ESTRO meets Asia_Programme Book_2018

Welcome letter

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It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the first edition of the «ESTRO meets Asia» conference in Singapore. The «ESTRO meets Asia» conference has the objective to bring radiation oncology collaboration between Europe and Asia to a new level - regarding science, education, technology and professional development, targeting all professionals working in

Vincenzo Valentini

Shyam Shrivastava

the discipline (clinicians, medical physicists, RTTs and radiobiologists).

The interactive conference format is designed to enable participants to share experiences on practices/operations from both regions and discuss how to facilitate collaboration. The conference will be a platform where participants will learn from each other by embracing the diversity of clinical practices and exploring the development of common solutions to optimise radiotherapy treatment and care for all patients. The scientific programme, designed in collaboration with FARO and specialists from the Asian region, will be made up of three components: an interdisciplinary component, a radiobiology component and a component focusing on the practice of medical physicists and RTTs. The interdisciplinary component of the conference will offer teaching lectures, symposia and proffered papers on the latest advancements on the topics of:

• Head and Neck (oropharynx) • Rare tumours (lymphoma) • Anal canal / rectal cancer • Pelvic / gynaecological tumours • Thorax (breast and lung cancer)

The radiobiology component will draw from the ESTRO Basic Radiobiology Course and will cover mainly: • A series of basic lectures introducing molecular and clinical radiobiology

• Mechanisms and models or radiation cell killing • The linear-quadratic approach to fractionation • Molecular basis of radiation response • Radiobiology and tolerance of normal tissues to (re)treatment

Programme and Exhibition Guide | GENERAL INFORMATION

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