ESTRO Guide 2018

ESTRO GUIDE 2018

EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR RADIOTHERAPY & ONCOLOGY

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ESTRO GUIDE 2018

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ABOUT ESTRO

MEMBERSHIP

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CONFERENCES

ESTRO Vision 2020 | 10 ESTRO Staff | 11

ESTRO Membership | 14

Introduction | 19

ESTRO CONFERENCES ESTRO 37 | 120 2nd ESTRO-Physics Workshop | 140 6th GEC-ESTRO Workshop | 141 ESTRO Meets Asia 2018 | 142 SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION EBCC-11 - European Breast Cancer Conference | 149 ELCC 2018 - European Lung Cancer Congress: the leading lung cancer event in Europe | 150 ESHO 2018 - 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology | 151 ECCO 2018 - European Cancer Summit | 152 Information and Registration | 144

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Overview | 20

Which Course to Attend? | 24 Live Teaching Courses 2018: Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology | 26 Live Teaching Courses 2018: Undergraduate Training for

Medical Students | 101 School Calendar 2018 and 2019 | 106 2018 Online Contouring

Workshops | 108 Information and Registration | 109

PUBLICATIONS Educational Publications | 110

GRANTS Mobility Grants (TTG) | 112

REDUCED FEES For 2018 courses | 114

Introduction

Yolande Lievens ESTROPresident

expected of our annual congresses, will reflect the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of the radiation oncology profession. The meeting is also a wonderful opportunity for our professionals to engage with other oncology organisations with the collective aim of improving patient care. Over the years ESTRO has seen an increase in participation of delegates from Asia at its annual congress. This, coupled with collaboration on some courses held in Asia, led to a rise in need of an international networking platform in radiation oncology in that region. The autumn of this year will see the launch of the “ESTRO Meets Asia” conference in Singapore, a collaborative effort with the Federation of Asian Organisations for Radiation Oncology (FARO). The autumn of 2018 will also be marked by the 2nd ESTROPhysicsWorkshop: Science in development and the 6th GEC-ESTRO workshop. These are unmissable opportunities for scientific exchange and networking for both the medical physicists and brachytherapy enthusiasts. ESTROcontinues to collaborate with other societies to advance multidisciplinary cancer care. In 2018 ESTRO will jointly collaborate with other societies on a number of conferences: EBCC-11 (11th European Breast Cancer Conference) for all professionals in breast cancer; ELCC 2018 (8th European lung cancer conference) that brings together top academic experts in lung cancer and thoracic malignancies; ESHO 2018 (32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology) targeting specialists in the field of hyperthermic oncology; and the ECCO 2018 European Cancer Summit, a multidisciplinary forumdrawing together worldwide leaders from the cancer healthcare, patient advocacy and stakeholder communities.

You can keep track of all activities via our website (www.estro.org), the bimonthly ESTRO e-newsletter, themonthly ESTROFlash and ESTRO social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Remember to renew your ESTRO membership for 2018 to be able to take maximum advantage of benefits offered to take your professional development to a new level. Finally, we are grateful to all our members who contribute to the content of all the above activities. They voluntarily avail much of their precious free time to commit to teaching or sharing their knowledge. We are also thankful for the support we receive from the ESTRO staff in delivering these activities.

As the demand for education and training in radiation oncology grows so the portfolio of ESTRO courses and conferences becomes more diversified. These activities are the hallmark of the Society and are much sought after by professionals looking to improve their knowledge and skills in patient care both here in Europe and worldwide. The ESTRO School has established its reputation as a leader in developing and running courses. It is now striving to broaden its programme to integrate education and training in all competencies necessary for good medical practice: medical expertise, communication, leadership, advocacy, professionalism, collaboration and life-long- learning. To this end you will notice that some of the new courses in 2018 are designed to contribute to this comprehensiveness. As per custom, courses offered in 2018 range frombasic to advanced level to cater to the different skills needed by professionals at varying levels of career development. In this guide 35 courses are on offer. The majority will be hosted in Europe and 6 will take place outside Europe. As of 2018, the ESTRO School will launch an online learning management system, Moodle, to be used for delivering blended learning and complement the face to face courses. This is part of creating forward looking solutions for education since the introduction of the ESTRO online educational library DOVE (Dynamic Oncology Virtual ESTRO) and online contouring platform FALCON (Fellowship inAnatomic deLineation and CONtouring) which of course will be integrated in this new approach where possible. Online learning is self-paced and reinforces the acquisition of knowledge learned from classical environments. Our annual prestigious congress in the spring, will take place in Barcelona. ESTRO 37, as

I hope you find the guide useful.

