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ESTRO AWARDS
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Paul Van Houtte
Jules Bordet Université Libre Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Paul Van Houtte graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles,
completed his postgraduate training at the Institut Bordet and earned
a license of radiation oncology in nuclear medicine in 1978. Except
for two years spent in Rochester, New York, in the department of
P. Rubin, all his medical activities took place in Brussels. He was head
of department of radiation oncology from 1986 to 2014 and is currently
Professor Emeritus of radiation oncology at the Université Libre de
Bruxelles.
His main area of research and activities was related to lung, gastro-
intestinal and prostatic cancer. He was active within the EORTC
Radiotherapy group, the European Lung Working Party and the
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). One
main interest has been not only to promote the treatment of lung
cancer especially the multimodality approach including the chemo-
radiotherapy approach, but also to promote radiation treatment of
quality through active participation in teaching activities at national
and international level.
He actively served within ABRO-BVRO and ESTRO and was the
scientific chair of the Praha congress. He coordinated and participated
in several teaching courses on lung cancer within ESTRO, ESO and
ERS and delivered many lectures on this topic worldwide. He is the
author/co-author of more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, editorials
and book chapters. He received the IASLC scientific award for his
activities. He is a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.
Paul Van Houtte