ESTRO Guide 2019

ESTROGUIDE 2019

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ESTROGUIDE 2019

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ABOUT ESTRO

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CONFERENCES

ESTRO Vision 2030 | 10 ESTRO Staff | 11

Introduction | 19

ESTRO CONFERENCES ESTRO 38 | 126 2019 Save the dates | 146

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Overview | 21 Which Course to Attend? | 24 Live Teaching Courses 2019: Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology | 26 Live Teaching Courses 2019: Undergraduate Training for Medical Students | 105 School Calendar 2019 and 2020 | 110 2019 Online Contouring

MEMBERSHIP

Information and Registration | 147

ESTRO Membership | 14

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION 7 th ICHNO - International Congress on Innovative Approaches in Head & Neck Oncology | 151 ELCC 2019 - European Lung Cancer Congress | 153 IDOS 2019 International Symposium on Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry | 154 EMUC 2019 - 11 th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers | 155

Workshops | 112 Information and Registration | 114

PUBLICATIONS Educational Publications | 116

GRANTS Mobility Grants (TTG) | 118

REDUCED FEES For 2019 courses | 120

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Introduction

Umberto Ricardi ESTROPresident

The 2019 ESTROGuide provides a comprehensive description of the renowned diverse activities that form the backbone of our Society. These are courses, conferences and workshops. ESTRO programmes are much sought after by professionals in radiation oncology and other allied professions both in and outside Europe. Over the years the ESTRO courses have evolved to reflect the needs of our professionals and cater to their skills and competencies. They come at different levels of expertise ranging from basic to advanced level andmore importantly are offered in divergent formats to facilitate learning in this ever changing digital fast paced environment. The ESTRO School will offer 35 courses of which about eighty percent will take place in Europe and twenty percent elsewhere. As the School diversifies its dossier of courses, methods of teaching & learning are continuously extended and innovated to cater for different interests and needs. To this end, blended learning is getting more and more ingrained in the courses through the use of: the FALCON (Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring) a platform for the organisation of online interactive contouring workshops; the ESTRO online library DOVE (Dynamic Oncology Virtual ESTRO); and to crown it all with the now established online Moodle platform that complements live courses both before and after the course. As usual in the Spring, we can look forward to our annual eminent congress. ESTRO 38 will be held inMilan and its theme is: “Targeting optimal care, together” in keeping with the Society’s new 2030 vision. The annual congress is a culmination of the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of the radiation oncology profession targeted at improving patient care. It is an opportunity at which our members not only get to meet one another but interact and exchange ideas with members of other oncology societies to ensure patient optimal health. In a bid to promote more intradisciplinary networking, the Society hosts twowell establishedAutumnworkshops.This year the physicists and brachytherapists will get a chance to convene once again at their events: 3rd ESTRO Physics Workshop: Science in development; and the 7th GEC-ESTRO workshop, respectively. Looking beyond Europe, ESTRO together with sister organisations in Asia will continue collaborative efforts in developing and providing programmes that meet the needs of the radiation oncology professionals in that region. For colleagues in Asia, this is a space to watch for more information as it unfolds and ensure you do not miss a programme of interest.

As an international Society it is important that we maintain collaboration with other oncology societies as treating cancer patients requires a holistic approach to be successful. To this end, in 2019 we join forces on: the International Congress on Innovative Approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO).; the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC); and the EuropeanMultidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers – (EMUC). The strength and success of ESTRO programmes lies in the commitment and active participation of you its members as well as the support of other stake holders such as the industry. To all of you that avail your time in supporting, developing and delivering ESTRO courses, congresses, workshops etc. we applaud you. Finally, but not least, we urge you to remember to renew your membership for 2019 and take maximum advantage of benefits offered to ameliorate your career in the care of cancer patients. The Guide is handy in having a bird’s eye view of programmes in 2019. You can also keep track of all activities via our website (www. estro.org), the bimonthly ESTRO e-newsletter and the monthly ESTRO Flash.

I hope you find the Guide helpful.

