• Radiation Oncologists
• Radiation physicists
• Dosimetrists

Prerequisites:  Basic knowledge of applications of radiotherapy techniques.

Workshop Description: 

In recent years, the field of radiation oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances.  Radiotherapy services at KFSH&RC are privileged to acquire most of these emerging radiation technologies, namely, rapid arc, tomotherapy, and cyberknife. The aim is to enhance clinicians’ ability to treat conditions that were clinically challenging with conventional technologies and offer the potential for better clinical outcomes or reduced treatment-related morbidity for some patients. However, these novel technologies come with higher price tags and are often used to treat patients who might have achieved similar benefits from less expensive external beam radiation treatment.

This workshop will examine the clinical benefits and comparative effectiveness of these emerging advanced technologies for cancer treatment in radiation oncology.
This will be done through review of plans for similar clinical case utilizing all of these technologies and then discussing the criteria on fevering one technique versus the others.

The sites that will be reviewed are: nasopharynx, prostate, breast and lymphoma.

Workshop participants will discuss current utilization patterns, as well as evidence on the overuse, underuse, and misuse of these technologies.