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SEAROG-ESTRO COURSE 2025

This course is aimed primarily at trainee radiation oncologists. It may also be of interest to medical physicists and technologists who would like an overview of current clinical practice in the major treatment sites



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.

Course Directors

  • Andrew Hope, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CA)
  • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Medical Physicist, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL)

Teachers

TBC

The course aims to:

  • Cover both theoretical and practical aspects related to the clinical implementation 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)
  • 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 overview of 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.

 


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

  • Understand the principles of image guided and 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
  • How to start adaptive radiotherapy in their clinic
  • Know the benefits of various image guidance and ART protocols.

Course Content

This is a 4,5-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
  • MR-guided radiotherapy.

Teaching Methods

  • Online material for self study
  • 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.

Methods of Assessment

  • MCQ
  • Evaluation form.

The conference room, 3rd floor

Rattana Wittayapat Building 

King Chulalongkorn memorial hospital



Fees

 

Rate

FARO Members

250 USD

SEAROG Members

200 USD

THASTRO Members

5000 THB
*ESTRO members can registration link :  https://www.estro.org/Courses/2025/THASTRO-ESTRO-Course-on-Image-Guided-and-Adaptive
Rates are applied up to 15 October - 31 December 2024 before the starting date of the course.
The fee includes the course material, coffees, lunches, and the social event.

Advance registration & payment are required.

Access to homework and/or course material will become available upon receipt of full payment.





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