ESTRO Guide 2018

“Anecdotal evidence from lecturers and participants was an invaluable form of inter-collegial peer review, and this course lends itself well to interaction, rather than the passive digestion of facts and figures.”

- Emma van de Borne | Tilburg, The Netherlands -

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course, participants should: • Revise the general principles of prostate cancer pathology, diagnosis and staging • Read the published GEC-ESTRO guidelines in LDR and HDR prostate brachytherapy • Complete the FALCON exercise which will be distributed prior to the course.

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.

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST, OTHER SPECIALIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Peter Hoskin, Radiation Oncologist, Mount Vernon Hospital, London (UK) TEACHERS • Bashar Al Qaisieh, Medical Physicist, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds (UK) • Stefan Machtens, Urologist, Marien-Krankenhaus, Bergisch Gladbach (DE) • Carl Salembier, Radiation Oncologist, Cliniques de l’Europe, Brussels (BE) • Frank-André Siebert, Medical Physicist, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel (DE)

TEACHINGMETHODS • 11 hours of lectures • 1 hour of contouring

• 2 hours of practical workshops • 3 hours of interactive discussions.

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

SCHOOL

LOCAL ORGANISER Nicolas Pourel, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Sainte Catherine, Avignon

KEYWORDS Prostate brachytherapy, high dose rate, low dose rate, radioiodine, afterloading.

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

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

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

Peter Hoskin

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