Kind regards

Yolande Lievens ESTRO President

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ABOUT ESTRO

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ABOUT ESTRO

ABOUT ESTRO

ESTRO Vision 2020 | 10 ESTRO Staff | 11

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ESTRO Vision 2020

“Every cancer patient in Europe will have access to state-of-the-art radiation therapy as part of a multidisciplinary approach where treatment is individualised for the specific patient’s cancer, taking account of the patient’s personal circumstances.”

ABOUT ESTRO

- ESTRO vision 2020 -

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ESTRO Staff

CEO

MANAGEMENT TEAM

ABOUT ESTRO

Alessandro Cortese CEO

Nathalie Cnops SeniorHRManager

Chiara Gasparotto DirectorofPolicy andPartnerships

Arnaud Ponsart FinanceManager

Christine Verfaillie ManagingDirector EducationandScience

ESTRO STAFF

Mieke Akkers ProjectManager

Dina Ardiana Finance&HRCoordinator

Gabriella Axelsson PublicAffairsProject Manager

Eralda Azizaj ScientificProgramme Manager

Agostino Barrasso CongressManager

Daneel Bogaerts GraphicDesigner

Mickael Bohland ITDevelopmentManager

Evelyn Chimfwembe ManagerSocietyAffairs& ResearchProjects

Benjamin Corroy ITSupportOfficer

Valérie Cremades CorporateRelations Manager

Noémie Defourny HealthEconomistSpecialist

Luis Ferreira Teixeira ProjectManager

Elena Giusti ProjectManager

Carolina Goradesky EventsProjectManager

Rebecca Hansmann OfficeAdministrator

Cecile Hardon-Villard CommunicationsManager

Patrizia Iuriatti ESTROAdministrator

Sigrid Jacobs ESTROSupervisor

Marta Jayes GovernmentRelations Management

Laura La Porta ProjectManager

Myriam Lybeer MembershipManager

Lilian Niwerungero ESTROAdministrator

Miika Palmu ProjectManager

Essi Saarto ProgrammesCoordinator

Gurkan Ulusoy AccountingCoordinator

Melissa Vanderijst Marketing&Education ProjectManager

Viviane Van Egten EducationManager

ESTRO CANCER FOUNDATION (ECF)

Arta Leci ECFProgrammes Coordinator

Tania Wolff ECFGeneralManager

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ESTRO Membership | 14

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ESTROMembership

In all its activities, ESTRO is dedicated to one main goal: to promote radiation oncology in the international oncology arena and beyond for the benefit of all cancer patients.

Add your voice to the 7,000 ESTRO members ESTRO members are professionals of radiation oncology and beyond: radiation oncologists, clinical oncologists, medical physicists, radiobiologists, radiation therapists (RTTs), dosimetrists, radiation therapy technologists, radiotherapy nurses, medical oncologists, surgeons, industry representatives, organ specialists, other medical and non medical professions, coming frommore than 100 countries spread all over the world.

ESTRO offers several levels of membership, with benefits tailored to the needs of each member and their level of involvement within the Society:

In a nutshell, the ESTRO membership benefits include: • Belonging to a community of around 7,000 radiation oncology professionals • Online subscription to Radiotherapy&Oncology , the Society’s journal • Networking opportunities and reduced fees for attending a wide range of ESTRO teaching courses, online courses, workshops and conferences • Online access to scientific material, including event webcasts and delineation cases through the ESTRO electronic library (DOVE) • Eligibility for grants and awards • Eligibility for ESTRO faculties and governance positions.

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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

INTER- DISCIPLINARITY

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COMMUNITY

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

FULL MEMBERSHIP ACTIVE | €95 for one year and €170 for two consecutive years This category of membership gives access to all the services ESTRO has on offer: subscription to Radiotherapy and Oncology (electronic and printed upon request), discount on the article publication charge related to the new open access journals ( ctRO , phiRO , tipsRO ), reduced fees for attending ESTRO conferences and teaching courses, online access to contouring cases, scientific information through our e-library (DOVE), access to the ROESIS* platform, eligibility for grants, awards, working groups, governance positions, voting rights and much more. SUPPORTINGAMBASSADOR | €250 for one year and €450 for two consecutive years This category is for those who also wish to express their commitment by contributing to ESTRO’s Ambassador Solidarity Fund. You will have all the benefits of an Active member, plus access to educational materials produced by the ESTRO School, immediate access to the ESTRO events webcasts, as well as VIP facilities at the ESTRO annual congress (use of the VIP lounge and a dedicated VIP registration desk). In training members can benefit from specific reduced fees for attending ESTRO conferences and teaching courses. To be eligible, members should be under the age of 40, have a relevant university diploma awarded within the last ten years and currently be in training or enrolled in a full time PhD programme in a European institute. AFFILIATE | €55 This category is suitable for members who do not require full involvement, but still wish to enjoy some of the basic benefits on offer, including online access to Radiotherapy &Oncology and one reduced fee per year for an ESTRO event or teaching course. CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE | €55 This category is reserved for individual members working for a company and offers them online access to Radiotherapy & Oncology and one reduced fee per year for an ESTRO event or teaching course. * ROESIS: Radiation Oncology Safety Education and Information System ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN TRAINING | €75