Kind regards

Umberto Ricardi ESTRO President

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ABOUT ESTRO

ABOUT ESTRO

ESTRO Vision 2030 | 10 ESTRO Staff | 11

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ABOUT ESTRO

ESTRO Vision 2030

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ABOUT ESTRO

ESTRO Staff

CEO

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Alessandro Cortese CEO

Sven Bossu Headof Innovation

Nathalie Cnops SeniorHRManager

Chiara Gasparotto DirectorofPolicy andPartnerships

Christine Verfaillie ManagingDirector EducationandScience

Arnaud Ponsart FinanceManager

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

Elena Giusti ProjectManager

Carolina Goradesky EventsProjectManager

Rebecca Hansmann ESTROProgrammes& OfficeAdministrator

Cecile Hardon-Villard CommunicationsManager

Sigrid Jacobs ESTROProgrammes& OfficeSupervisor

Marta Jayes GovernmentRelations ProjectManager

Laura La Porta ProjectManager

Myriam Lybeer MembershipManager

Alexander MacDonald ProjectManager

Michela Mizzi Communication Coordinator

Alessandra Nappa ProjectManager

Sophie Nelis GraphicDesigner

Lilian Niwerungero ESTROProgrammes& OfficeAdministrator

Miika Palmu ProjectManager

Pamela Preschern ScientificProgram Administrator

Säde Sfakiotakis ProjectManager

Claire Thomas ESTROProgrammes& OfficeAdministrator

Gurkan Ulusoy AccountingCoordinator

Melissa Vanderijst Marketing&Education ProjectManager

Viviane Van Egten EducationManager

ESTRO CANCER FOUNDATION (ECF)

Arta Leci ECFProjectManager

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ABOUT ESTRO

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ESTROMEMBERSHIP

Become an ESTRO member today | 14

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BECOME AN ESTROMEMBER TODAY 2019 ESTROmembership now available

Join a growing community and develop your network, knowledge and expertise!

Online subscription to Radiotherapy & Oncology the Society’s journal

Belonging to a community of around 7,300 radiation oncology professionals

Networking opportunities and reduced fees for attending ESTRO teaching courses, online courses, workshop and conferences

Online access to scientific material, including event webcast and delineation cases through the ESTRO electronic library (DOVE)

Eligibility for grants and awards

Eligibility for ESTRO faculties and governance positions

Go to www.estro.org/members to see what category is made for you or send an email to membership@estro.org. Don’t forget the institutional membership to register as a department: www.estro.org/members/institutional-membership/institutional-membership

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

FULL MEMBERSHIP ACTIVE

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 individual membership. This is the most cost-effective option for institutes. Other advantages of institutional membership include: increased visibility thanks to a dedicated promotional webpage on the ESTRO website and in the newsletter, an ESTRO institutional member logo to be used in individual communications, monthly ESTROpublic affairs newsletter, free online job postings, and the privilege to book a free exhibitor booth at the ESTRO Communities Pavilion during the annual conference. More infoonestro.org/members | To register, please contact institutional-membership@estro.org

€95 for one year and€ 170 for two consecutive years (21%VATincl.) This category of membership gives access to all the services ESTRO has on offer: subscription to Radiotherapy & Oncology (electronic and printed upon request), discount on the article publication charge related to the new open access journals ( ctRO, phiRO, tipsRO ), discounted online subscription to the AAPM publication Medical Physics, reduced fees for attending ESTRO conferences and teaching courses, online access to contouring cases, scientific material through our e-library (DOVE), access to the ROESIS (Radiation Oncology Safety Education Information System) platform, eligibility for grants, awards, working groups, governance positions, voting rights and much more. SUPPORTING AMBASSADOR €250for one year and€450for twoconsecutive years (21%VATincl.) This category is for those who also wish to express their commitment to the aims of the Society by contributing to ESTRO’s Ambassador Solidarity Fund. You will enjoy all the benefits of an Active member and will in addition have 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 awardedwithin the last ten years and currently be in training or enrolled in a full time PhD programme in a European institute. AFFILIATE | €55 (21% VAT incl.) This category is suitable for members who wish to enjoy some of the basic benefits on offer, including online access to Radiotherapy & Oncology , discounted online subscription to the AAPMpublication Medical Physics and one reduced fee per year for an ESTRO event or teaching course. CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE | €55 (21% VAT incl.) This category is reserved for individual members working for a company and offers themonline access to Radiotherapy &Oncology , discounted online subscription to the AAPM publication Medical Physics and one reduced fee per year for an ESTRO event or teaching course. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN TRAINING | €75 (21% VAT incl.)

