ESTRO Guide 2018

“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.

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY

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.

SCHOOL

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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