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP JOINT MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES In order to benefit from one of the membership categories below, please contact the ESTRO office: membership@estro.org DUAL & YOUNG DUAL MEMBERSHIP This category can be granted to individual members who benefit from a joint membership agreement, signed on a case by case basis between ESTRO and a non–European national society or a European young national society. We invite you to check with your national society whether it has an agreement with ESTRO. RTT ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP This category can be granted to individual RTT members who benefit from a joint RTT Alliance membership agreement, signed on a case by case basis between ESTRO and an RTT national society. We invite you to check with your RTT national society whether it has an agreement with ESTRO. More info on estro.org/members | To register, please contact membership@estro.org. ESTRO has a membership programme dedicated for companies who can opt for either regular or gold membership. Gold membership gives the right to a seat on the ESTRO corporate council that serves to facilitate the collaboration and coordination between the industries’ research and development activities and the academic and scientific developments within ESTRO. More info on estro.org/members | To register, please contact corporate@estro.org. ESTRO offers European institutes the possibility to pay collectively for the membership of their department employees (minimum of 5), who will enjoy all the usual advantages of the individual membership. This is the most cost- effective option for institutes. Other advantages of institutional membership include increased visibility: a dedicated promotional webpage on the ESTRO website and in the newsletter, an ESTRO institutional member logo to be used in individual communications, a monthly ESTRO public affairs newsletter exclusively tailored to their needs, free online job postings, and the privilege to apply for a free booth at the ESTRO Communities Pavilion during the annual conference. More info on estro.org/members | To register, please contact institutional-membership@estro.org

MEMBERSHIP

More info on estro.org/members | You can become a member or renew your membership online.

The ESTRO membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December and full members have the option to become members for two consecutive years with a final discount of 10%.

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Introduction | 19

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Overview | 20

Which Course to Attend? | 24 Live Teaching Courses 2018: Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology | 26 Live Teaching Courses 2018: Undergraduate Training for Medical Students | 101 School Calendar 2018 and 2019 | 106 2018 Online Contouring Workshops | 108 Information and Registration | 109

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PUBLICATIONS Educational Publications | 110

GRANTS Mobility Grants (TTG) | 112

REDUCED FEES For 2018 Courses | 114

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EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS OF THE ESTRO SCHOOL

ESTRO would like to thank the sponsors who supported our educational activities in 2017:

Our gratitude also goes to the following companies for their participation in teaching courses in 2017: Accuray, Canberra Packard, Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, Elekta, IBA, Mevion, Orfit, Philips Healthcare, RaySearch Laboratories, Sun Nuclear, Varian Medical Systems.

ESTRO wishes to thank all its partners in the 2018 teaching courses programme:

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Introduction: The ESTRO School in 2018

Jesper Grau Eriksen ChairESTROEducation Council

Christine Verfaillie ManagingDirector EducationandScience

Education is a key element of ESTRO’s mission, hence the ESTRO School is proposing a vast range of educational opportunities to its entire radiation oncology community: whatever your discipline is, your level of experience, we are offering educational activities tailored to your specific needs which will allow you to grow professionally and advance in your career. It’s a pleasure to share with you the ESTRO educational programme for 2018. We hope you will enjoy browsing through this ESTRO Guide and will find it useful to select the educational activity most appropriate for you: • one of the 35 live courses organised in Europe or elsewhere in the world • a one-day pre-meeting course organised before • a blended (combined online and live) course to train skills or competencies such as positioning and immobilisation, communication or leadership the start of ESTRO 37 in Barcelona • a hands-on delineation workshop The ESTRO School is dedicated to supporting trainees and specialists in radiation oncology and associated professions in their continuing medical education and training.

• self-directed learning by exploring DOVE, ESTRO’s vast educational portal for guidelines, scientific publications, coursematerial, congress webcasts • a study visit to a centre of excellence in Europe or beyond. Throughout the year, updates and further information on all these activities will be made available continuously on the ESTRO website (www.estro.org or www.estro.org/school) and social media. Improving knowledge, skills and practice to ensure better treatment for our patients: that is ESTRO’s vision in terms of education and the basis of the ESTRO annual School programme.