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

ESTROhas 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 infoonestro.org/members | To register, please contact corporate@estro.org.

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 | €55 (21% VAT incl.) 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 | €15 (21% VAT incl.) This category can be granted to individual RTT members who benefit from a joint RTTAlliance 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 infoonestro.org/members | To register, please contact membership@estro.org.

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 every year to become members for two consecutive years with a final discount of 10%. Radiation therapists (RTTs), dosimetrists, radiation therapy technologists, radiotherapy nurses will benefit from the “in training” rate when registering for ESTRO events. The members’ rates will only be applied once the payment has been activated. For any question, please contact membership@estro.org.

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ESTRO SCHOOL

Introduction | 19

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Overview | 21

Which Course to Attend? | 24 Live Teaching Courses 2019: Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology | 26 Live Teaching Courses 2019: Undergraduate Training for Medical Students | 105 School Calendar 2019 and 2020 | 110 2019 Online Contouring Workshops | 112 Information and Registration | 114

PUBLICATIONS Educational Publications | 116

GRANTS Mobility Grants (TTG) | 118

REDUCED FEES For 2019 Courses | 120

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EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS OF THE ESTRO SCHOOL

ESTRO would like to thank the sponsors who supported our educational activities in 2018:

Our gratitude also goes to the following companies for their participation in teaching courses in 2018: Accuray, Canberra Packard, Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, Elekta, IBA, 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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THE ESTRO SCHOOL Lifelong professional development for all

Jesper Grau Eriksen ChairESTROEducation Council

Christine Verfaillie ManagingDirector EducationandScience

USE • Know • Do • Apply

LEARN

HOW to plan learning & training

WHAT to learn

Grant, J. The Good CPD Guide ( 2011 )

Radiation Oncology. Optimal Health for all, Together.

• the joint ESTRO-CARO-RANZCR course on ‘Foundations of leadership in radiation oncology ’was successfully introduced in 2018 and will be repeated in Canada and Australia but also prior to the ESTRO 38 Congress in Milan • In 2019, more new courses will be launched to train the non- medical competencies: a course on Academic Entrepreneurship, Innovation, andTechnology transfer inRO and a newly designed Research Course in Radiation Oncology in order to develop research/validation programmes when implementing new technology, focusing in the first edition on MRI and the MRI Linac. The annual live and pre-meeting courses remain the flagship of the ESTRO School, but teaching & learning methods are being extended and innovated to cater for different interests and needs. Blended learning is getting more and more established: • using the FALCON platform for the organisation of online interactive contouring workshops • through the ESTROonline library DOVE for self directed learning • using the onlineMoodle platform integrated this year for extending and tailoring the live courses with an online learning before and/ or after the live par and integrating other learning methods like e-webinars, for a for networking and exchange of ideas or quizzes and assignments to stimulate the learning experience.

The ESTRO School is based in Europe but serving the global community of health professionals in radiation oncology with adapted strategies, in order to offer the best treatment to cancer patients. Its activities will strive to reflect all year long the 2030 ESTRO Vision recently released: ‘Radiation oncology. Optimal health for all, together’. Therefore as a priority, the ESTRO School addresses all continuing professional development (CPD) needs of its professional community, based on the current Core Curricula and continuously evolving to encompass future needs. The ESTRO School offers independent, evidence-based education programmes in different formats and including various approaches. A wide range of activities are organised, allowing participants to network with peers and to fulfill tomorrow’s requirements and to ensure optimal treatment for all cancer patients. Medical education is based on knowledge, skills and competencies and this is reflected in the ESTRO School, offering educational programmes focused on medical expertise AND training in other competencies

