medical Physicist, LMU University Hospital, Munich (DE)

ACCREDITATION Application for CPD recognition is submitted to the 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

LOCAL ORGANISER Nikolai Tover, Radiation Technologist, North- Estonian Regional Hospital Cancer Centre, Tallinn

Marco Schwarz

Frank Lohr

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