EDUCATION COUNCIL Chair: Jesper Grau Eriksen

Mambers: Claus Belka, Kim Benstead, Jean- Emmanuel Bibault, Ben Heijmen, Peter Hoskin, Nùria Jornet, Martijn Kamphuis, Michelle Leech, Richard Poetter, Umberto Ricardi, Sofia Rivera, Viviane Van Egten, Christine Verfaillie, Marie- Catherine Vozenin, Eduardo Zubizarretta

With best regards

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Jesper Grau Eriksen Chair ESTRO Education Council

Christine Verfaillie Managing Director Education and Science

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Overview

The ESTRO School: overall aims

New developments • Medical education is based on knowledge, skills and competencies. Consequently, the ESTRO School is striving to broaden its programme to integrate education and training in all competencies necessary for good medical practice: medical expertise of course but also communication, leadership, advocacy, professionalism, collaboration and life-long-learning. The new courses that are planned for 2018 will certainly contribute to this comprehensiveness: - Foundations of leadership in radiation oncology - Basic clinical communication - Positioning and immobilisation (medical expertise: knowledge and skills to optimally position and immobilise patients for radiation therapy over a range of sites) - Non-melanoma skin cancer (medical expertise) • Extended blended learning at ESTRO School The ESTRO School has implemented an online learningmanagement system, Moodle, that will be used as of 2018 for extending and tailoring the education of the live courses by adding an online learning part before and/or after the classical live courses. This means that for some courses, the ‘face to face’ teaching will be combined with online delivery in order to improve the overall learning outcome. This is an exciting step to create forward looking solutions for education since the introduction of the ESTRO

online educational library, DOVE, and online contouring platform FALCON that of course will be integrated in this new approach where possible • To enhance the quality of the ESTRO School offering, the Pedagogical School Programme will focus on the assessment of teaching and learning. Assessment is needed for improvement of the learning goals, to evaluate if course participants have learnt effectively and provide them with feedback on their progress. The Pedagogical Programme will look into implementing more extensive assessment: before, during, at the end of the course and three to six months after the end of the course to continue to improve the quality of learning and teaching. The introduction of blended learning will definitely also necessitate an in-depth evaluation of the effect the use of technology will have on the way teachers teach and course participants learn.

• The main aim of the ESTRO School is to fulfil the Society’s mission in the field of education • The ESTROSchool is an international institution that strives to improve, professionalise and harmonise knowledge and practice in radiation oncology and associated professions in Europe and beyond • The ESTROSchool supports the implementation of the European core curricula with education and training programmes targeting both young and senior radiation oncology professionals • The ESTRO School offers a wide range of educational opportunities and resources that allow professionals worldwide to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies to deliver high quality treatment and care to cancer patients.

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Live courses The 2018 ESTROGuide provides a comprehensive description of each course: aims, learning outcomes, target audience, content, prerequisites, teaching and assessment methods and the ESTRO course faculties. Around 200 renowned international experts volunteer to share their knowledge and skills by teaching at the ESTRO live courses and the School definitely owes its prestige and fame to a large extent to their contributions. The roadmap to ESTRO courses will help you to select the courses that are most suited to your needs (see page 24).

±35 courses are organised per year. Some of the courses are organised biennially

±80% of the courses take place in Europe. ±20% are organised outside Europe.

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Courses on Radiotherapy Treatment Planning and Delivery

45 DIFFERENT COURSE TOPICS Basic and advanced postgraduate courses and undergraduate oncology courses:

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One-day pre-meeting courses tailored for each discipline and 6 interdisciplinary courses

Every morning 7-8 teaching lectures scheduled for the different disciplines

Multidisciplinary tumour boards: how to make the complex decisions about the individualised treatment of cancer patients in the multidisciplinary oncology setting of “everyday”

At all ESTRO annual congresses you can attend:

Live contouring workshops

Check as of page 122 in the events section the educational programme of ESTRO 37 in Barcelona.

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ESTRO Online Educational Resources and Tools Access to quality education is a top priority of the ESTRO School. The School therefore continues to invest in the development of e-learning and blended learning opportunities as a complement to its live educational offer.

available for radiation oncology professionals worldwide to participate in (See page 108).

ESTROMobility Grants Every year ESTROoffers anumber ofmobility grants (previously known as Technology Transfer Grants or TTGs). These grants are made available to radiation oncology professionals eager to visit another institute to learn about or gain experience with a technique, equipment or its application that is not easily available in their own institute and which would be useful to them and their department in future studies or clinical treatments. There are two application deadlines per year (spring and autumn) and dates are announced on the ESTRO website, as well as by ESTRO Flash reminders, social media and the ESTRO Newsletter. 50-70% of the applications are granted.

FALCON in 2018 • Eleven live courses will include delineation workshops. Each such course is indicated in this Guide by the FALCON logo • Eight live FALCON workshops are planned during ESTRO 37 in Barcelona • Ten online FALCON workshops throughout the year. Check the 2018 FALCON online workshops on page 108 on this guide and check online the updates during the year onwww.estro.org and social media.

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

The ESTRO online contouring programme

ESTRO has developed an innovative and hands- on educational platform for training contouring skills. FALCON* provides interactive teaching in tumour target, OAR contouring and uses for this purpose Educase, a web based treatment simulation software.