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The ESTRO School aims at providing lifelong education of the highest standard and evaluation of the learning process and assessment of the retention of knowledge and skills is essential for enhancing the quality of the ESTRO education.The Pedagogical Group of the School takes this as a priority, next to pedagogical support to faculties for effective and innovative teaching. The strength of the ESTRO School is built on the active engagement and firm commitment of each of its partners, who are believers in lifelong learning in radiation oncology. A special word of thanks is due to all of them, the course directors and teachers, lecturers and tutors, local organisers, national and oncology other societies, the industry. They are the essential backbone of the success of the ESTRO School and their diversity is reflected in the ESTRO School mission and vision. We are pleased to share our educational programme for 2019 and invite you to select one ormore educational activities according to your needs.This Guide provides you a complete overview and throughout the year, updates and further information will be made available on the ESTRO website (www.estro.org/school) and social media.

EDUCATION COUNCIL Chair: Jesper Grau Eriksen

Members: Claus Belka, Kim Benstead, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Aileen Dufton, Ben Heijmen, Peter Hoskin, Nùria Jornet, Michelle Leech, Richard Poetter, Ben Slotman, Sofia Rivera, Viviane Van Egten, Christine Verfaillie, Marie-Catherine Vozenin, Eduardo Zubizarretta

Enjoy your learning experience with the ESTRO School!

Kind regards

Jesper Grau Eriksen Chair ESTRO Education Council

Christine Verfaillie Managing Director Education and Science

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

The ESTRO School is an international institution whose mission is to:

• improve, professionalise and harmonise knowledge and practice in radiation oncology and associated professions in Europe and beyond

• support the implementation of the European core curricula, with education and training programmes targeting both young and senior radiation oncology professionals • offer a wide range of live educational activities and online educational resources that allow professionals worldwide to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies to deliver high-quality treatment and care to cancer patients.

Annual live teaching courses covering the basic and continuing medical educational needs of all professionals working in the field of radiation oncology

Pre-meeting teaching courses, workshops, multidisciplinary tumour board sessions and teaching lectures during congresses

E-learning courses and tools

Hands-on experience through a mobility grants programme

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Live courses

The 2019 ESTRO Guide provides a comprehensive description of each course: aims, learning outcomes, target audience, content, prerequisites, teaching and assessment methods and the ESTRO course faculties. 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 Multimodal Cancer Treatment

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Courses on Radiotherapy Treatment Planning and Delivery

10 External beam

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Course on Biological Aspects of Radiation Oncology

Courses on Imaging

Courses Focusing on Research

Courses Focusing on Best Practice

Check the Roadmap of the ESTRO School on page 24 for an overview of the courses per topic.

Education at ESTRO 38 26-30 April 2019 | Milan, Italy

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 individua- lised 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 125 in the events section the educational programme of ESTRO 38 in Milano.

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ESTROOnline 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.

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

The ESTRO online contouring programme

The ESTRO online educational library for radiation oncology

ESTRO has developed an innovative and hands-on educational platform for training contouring skills. FALCON ( Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring ) provides interactive teaching in tumour target and OAR contouring and uses for this purpose EduCase, a web-based delineation software.

ESTROMobility Grants Every year ESTRO offers a number of mobility 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 ESTRONewsletter. 30-40% of the applications are granted. You can find this comprehensive 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 • Congress abstracts • Course material from the ESTRO live courses (limited to course participants and to Supporting Ambassador members) • All articles published in the ESTRO Journal Radiotherapy & Oncolog y • ESTRO guidelines • FALCON delineation exercises Anyone can access the service library and view the content; full access depends on ESTRO membership status or participation in ESTRO activities. Selectedmaterial can be saved, printed and emailed.

Live courses and workshops ESTRO started implementing EduCase, FALCON’s contouring tool, in its live teaching programme in 2010. Since then the online delineation exercises has been used in 90 clinically orientated and/or image focused live courses and more than 65 hands-on delineation workshops at annual ESTRO conferences. 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 two 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 available for radiation oncology professionals worldwide to participate in (See page 112). FALCON in 2019 • 14 live courses will include delineation workshops. Each such course is indicated in this Guide by the FALCON logo • 8 live FALCON workshops are planned during ESTRO 38 in Milan • 10 online FALCON workshops throughout the year. Check the 2019 FALCON online workshops on page 112 on this guide and check online the updates during the year on www.estro. org and social media.

