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SATURDAY 6 MAY 2017
INTERDISCIPLINARY RADIOBIOLOGY CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAPY PHYSICS RTT YOUNG
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Programme and Exhibition Guide |
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
SYMPOSIUM
Imaging for therapeutic response / toxicity evaluation
14:45 - 16:00 | LEHAR 1-3
Predictive imaging markers may help define patients who benefit most from a specific
treatment or intervention. Early imaging markers of response may be used to adapt the
therapeutic strategy. Validation of such markers is key to translation in clinical practice.
This symposium will highlight MRI and PET techniques related to hypoxia-guided
interventions, show an overview of PET data for the tri-modality treatment of rectum
and oesophageal cancer and discuss the potential of diffusion-weighted and dynamic
contrast-enhanced MRI as imaging markers for these cancers. Imaging markers also
may reflect normal-tissue response. This will be illustrated with examples of liver and
brain.
Chair: U. Van der Heide (The Netherlands)
Co-chair: A. Lopez Medina (Spain)
14:45 > Functional imaging as biomarker for toxicity response
Speaker: Y. Cao (USA)
SP-0109
15:10 > Imaging tumour response to neoadjuvant treatment in GI tumours
Speaker: G. Meijer (The Netherlands)
SP-0110
15:35 > Imaging biomarkers to predict and early assess the response to radiation
therapy. Potential impact of studies in small animals
Speaker: B. Gallez (Belgium)
SP-0111
SYMPOSIUM
Comprehensive motion management and immobilisation solutions in
radiation therapy
14:45 - 16:00 | STRAUS 1
The primary aim of radiation therapy treatments is to deliver an optimal dose to the
target volume while minimising dose to the surrounding normal structures. There
remain a number of challenges posed by the inaccuracies of treating patients, where
tumours and critical structures are constantly moving and adapting with normal
physiological functions. Speakers will focus on different approaches to immobilisation;
answering the question: are we able to solve all ‘problems’ only with technical solutions;
etc. Session will focus on modern technics like ExacRack or Active breathing control.
Chair: B. Bak (Poland)
Co-chair: S. Jäger (Austria)