Refresher Courses

Advanced Technologies: Beyond 3D

(80 minutes)

1. Multimodality imaging and deformable image registration. (20 minutes) Vincenzo Valentini
2. Automated target volume / organs at risk delineation and treatment planning. (20 minutes) Vincent Gregoire
3. Management of interfraction motion (IGRT, Adaptive RT). (20 minutes) X. Allen Li
4. Advances in dose delivery (MRI linac, transponders, FLASH). (20 minutes) Saiful Huq

Brachytherapy in the Real World

(225 Minutes)

Chair: Alfredo Polo

Status of Brachytherapy Worldwide: a DIRAC Study. (5 minutes) Alfredo Polo

1. Health Economic Evaluation of Brachytherapy for Cancer Treatment. (15 minutes) Alfredo Polo
2. Technological Advances in Brachytherapy – TPS, New Sources, New Applicators, AI. (20 minutes) Mauro Carrara
3. Comprehensive Quality Management in Brachytherapy. (25 Minutes) Daniel Berger
4. Education and Training of New Generations of Brachytherapy Practitioners. (30 minutes) Supriya Chopra, Mauro Carrara
5. Omitting Brachytherapy in Gynaecological Cancer is Deleterious for Your Patients. (15 minutes) Supriya Chopra
6. Cervix Cancer as a Model for Image Guided Brachytherapy. (25 minutes) Umesh Mahantshetty
7. The Migration from 2D to 3D and IGBT: Implementation Challenges. (55 minutes) Daniel Gerger, Umesh Mahantshetty
8. Practical Educational Session. (50 minutes) Daniel Berger; Umesh Mahantshetty

Planning Quality Radiotherapy Services: a City Approach

(120 minutes)

Chairs: Rolando Camacho and Eduardo Zubizarreta

1. C/Can Model: Planning Quality Radiotherapy Services. (15 minutes) Diogo Neves
2. Demand and Supply Analysis: a City Framework. (20 minutes) Rodolfo Alfonso
3. Building a Successful Public-Private Partnership in the Health Sector: Key Elements. (20 minutes) Dhawal Jhamb
4. A Practical Example: Yangon City, Myanmar. (15 minutes) Thet Ko Aung; Khin Cho Win

Educational Milestones in the Profession of RTT

(90 minutes)

Chair: Michelle Leech

Current Status of RTT Education Globally. (15 minutes) Michelle Leech

1. The Advancing and Changing Role of the RTT. (15 minutes) Aidan Leong
2. Where are We Going?: Future Directions for the RTT Profession. (15 minutes) Mary Coffey
3. Panel Discussion: The Current Status of RT Education in their Region and Opinions on the Challenges and Opportunities for RTTs in the Coming Decade. (40 minutes) Chair: Michelle Leech; Panellists: Gurvinder Singh Wadhawan; Samuel Opoku; Colette Dijcks; John Ryan; Mary Coffey, Aidan Leong

Expanding Access to Radiotherapy

(120 minutes)

Chair: Eduardo Zubizarreta

Global Efforts. (20 minutes) Mary Gospodarowicz

1. Challenges. (20 minutes) Surbhi Grover
2. Translating Incidence into Needs. (20 minutes) Michael Barton
3. Sustainability and Access. (20 minutes) Alfredo Polo
4. Resources and Costs. (20 minutes) Eduardo Zubizarreta
5. Investment Framework. (20 minutes) Danielle Rodin

Paediatric Radiation Oncology

(120 minutes)

Chair: Sahaja Acharya

Global Partnerships. (15 minutes) Paola Friedrich, Catherine G. LAM

1. Delivering Paediatric Radiotherapy within Multidisciplinary Team Care. (15 minutes) Karen Marcus
2. Key Learning Points in Paediatric Radiotherapy: CNS. (25 minutes) Sahaja Acharya
3. Key Learning Points in Paediatric Radiotherapy: Non-CNS. (25 minutes) Susan Hiniker
4. Management of Late Effects and Follow-Up of the Child into Adulthood. (15 minutes) Stephanie Perkins
5. Panel Discussion: Training in Paediatric Radiotherapy. (20 minutes) Chair: Kirsten Hopkins; Panellists: Verity Ahern; Rosangela Correa-Villar; Mohammed Zaghloul; Wondemagegnhu Tigeneh

Proton Radiotherapy

(120 minutes)

Chair: Karen Kirkby

Does it Work: Developing and Implementing Clinical Trials of PBT. (20 minutes) Cai Grau

1. Medical Physics Issues in Proton Therapy: Changing from 2 Phases to Single Phase Simultaneous Integrated Boost (to Better Use the Optimiser) and Use of EUD for Plan Assessment. (20 minutes) Matthew Clarke
2. The Patient-Centred PBT Pathway. (15 minutes) Vicky Hughes
3. Image Guidance in Proton Therapy. (15 minutes) Katja Langen
4. Dose Accumulation in Proton Therapy. (15 minutes) Antony J Lomax
5. FLASH Proton Therapy? (15 minutes) Jack Aylward
6. Paediatric Proton Therapy. (20 minutes) Tom Merchant

Radiation Oncology Education in the Interconnected World

(120 minutes)

Chairs: Sandra Turner and Jesper Eriksen

Global Health Competencies in Radiation Oncology Education. (15 minutes) Meredith Giuliani

1. Integrating Radiation Oncology Education and Research. (15 minutes) Miriam Mutebi
2. Interprofessional Education. (15 minutes) Michelle Leech
3. Strengthening Networks in Worldwide Radiation Oncology Education:
   • Perspectives: HIC (15 minutes) Daniel Golden
   • Perspectives: LMIC (15 minutes) Lotfi Kochbati
   • Panel Discussion. (45 minutes) Chair: Sandra Turner; Panellists: Jesper Grau Eriksen; Daniel Golden; Lotfi Kochbati

Radiobiology

(95 minutes)

Chair: Mike Joiner

Radiobiology of High Dose per Fraction. (30 minutes) Mike Joiner

1. Role of Radiobiology in Spatial Fractionated Radiation Therapy and FLASH. (30 minutes) Jolyon Hendry
2. Radiobiological Advances in Radiation Medicine. (20 minutes) Marjan Boerma
3. Personalized Radiotherapy: From Bench to Bedside. (25 minutes) Loredana Marcu

Technological Developments in Radiation Therapy Practice

(90 minutes)

Chair: Michelle Leech

A Changed Set Up?: Implementation of Surface Guided Radiation Therapy. (15 minutes) Kenton Thompson

1. Advancing and Changing Practices: Bringing the MRI-Linear Accelerator into Clinical Reality. (15 minutes) Veronica Pollutri
2. Proton Therapy – New Directions in Treatment Delivery for RTTs. (15 minutes) Sharon Wong
3. Panel Discussion: The impact of New Technologies on the Development of the RTT Profession and on the Changing Role of the RTT in Meeting the Challenges of Rapid Technological Developments. (40 minutes) Chair: Michelle Leech; Panellists: Helen Mcnair; Colleen Dickie; Nicola Bizzochi; Veronica Pollutri; Sharon Wong