Deadlines: 31 May and 31 October 2019 All applications should be addressed to grants@estro.org

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Which Course to Attend? 2019 Roadmap to Teaching Courses

UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Medical Science Summer School Oncology for Medical Students

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

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY

MULTIMODAL CANCER TREATMENT

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNINGAND DELIVERY

EXTERNALBEAM RADIOTHERAPY

GENERAL

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BRACHYTHERAPY

Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy

Evidence Based Radiation Oncology

Physics for Modern Radiotherapy

BASIC ADVANCED

Combined Drug-Radiation Treatment

Advanced Treatment Planning

Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

IGRT and Chemotherapy in Gynaecological Cancer: Focus on MRI Based Adaptive BT

Breast Cancer

Dose Modelling and Verification

Cancer Survivorship

Brain Tumours

AdvancedSkills inModernRadiotherapy

Palliative Care and Radiotherapy

Advanced Brachytherapy for Physicists

IMRT and Other Conformal Techniques in Practice

Head and Neck Cancer

Lung Cancer

IGRT

SBRT

Paediatric Radiotherapy

Prostate Cancer

Particle Therapy

Advanced Technologies

Haematological Malignancies

Upper Gastro Intestinal

Positioning and Immobilisation

Lower Gastro Intestinal

Non Melanoma Skin Cancer

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RADIATIONONCOLOGIST

MEDICALPHYSICIST

RADIOBIOLOGIST

RADIATIONTHERAPIST

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BIOLOGY

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BESTPRACTICE

BASIC ADVANCED

Target Volume Determination - From Imaging to Margins

Basic Clinical Radiobiology

Best Practice in Radiation Oncology (TTT)

Imaging for Physicists

Research Course in Radiation Oncology

Risk Management (2 modules)

Cancer Imaging

Research Course in Radiation Physics

Basic Clinical Communication in Oncology

Research Course in Translational Radiation Biology and Oncology

Foundations of Leadership in Radiation Oncology

Molecular Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Modelling

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Live Teaching Courses 2019 Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology

Comprehensive Quality Management in Radiotherapy – Risk Management and Patient Safety 15-18 February 2019 | Moscow, Russia

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Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 17-21 February 2019 | Porto, Portugal

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Basic Clinical Radiobiology 3-7 March 2019 | Brussels, Belgium

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Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy 3-7 March 2019 | Athens, Greece

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3D Radiotherapy with a Special Emphasis on Implementation of MRI/CT Based Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer 3rd ESTRO-AROI Gyn Teaching Course 14-17 March 2019 | Rishikesh, India

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Particle Therapy 18-22 March 2019 | Groningen, The Netherlands

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Lower GI – Technical and Clinical Challenges for Radiation Oncologists 20-22 March 2019 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands Upper GI – Technical and Clinical Challenges for Radiation Oncologists 23-26 March 2019 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Palliative Care and Radiotherapy A course on prognosis, symptom control, re-irradiation, oligometastases - Joint ESTRO - SEAROG 26-28 March 2019 | Manila, Philippines

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Foundations of Leadership in Radiation Oncology ESTRO 38 Education Pre-Meeting Course - Joint ESTRO - CARO - RANZCR 26 April 2019 | Milan, Italy

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Course on Molecular Imaging and Radiation Oncology Joint ESTRO - ESMIT 6-9 May 2019 | Florence, Italy

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Advanced Skills in Modern Radiotherapy 19-23 May 2019 | Brussels, Belgium

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Multidisciplinary Management of Prostate Cancer 19-23 May 2019 | Pisa, Italy

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Dose Modelling and Verification for External Beam Radiotherapy 19-23 May 2019 | Lisbon, Portugal Target Volume Determination – From Imaging to Margins 2-5 June 2019 | Athens, Greece IMRT and Other Highly Conformal Techniques in Practice 2-6 June 2019 | Budapest, Hungary