DYNAMICONCOLOGY VI TUAL ESTRO

DYNAMICONCOLOGY VIRTUALESTRO

Deadlines: 31 May and 31 October 2018 All applications should be addressed to grants@estro.org

* Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring

The ESTRO online educational library for radiation oncology You can find this broad online library at the home page of the ESTRO website and can search it by keywords or type of educational material you would like to consult: • Webcasts from ESTRO congresses • Course material from the ESTRO live courses in flippingbook format, whichmakes them easy to navigate and work with (limited to course participants and to Supporting Ambassador members) • All Radiotherapy&Oncology articles and ESTRO guidelines

Live courses and workshops ESTRO started implementing Educase, FALCON’s contouring tool, in its live teaching programmes in 2010. Since then the software has been used in 78 clinically orientated and/or image focused live courses and about 60 hands-on delineation workshops at annual ESTRO conferences. Around 7,000 radiation oncology professionals have benefited from such interactive training. Online workshops In 2012, ESTRO organised the first online FALCON workshop. Online workshops include 20-30 participants and are conducted through web-conferences over a time span of three weeks. The sessions are very interactive and offer the opportunity to set side by side delineations from participants and experts and discuss the interobserver variability and the available guidelines. The number of online workshops has gradually increased and since 2016, a full annual programme of ten workshops on different tumour sites was

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• FALCON delineation exercises • Congress abstracts and posters.

Anyone can access the service library and view the content; full access depends on ESTROmembership status or participation in ESTRO activities. Selected material can be saved, printed and emailed.

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A FAMILY OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNALS FROM ESTRO

ESTRO and Elsevier proudly announce three new open access journals in the field of radiation oncology to accompany the premier journal in the field, Radiotherapy &Oncology. ESTRO’s family of journals further the Society’s mission to foster the role of radiation oncology to improve the care of patients with cancer.

Clinical andTranslational Radiation Oncology – ctRO All aspects of clinical and translational radiationoncologyresearch,particularly new developments in radiobiology, clinical interventions and treatments, data sciences, epidemiology, and oncopolicy. Editors-in-Chief: Pierre Blanchard , Villejuif, France Daniel Zips , Tübingen, Germany

Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology – phiRO Medical physics and imaging in radiation oncology.

Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology – tipsRO Technology andpatient care, including psycho-oncology; andpatient reported outcome measures. Editors-in-Chief: Sara Faithfull , Guildford, UK Michelle Leech , Dublin, Ireland

Editor-in-Chief: Ludvig Muren , Aarhus, Denmark

Read volume 1 and submit your own work www.ctro.science • www.phiro.science • www.tipsro.science

Which Course to Attend? 2018 Roadmap to Teaching Courses

BASIC UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS POSTGRADUATE TRAINING IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY Evidence Based Radiation Oncology GENERAL SITESPECIFIC MULTIMODAL CANCER TREATMENT Medical Science Summer School Oncology for Medical Students

ESO-ESSO-ESTRO Multidisciplinary Course in Oncology for Medical Students

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNINGAND DELIVERY

EXTERNALBEAM RADIOTHERAPY

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Physics for Modern Radiotherapy

Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

Advanced Treatment Planning

Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

Combined Drug-Radiation Treatment

Dose Modelling and Verification

Gynaecological Cancer

Breast Cancer

Cancer Survivorship

Brain Tumours

Advanced Brachytherapy for Physicists

Advanced Skills in Modern Radiotherapy

Palliative Care and Radiotherapy

IMRT and Other Conformal Techniques in Practice

Head and Neck Cancer

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Prostate Cancer

Advanced Technologies

Haematological Malignancies

Upper Gastro Intestinal

Positioning and Immobilisation

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Target Volume Determination - From Imaging to Margins

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Best Practice in Radiation Oncology (TTT)

Research Course in Radiation Oncology

Imaging for Physicists

Risk Management (2 modules)

Cancer Imaging

Basic Clinical Communication in Oncology

Research Course in Radiation Physics

Research Course in Translational Radiation Biology and Oncology

Foundations of Leadership in Radiation Oncology

Molecular Imaging and Radiation Oncology

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Image Guided Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 11-15 February 2018 | Budapest, Hungary Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy 4-8 March 2018 | Ljubljana, Slovenia

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3D Radiotherapy with a Special Emphasis on Implementation of MRI / CT Based Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer 2 nd ESTRO-AROI GYN Teaching Course 8-11 March 2018 | Lucknow, India

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Multidisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer 10-12 March 2018 | Brussels, Belgium

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Foundations of Leadership in Radiation Oncology 20 April 2018 | Barcelona, Spain (online sessions from March to May 2018)

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Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Oncology 11-13 May 2018 | Osaka, Japan Target Volume Determination - From Imaging to Margins 13-16 May 2018 | Prague, Czech Republic Evidence Based Radiation Oncology How to evaluate the scientific evidence and apply it to daily practice 27 May - 1 June 2018 | Athens, Greece IMRT and Other Conformal Techniques in Practice 3-7 June 2018 | Talinn, Estonia

