ESTRO Guide 2019

“The experienced faculty provided practical tips throughout the course and were very happy to discuss issues as they arose, giving honest and constructive advice.” - Kathryn Lees and Albert Edwards, Consultant clinical oncologists | Kent Oncology Centre Maidstone, UK -

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.

New approaches are discussed including salvage and focal therapy. Comparisons are presented between permanent (seed) and temporary (HDR) brachytherapy implants and between brachytherapy and other treatments available for prostate cancer. PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course, participants should: • Revise the general principles of prostate cancer pathology, diagnosis and staging • Read the published GEC-ESTRO guidelines in LDR and HDR prostate brachytherapy • Complete the FALCON exercise which will be distributed prior to the course.

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST, OTHER SPECIALIST

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

TEACHINGMETHODS • 11 hours of lectures • 1 hour of contouring

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

CONTOURING ADMINISTRATOR Carl Salembier, Radiation Oncologist, Cliniques de l’Europe, Brussels (BE)

LOCAL ORGANISER Irena Koniarova, Medical physicist, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague (CZ)

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

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

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

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

Peter Hoskin

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

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