ESTRO Guide 2019

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.

• Imaging and target delineation • Geometrical uncertainties • Planar and volumetric imaging • Image registration • Setup correction strategies

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

• Clinical sessions on thorax, pelvic and head and neck cancer covering the interaction of physics and clinic • Workflow in the clinic including “how they do that” tips. PREREQUISITES The course is aimed at the whole team involved in image guidance. Participants are strongly encouraged to come as a team i.e. radiation oncologist, physicist and radiation therapists (RTTs). Some experience with IGRT is preferred yet no specific entry-course or expertise is requested.

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Coen Rasch, Radiation Oncologist, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Rianne de Jong, Radiation Technologist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL) • Andrew Hope, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CA) • Marco Schwarz, Physicist, ATreP, Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento (IT) • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Physicist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL) • Vibeke Hansen, Physicist, Royal Marsden, London (UK) • Umesh Mahantshetty, Radiation Oncologist, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (IN)

TEACHINGMETHODS • 26 hours of lectures

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Image guidance (IGRT), adaptive radiotherapy (ART).

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

Coen Rasch

Chinese Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology

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