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Palliative Care and Radiotherapy 5-7 June 2018 | Mexico City, Mexico

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Dose Modelling and Verification for External Beam Radiotherapy 10-14 June 2018 | Dublin, Ireland

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Combined Drug Radiation Treatment: Biologic Basis, Current Applications and Perspectives 13-16 June 2018 | Chengdu, China

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Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer 14-16 June 2018 | Avignon, France

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Basic Clinical Communication in Oncology 15-17 June 2018 | Brussels, Belgium

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Clinical Practice and Implementation of Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy 2-6 September 2018 | Porto, Portugal

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Image-Guided Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in Gynaecological Cancer: Focus on Adaptive Brachytherapy 2-6 September 2018 | Madrid, Spain

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Haematological Malignancies 5-8 September 2018 | Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Physics for Modern Radiotherapy (Joint Course for Clinicians and Physicists) 9-13 September 2018 | Budapest, Hungary

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Basic Clinical Radiobiology 15-19 September 2018 | Dublin, Ireland

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Target Volume Determination - From Imaging to Margins 23-26 September 2018 | Moscow, Russia

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Advanced Treatment Planning 23-27 September 2018 | Athens, Greece Imaging for Physicists 23-27 September 2018 | Vienna, Austria

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Advanced Technologies - Endorsed by ESTRO 14-17 October 2018 | Rajamahendravaram, India

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Best practice in Radiation Oncology - Train the RTT (Radiation Therapists) Trainers - Part I 22-26 October 2018 | Vienna, Austria

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Advanced Technologies - Endorsed by ESTRO 28-31 October 2018 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

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Positioning and Immobilisation for Radiation Therapy 3-4 November 2018 | Vienna, Austria (online sessions from October to November 2018)

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Comprehensive Quality Management in Radiotherapy - Risk Management and Patient Safety 4-7 November 2018 | Athens, Greece

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ESTRO/ESOR Multidisciplinary Approach of Cancer Imaging 5-6 November 2018 | Rome, Italy

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Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation 11-14 November 2018 | Brussels, Belgium

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Research Course in Translational Radiation Biology and Oncology 11-14 November 2018 | Florence, Italy

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Image Guided and Adaptive Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 11-15 February 2018 | Budapest, Hungary

TARGET GROUP The course is aimed at all professionals in the field of radiation oncology who are involved in target localisation at any point in the treatment chain.This includes radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and radiation therapists (RTTs). A good understanding of issues related to target delineation, target localisation and patient set-up is a prerequisite as well as some experience in the field. As the emphasis will be on the integration of image guidance and adaptive techniques as well as their practical implementation, the “team effort” is important. Simultaneous participation of physicists, radiation oncologists and radiation therapists is strongly encouraged. for image guidance and adaptive radiotherapy depending on workflow and resources available. After completion, you will be able to evaluate which of these strategies best fit your specific institutions. The course focuses on several practical strategies

COURSE AIM The course aims to:

chain and identify appropriate techniques to increase both efficiency as well as efficacy • Discuss the concept of treatment adaptation and its implementation in the context of the present technological capabilities • Offer an overview of available technologies and how to integrate these in clinical practice • Compare available strategies and help define applicability for particular use • Present the functionality of the equipment and technology, and identify limitations of a particular method • Present practical recommendations for establishing an efficient image-guided workflow through optimal integration of available technologies and to emphasise the importance of teamwork and training • Present the components of a QA strategy of IGRT systems.

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• Cover both theoretical and practical aspects related to the clinical implementation of in-room imaging and plan adaptation in radiotherapy • Review imaging techniques that can be applied in the workflow of conformal radiotherapy and understand how individual links in the chain of events will influence clinical outcome (from treatment prescription to preparation and planning, to patient set-up and verification) • Identify potential sources of errors in target delineation / localisation and how IGRT can be of help, with special emphasis on conformal radiotherapy, intensitymodulated radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy andmanagement of organ motion • Discuss the concept “target delineation – target localisation” at each particular step in the treatment

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“This is where you will meet the biggest stars of medical physics and radiation therapy. It’s as if your dreams became true – people who you know only through their publications are there, and you can talk to them and ask them all the questions you want.”

- Julien Darréon | Marseille, France -

LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to: • Understand the principles of image guided and adaptive radiotherapy • Be able to implement image guidance for major patient groups in their home clinic • Understand the relevant choices for the selection of the best image guidance protocol for their home situation • Know the potential benefits of various image guidance and ART protocols. COURSE CONTENT This is a 5-day course organised to identify the influence of image guidance at important steps in the workflow of radiation therapy. The following items will be covered in view of in-room imaging for therapy guidance: • Image guidance required for treatment prescription • Image guidance in treatment preparation and treatment planning • Image guidance in patient set-up and target localisation during treatment • Strategies and software tools for adaptive radiotherapy • Image guidance in treatment follow-up. TEACHINGMETHODS • Lectures and workshops • Regular breakout sessions for MDs, physicists and radiation therapists.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form.