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Combined Drug-Radiation Treatment: Biological Basis, Current Applications and Perspectives Joint ESTRO - KOSRO 7-9 June 2019 | Seoul, South Korea

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Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer 13-15 June 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic Evidence Based Radiation Oncology 24-29 June 2019 | Montpellier, France

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BIOLOGY

IMAGING

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RADIOTHERAPYTREATMENTPLANNINGANDDELIVERY

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Clinical Practice and Implementation of Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy 1-5 September 2019 | Florence, Italy

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Physics for Modern Radiotherapy A joint course for clinicians and physicists 8-12 September 2019 | Riga, Latvia Advanced Treatment Planning 22-26 September 2019 | Budapest, Hungary Imaging for Physicists 29 September - 3 October 2019 | Manchester, UK

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Image-Guided Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in Gynaecological Cancer: Focus on MRI Based Adaptive Brachytherapy 12-16 October 2019 | Cluj, Romania

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Comprehensive Quality Management in Radiotherapy – Quality Assessment and Improvement 13-16 October 2019 | Dublin, Ireland Best Practice in Radiation Oncology - Train the RTT (Radiation Therapists) Trainers - Part II 14-16 October 2019 | Vienna, Austria

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Positioning and Immobilisation for Radiation Therapy 19-20 October 2019 | Brussels, Belgium (online sessions from October to November 2019)

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Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer 27-30 October 2019 | Budapest, Hungary

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Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Oncology 28-31 October 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico

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Research Course in Radiation Oncology How to develop research/validation programmes when implementing new technology? Edition 1: MRI Linac 3-6 November 2019 | Madrid, Spain

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Research Course in Radiotherapy Physics 3-6 November 2019 | Madrid, Spain

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Advanced Technologies 3-6 November 2019 | Shenzhen, China

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Multidisciplinary Approach of Cancer Imaging Joint ESTRO - ESOR 4-5 November 2019 | Rome, Italy

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Multidisciplinary Management of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer 7-9 November 2019 | Brussels, Belgium Palliative Care and Radiotherapy A course on prognosis, symptom control, re-irradiation,oligometastases 26-28 November 2019 | Brussels, Belgium

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Paediatric Radiotherapy 1-3 December 2019 | Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Multidisciplinary Management of Brain Tumours 1-3 December 2019 | Brussels, Belgium

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AROI Course in Collaboration with ESTRO on Advanced Technologies Endorsed by ESTRO 2019, India (date and venue to be announced)

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Comprehensive Quality Management in Radiotherapy – Risk Management and Patient Safety 15-18 February 2019 | Moscow, Russia

Risk management and patient safety

TARGET GROUP The course is aimed at radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiation technologists, quality managers and any other health professional interested in risk management and patient safety. BACKGROUND This course is part of a two year cycle on quality management in radiotherapy, consisting of two complementary modules: • Risk management and patient safety • Quality improvement and indicators. Industrial and medical activities expose operators, patients and the general public to the risk of accidents that cause corporal or environmental damage (or both). Harm to operators is very uncommon in radiotherapy, but harm to patients has happened in the past and has had considerable press coverage in many European countries. These widely publicised accidents have focused the attention of both the radiotherapy house and should be at the heart of everything you do. This course teaches you about the causes and frequency of accidents, how to measure the level of risk, how to communicate effectively and how to deliver radiotherapy safely.

the regulatory authorities on the appropriate preventive actions that could be taken to avoid their repetition. Fortunately, accidents that actually result in harm to patients are rare. Conversely, small irregularities in the radiotherapy process are very frequent, many hundred a year in every department. A key to the understanding of the genesis of accidents is the fact that these small irregularities (called precursors), as benign as they seem to be when considered isolated, canmesh together to result in a fully developed accident. An accident is not the result of very uncommon irregularities, it is the coincidence of very common irregularities that unfortunately occur at a given point in time. COURSE AIM Though accidents are rare and, above all, difficult to prevent, this course however aims to identify their precursors. Actively working on these precursors (registration, description, classification), and working on

improvements in the radiotherapy process (prevention) is an efficient way to greatly decrease the risk of accidents. In some European countries it is even mandatory to record and report on precursors. In addition, the course will also discuss preventive analysis that can be done on any radiotherapy process, by trying to identify critical elements that need specific monitoring or quality controls (failuremode analysis). An efficient incident recording system presupposes a good communication in the department. Elements of communication are therefore also discussed during the course with a final role play as an illustration. LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to: • Understand the cause and frequency of incidents-accidents in a radiotherapy department

