Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Venue:            Oncology Hall

Coordinator:  Dr Mohammad Al-Shabanah

Faculty:          Prof. Alphonse Taghian, Dr. Mohammed Al-Shabanah, Dr. Reta Pant, Prof. Dahis Ajarim, Dr. Adher Alsayed

Course Aim

Review of issues related to radiotherapy for breast cancer. It will cover epidemiology, clinical evaluation, radiotherapy indications, contraindications and complications. It will also cover the various radiotherapy parameters including target volume delineation (breast/boost region /chest wall/ nodes/ organs at risk).

Target Audience

This course is aimed at radiation oncologists, physicists and dosimetrists as well as other interested parties, who need an updated overview of state of the art radiotherapy in breast cancer.

Lectures

1. A review of all female breast cancer cases from the Saudi Cancer Registry (Dr. Adher Alsayed)
2. Interdisciplinary breast cancer management (Dr. Ajarim)
3. Breast Anatomy for Radiation Treatment (Dr. Reta Pant)
4. From 2D to 3D breast radiotherapy (Dr. Mohammad Al-Shabanah)
5. Prognostic factors for Local failure after breast conserving treatment (Dr. Alphonse Taghian)
6. Postmastectomy radiotherapy: indications and selection of RT fields (Dr.Alphonse Taghian)
7. Cardiac Exposure to radiation in patients treated for Breast Cancer: The Policy of Zero Tolerance (Dr. Alphonse Taghian)
8. Partial Breast Irradiation: paradigm shift or just research (Dr. Alphonse Taghian)

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