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

KEYWORDS Image guidance, adaptive radiotherapy.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS • Coen Rasch, Radiation Oncologist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • Marianne Aznar, Medical Physicist, The Christie, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK) TEACHERS • Rianne de Jong, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • Andrew Hope, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CA) • Helen McNair, Radiation Therapist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London (UK) • Uwe Oelfke, Medical Physicist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London (UK) • Parag Parikh, Radiation Oncologist, Washington University, St Louis (USA) • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Medical Physicist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL) • Marcel van Herk, Medical Physicist, The Christie, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK)

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.

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LOCAL ORGANISER • Tibor Major, Physicist, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest

Time will be allocated as follows: • 23 hours of lectures • 3 hours of tutorials • 4 hours of case discussions / exercise.

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Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy 4-8 March 2018 | Ljubljana, Slovenia

TARGET GROUP The course is aimed primarily at trainees in radiotherapy, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and radiation therapists (RTTs) wishing to acquaint themselves with the latest developments in brachytherapy. This course is also highly recommended as an essential basis for prostate cancer, gynaecological cancer, and advancedmedical physics brachytherapy courses. • Cover the basic and general principles of brachytherapy: historical notes on evolution of brachytherapy, sources, after loading systems, imaging for brachytherapy, dosimetry, the essentials of ICRU reports, uncertainties in brachytherapy, radiobiology of different time dose patterns (LDR, HDR, PDR and permanent implants), radioprotection and organisation of a brachytherapy department • Discuss different technical and dosimetrical aspects of interstitial, endoluminal and endocavitary brachytherapy • Discuss themain clinical subjects: gynaecological (cervix, endometrium), head and neck (oral cavity, oropharynx), urology (a.o. prostate seed implants), breast (a.o. APBI), skin, bladder and paediatric malignancies • Illustrate practical examples of brachytherapy treatment planning • Provide exercises for practical understanding. An essential course for everyone to enter into the basics of brachytherapy in daily practice. COURSE AIM The course aims to:

LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to understand the: • Essentials of brachytherapy sources, physics, applicators and afterloaders • Essentials of brachytherapy dose planning, possibilities and pitfalls of stepping source optimisation techniques • Essentials of low-dose rate, high-dose rate and pulsed-dose rate radiobiology • Indications and contraindications of brachytherapy in clinical oncology • Essentials of different applicators to perform brachytherapy.

• Image-guided brachytherapy • Dosimetric uncertainties • Clinical radiobiology in brachytherapy: general principles • Radioprotection and afterloaders • Optimisation of stepping source brachytherapy • Permanent seed and HDR prostate implants • Interstitial brachytherapy • Place of intracavitary brachytherapy in cervix, endometrium and vaginal cancer • Place of endoluminal brachytherapy in oesophageal and bronchus carcinoma • Brachytherapy for breast, bladder, anal canal, head and neck, and skin cancer • Brachytherapy for pediatric malignancies • Recommendations for recording and reporting in interstitial, intracavitary and endoluminal brachytherapy • Use of DVH-parameters • Practical examples of interstitial, intracavitary

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COURSE CONTENT • Principles of radioactivity • Sources used in brachytherapy • Physics and dose calculation

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“The course gave me an in-depth overview of all aspects of brachytherapy, with excellent practical sessions to cement the classroom teaching. For me, it was a perfect introduction to the world of brachytherapy as I get more involved with it at my centre, but equally, it was useful and relevant to fellow delegates with many years of experience. I would highly recommend this course.”

- Joshua Naylor | Poole, UK -

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

• Applicator localisation for treatment planning • Permanent and temporary brachytherapy treatment planning • Practical exercises. PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should be qualified or in training as a medical doctor, medical physicist or radiation therapist (RTT) in the field of brachytherapy. • 6 hours of hands on practical sessions on applicatorsandtreatmentplanningimplantations • 5 hours of contouring case homework and discussions. This course consists of didactic lectures, practical sessions with applicators, interactive sessions with treatment planning stations and clinical aspects and examples. TEACHINGMETHODS • 18 hours of lectures

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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 Bradley Pieters, Radiation Oncologist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Dimos Baltas, Medical Physicist, University of Freiburg, Freiburg (DE) • José Luis Guinot Rodríguez, Radiation Oncologist, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia (ES) • Peter Hoskin, Radiation Oncologist, Mount Vernon Hospital, London (UK) • Emmie Kaljouw, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • Erik van Limbergen, Radiation Oncologist, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven (BE) • Cyrus Chargari, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)

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LOCAL ORGANISER Barbara Šegedin, Radiation Oncologist, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Brachytherapy, basic course, clinical aspects, state-of-the-art implantation techniques, physics.