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“This course would be beneficial as a first step for hospitals and clinics that want to promote a safety culture in the radiotherapy environment.”

- Aquila Sharif, Lead physicist / radiotherapy clinical scientist | Milton Keynes Genesis Care, UK -

• Understand the principles of reactive management to incidents (registration, analysis and feed back to the Quality Management System) and of pro- active management of safety (incident prevention) • Know how to communicate around radiotherapy incidents, with the patient and his/her relatives, within the department itself and with the media. COURSE CONTENT • What is risk? Psychology of making mistakes • Ethicsforradiationmedicineprofessionals. A just reporting culture • Example of the genesis of an accident (take a recent example, relevant to radiotherapy of today) • ROSIS: the precursor inEurope. Frequency of incidents (who reports and what type of incidents are reported) • Taxonomy and classification, distinction between incident and accident • Analysis and return on experience (root cause analysis) • Failure mode and effect analysis • PRISMA as example (The Netherlands) • Benchmarking • Health failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA), a prospective riskmanagement method • Practical exercises (hands on) • Communication: - to the patient - to the media - to the organisation (departmental, hospital level) • Specific training of staff, internal and external (team management) • National systems for reporting to regulatory authorities (France) • Comprehensive quality management in radiotherapy

• Legal aspects of incident reporting • Performance indicators.

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BEST PRACTICE

PREREQUISITES The two courses on Quality Management have been designed to be complementary and it is recommended to attend both to get a complete picture of QualityManagement. However the order in which they are taken does not matter. To fully profit from the course it is recommended that participants have at least three years experience in a radiation oncology or medical physics department in order to fully understand the radiotherapy process.

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FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR

Pierre Scalliet, Radiation Oncologist, UCL Cliniques Universitaires St.Luc, Brussels (BE)

TEACHERS • Brendan McClean, Medical Phycisist, St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin (IE) • Nicolas Pourel, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Sainte-Catherine, Avignon (FR) • Aude Vaandering, Radiation Technologist, UCL Cliniques Universitaires St.Luc, Brussels (BE) Teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro.org/school for the latest information. LOCAL ORGANISERS Andrey Kaprin, President of RATRO, Moscow Kaprina Irina, Executive Director of RATRO, Moscow

TEACHINGMETHODS • 23 hours of lectures • 6 hours of practical workshops.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Patient safety, incident management.

ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for ContinuingMedical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical 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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Image Guided Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 17-21 February 2019 | Porto, Portugal

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. • Cover both theoretical and practical aspects related to the clinical imple- mentation 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) Learn the principles of image guided and adaptive radiotherapy; understand how to implement and evaluate them in your own institution, depending on workflow and resources. COURSE AIM The course aims to:

• Identify potential sources of errors in target delineation / localisation and how IGRT can be of help, with special emphasis on conformal radiotherapy, intensity modulated radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy and management of organ motion • Discuss the concept “target delineation – target localisation” at each particular step in the treatment 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 overviewof 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. LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to: • Understand the principles of image guided and adaptive radiotherapy

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“I was very happy to learn from the participants sitting around me, including physicists and radiation therapists. They were very helpful and often gave brilliant answers to my questions.”

- Chan Wai, Radiation oncologist | Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China -

KEYWORDS Image guidance, adaptive radiotherapy.

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

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

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

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for ContinuingMedical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS

• Marianne Aznar, Medical Physicist, The Christie, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK) • Coen Rasch, Radiation Oncologist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Rianne de Jong, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • AndrewHope, 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) LOCAL ORGANISER Lurdes Trigo, Radiation Oncologist, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto (PT)

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form.

