ESTRO Guide 2018

“I had travelled fromMelbourne, Australia, full of enthusiasm and high expectations for what was to come. I was not disappointed.”

- Rachel O’Meara | Melbourne, Australia -

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

• Physical and biological optimisation • Pareto fronts in clinical practice • Geometric uncertainties and how to deal with them • Molecular imaging in treatment planning • Adaptive planning strategies • Library planning, dose painting planning, robust and probabilistic planning.

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

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.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Gert Meijer, Medical Physicist, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)

TP SYSTEMS Eclipse, Monaco, Pinnacle³, RayStation and TomoTherapy.

CO-CHAIR Neil Burnet, Radiation Oncologist, Cambridge University and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge (UK)

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should: • Have at least two years experience of radiotherapy planning • Understand the ICRU definitions of GTV, CTV and PTV • Understand the relationship between target dose and organs at risk.

TEACHERS • Desirée van den Bongard, Radiation Oncologist, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht (NL) • Marcel van Herk, Radiotherpay Physicist, The Christie, Manchester (UK) • Nicola Dinapoli, Radiation Oncologist, University Clinics A Gemelli, Rome (IT) • Ursula Nestle, Radiation Oncologist, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg (DE) • Markus Stock , Medical Physicist, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (AT)

SCHOOL

TEACHINGMETHODS • 19 hours of lectures • 9 hours of practical workshops • 4 hours of case discussions.

LOCAL ORGANISER Efi Koutsouveli, Medical Physicist, Hygea Hospital, Athens

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Radiotherapy planning, intensity modulated radiotherapy, IMRT, VMAT.

Neil Burnet

Gert Meijer

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