Venue:  Hall C, Intercontinental Hotel Coordinator: Rana Mahmood Faculty: Arno Mundt, Slobodan Devic, Giovanna Pepe, Benjamin Calvo, William Parker, Brian O'Sullivan, Shan Yau, Tomas Kron, Donald Goer, Martin Sabel, Theodore DeWeese, Kevin Brown

Course Aim :

This course offers highlights related to the rapidly evolving technologies of radiotherapy and their major applications in modern cancer treatment. These include IMRT, IGRT, SRS, IORT and Image adapted Brachytherapy. The course is intended to be an explanatory review of issues related to the implementation of these techniques in the radiation clinic. The presentations will be given by noted experts from major national and international centers that have broad experience with these advanced treatment approaches.

Target Audience:

The course is aimed at radiation oncologists, radiation physicists and radiation therapists involved in the implementation of advanced techniques in their department. Basic knowledge of radiation oncology and radiation physics are a prerequisite.

Lectures:

1. PET-CT applications in RT planning, Giovanna Pepe
2. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers: Past, Present and Future, Arno Mundt
3. MRI simulation for radiotherapy treatment planning, Slobodan Devic
4. MR Integrated with Radiotherapy, Kevin Brown
5. Patient selection criteria for IOERT, Benjamin Calvo
6. The Principles of H&N Cancer Management in the Era of IMRT and IGRT, Brian O'Sullivan
7. RapidArc and RapidPlan, Martin Sabel
8. Advances in Cranial-Spinal Radiation Therapy, William Parker
9. Total skin electron therapy (TSET) and total body irradiation, Shan Yau
10. Motion management in radiotherapy, Tomas Kron
11. IOERT Protocol Studies: Challenges in Implementation, Donald GoerAndrogen
12. Suppression and Radiation in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: Why Do We Sequence Them the Way We Do? Theodore DeWeese