Marianne Aznar

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Basic Clinical Radiobiology 3-7 March 2019 | Brussels, Belgium

TARGET GROUP The course is aimed at: • Trainees in radiotherapy • Radiation oncologists who lack basic radiobiological science or who want to update their knowledge (i.e. for CME) • Medical physicists who wish to familiarise themselves with this field • Physicians from other disciplines administering ionising radiation • Radiation therapists (RTTs). COURSE AIM The course aims to: • Provide an introduction to radiation biology as applied to radiotherapy. • Cover the basicmechanisms of cell death/ survival and the radiation response of tumours and normal tissues. • Explain the formulas of tissue tolerance. • Describe the biological basis for current approaches to the improvement of radiotherapy including novel fractionation schemes, retreatment, IMRT, modification of hypoxia, hadron therapy, combined radiotherapy/chemotherapy andbiological modifiers of tumour and normal tissue effects. Learn all the fundamental principles of clinical radiobiology that underpin daily decisions about the best way to treat your patients. This vitally important knowledge provides the basis for everything you do in the clinic.

LEARNINGOUTCOMES By the end of this course participants should be able to: • Understand the biology of how ionising radiation is able to effectively treat cancer • Distinguish radiotherapy and its advantages from other cancer therapies • Have the essential knowledge of radiobiology necessary for qualifying examinations. Course content • A series of basic lectures introducing molecular and clinical radiobiology • Mechanisms andmodels or radiation cell killing • The linear-quadratic approach to fractionation

• Molecular basis of radiation response • Radiobiology and tolerance of normal tissues to (re)treatment • Alternative fractionation schedules in radiotherapy • Tumour hypoxia and the micro- environment • Combined radiotherapy and chemo- therapy • The volume and dose-rate effect in radiotherapy • Biological response modifiers (tumours, normal tissues) andmolecular approaches to therapy • Protons andother particles in radiotherapy • Radiation-induced malignancies.

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“It was a privilege to be taught by leading specialists whose work we have read in journals, and to be able to talk to them.”

- Eivind Smeland, Medical and radiation oncologist | University Hospital North Norway, 9038 Tromsø, Norway -

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should: • Ensure their knowledge of basic biology and physics is at least high-school level • Familiarise themselves with access to the journals covering radiobiology related to radiotherapy.

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BIOLOGY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIOBIOLOGIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Michael Joiner, Radiation Biologist, Wayne State University, Detroit (USA) TEACHERS • Rob Coppes, Radiation Biologist, UMC Groningen, Groningen (NL) • Vincent Grégoire, Radiation Oncologist, Léon Bérard Cancer Center, France (FR) • Karin Haustermans, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven (BE) • Marianne Koritzinsky, Radiation Biologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (CA)

TEACHINGMETHODS • 27 hours of lectures • 3 hours of tutorials • 4 hours of discussions.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Radiobiology, radiation biology, radiation oncology, radiotherapy.

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

ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for ContinuingMedical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical 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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Comprehensive and Practical Brachytherapy 3-7 March 2019 | Athens, Greece

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 advanced medical 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 dosime- trical aspects of interstitial, endoluminal and endocavitary brachytherapy • Discuss the main clinical subjects: gynaecological (cervix, endometrium), head and neck (oral cavity, oropharynx), An essential and comprehensive introduction to brachytherapy in daily practice, covering gynaecological, head and neck, genitourinary, breast, skin and paediatric cancers. COURSE AIM The course aims to:

urology (a.o. prostate seed implants), breast (a.o. APBI), skin, bladder and paediatric malignancies • Illustrate practical examples of brachy- therapy treatment planning • Provide exercises for practical under- standing. 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.

COURSE CONTENT • Principles of radioactivity

• Sources used in brachytherapy • Physics and dose calculation • Image-guided brachytherapy • Dosimetric uncertainties • Clinical radiobiology in brachytherapy: general principles • Radioprotection and afterloaders • Optimisation of stepping source brachytherapy

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