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ESTRO SCHOOL
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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING
AND DELIVERY
ROADMAP
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST,
RADIATION THERAPIST, OTHER SPECIALIST
Umesh
Mahantshetty
Jamema
Swamidas
Kari Tanderup
Richard Pötter
FACULTY
ESTRO COURSE DIRECTORS
• Richard Pötter,
Radiation Oncologist, Medical University
Hospital, Vienna (AT)
• Kari Tanderup,
Medical Physicist, University Hospital,
Aarhus (DK)
AROI COURSE DIRECTORS
• Umesh Mahantshetty,
Radiation Oncologist, Tata Memorial
Hospital, Mumbai (IN)
• Jamema Swamidas,
Medical Physicist, ACTREC, Tata
Memorial Centre, Mumbai (IN)
TEACHERS
• Christine Haie Meder,
Radiation Oncologist, Institut Gustave
Roussy, Villejuif (FR)
• D. N. Sharma,
Radiation Oncologist, AIIMS, Delhi (IN)
LOCAL ORGANISERS
• M G Janaki,
Radiation Oncologist, MS Ramiah Medical
College, Bengaluru
• Revathi,
Medical Physicist, MS Ramiah Medical College,
Bengaluru
multi-modality management of cervical cancer
• Basic knowledge of and experience with radiological
patho-anatomy relevant to cervical cancer
• Experiencewith existing external beamandbrachyther-
apy workflows and processes in cervical cancer.
• Basic infrastructure in your department which facili-
tates post-course implementation of 3D image guided
brachytherapy (afterloader, access to volumetric im-
aging, MRI/CT compatible applicators, and treatment
planning system).
TEACHINGMETHODS
• Lectures / tutorials: 16 hours
• Practical workshop: 8 hours
• Applicators commissioning and reconstruction:
6 hours - Physicists
• Cadaveric workshop: 6 hours - Physicians
Description:The tutorials include discussions of basics,
evidence based treatments, contouring guidelines,
various processes involved in advanced EBRT and
brachytherapy techniques and quality assurance. The
practical hands on demonstration covers a direct
learning process involved in approach, brachythera-
py techniques, contouring exercises, evaluation and
discussions on transition from 2D to 3D radiotherapy.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
• Contouring (FALCON tool) and dose planning
exercises (pre- and post-course homework)
• Interactive feedback through audience voting on
specific questions during lectures
• MCQ (interactive session at the end of the course)
• ESTRO teaching course evaluation form.
KEYWORDS
Evidence based multi-modality management guide-
lines, 2D to 3D transition, Image Guided Adaptive
Brachytherapy (IGABT) in cervical cancers, contouring
guidelines for advanced EBRT including IMRT/ IGRT
and image based brachytherapy in cervical cancer.
ACCREDITATION
Application for CME recognition will be submitted to
the European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the
European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EAC-
CME credits are recognised by the American Medical
Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award
(PRA). Information on the status of the applications
can be obrachytherapyained from the ESTRO office.
FALCON
Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring
This course is using the FALCON platform (Fellowship in
Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring) for the contouring
exercises