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

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

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Particle Therapy 5-9 March 2018 | Vienna, Austria

TARGET GROUP The course is aimed at radiation oncologists, medical physicists and professionals in allied fields, including trainees interested in particle therapy. Basic knowledge of radiation oncology and radiation physics are prerequisites.The course targets individuals who are either directly involved in a clinical particle therapy project, already practice particle therapy, or who desire to update their knowledge on particle therapy. referring patients to a particle centre and any physicists advising clinicians about the potential of particle therapy. The course introduces the concepts of proton and ion beam therapy and updates researchers and clinicians about the status of this novel and increasingly important form of radiotherapy. It is important not only for people working in the field, but also for any clinician

COURSE AIM The course aims to:

basis and clinical rationale for particle therapy • Have a basic understanding of accelerator technology, present equipment and the practical complexities of building a particle centre • Understand the differences between active and passive beam delivery technology, and details of treatment planning, specifically of intensity modulated therapy and motion management • Know the clinical rationale for proton and carbon ion therapy, the present indications and clinical practice according to various disease sites • Know the current clinical evidence for particle therapy, and the status of clinical trials • Have a general understanding of the integration of particle therapy in general radiation oncology • Summarise the latest technical developments • Have some knowledge of future directions in the research and development of particle therapy. COURSE CONTENT • Physical aspects of particle therapy • Ion source accelerator, beam line and beam delivery technology

• Provide a detailed overview of the clinical rationale and indications of particle therapy, and the status of supporting medical evidence including status of clinical trials • Understand the distinguishing features of particle therapy compared to other radiotherapy modalities • Deepen knowledge of physical, biological, and technical aspects of particle therapy implementation in clinical practice • Study particle treatment systems, dosimetry, treatment delivery, treatment planning and to learn about the latest technological developments in particle therapy • Share challenges of particle centre projects in different health care environments. LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to: • Understand the radiobiological and physical

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“The particle therapy course is well designed, with a balanced programme that I highly recommend to those interested in the field or who want to stay up to date with the most recent developments.”

- Angelica Perez-Andujar | California, USA -

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should: • Have a basic understanding of radiobiology and radiation physics • Know the basics of radiotherapy and radiotherapy planning • Have a general understanding about the evaluation of medical evidence.

• Biological aspects of particle therapy • RBE determination, biophysical modelling plan optimisation • Beam delivery: passive and active techniques. Physics: image guidance techniques, dosimetry and quality assurance • Imaging for treatment planning • Treatment planning for proton and carbon ion therapy • Plan evaluation, robustness, quality assurance • Intensity-modulated particle therapy, image- guided particle therapy, dose-painting, LET- painting • Physical and technical approaches to the treatment of moving organs. Clinical indications, anti-cancer effects, toxicity, challenges and limitations of particle therapy • Clinical challenges and pitfalls of proton and carbon ion therapy • Current clinical indications and applications for proton and carbon ion therapy according to pathological and anatomical disease characteristics • Review of the literature, clinical case reviews and discussions, review of clinical trials • New trends in radiation oncology and integration of particle therapy • Future clinical directions and developments. Roadmap for a particle therapy project • How to build a new particle therapy facility – from project planning to starting clinical operation • New technologies for hospital based particle centres • How to expand an existing radiotherapy department with particle therapy. Protocol and journal club about latest clinical and physics developments. Guided tour of facility.

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

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COURSE DIRECTORS • Oliver Jäkel, Medical Physicist, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Centre, Heidelberg (DE) • Wilfried De Neve, Radiation Oncologist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent (BE) TEACHERS • Piero Fossati, Radiation Oncologist, Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO), Pavia (IT) • Henrik Hauswald, Radiation Oncologist, Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Centre and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg (DE) • Eugen Hug, Radiation Oncologist, Medical Director of MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt (AT) • Marco Krengli, Radiation Oncologist, Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO), Pavia (IT) • Anthony Lomax, Medical Physicist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (CH) • Alejandro Mazal, Medical Physicist, Institut Curie Proton Therapy Centre (CPO), Orsay (FR) • Peter Peschke, Biologist, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg (DE) • Marco Schippers, Medical Physicist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (CH) • Beate Timmermann, Radiation Oncologist, Klinik für Partikeltherapie, Universitätsklinikum, Essen (DE) LOCAL ORGANISER Eugen Hug, Radiation Oncologist, Medical Director of MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt

TEACHINGMETHODS Tutorials, journal club, case reviews and discussions, tour of the proton facility.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form.

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KEYWORDS Particle therapy, proton therapy, carbon ion therapy, radiotherapy.

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.

Oliver Jäkel

Wilfried De Neve

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