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ESTRO SCHOOL
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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING
AND DELIVERY
ROADMAP
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST,
RADIATION THERAPIST
Frank Lohr
Marco Schwarz
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTOR
Marco Schwarz,
Medical Physicist, Proton Therapy Centre,
Trento (IT)
CO-CHAIR
Frank Lohr,
Radiation Oncologist, AOU Modena, Modena (IT)
TEACHERS
• Andrea Riccardo Filippi,
Radiation Oncologist, AOU Città
della Salute e della Scienza, Turin (IT)
• Eva Onjukka,
Medical Physicist, Karolinska University
Hospital, Stockholm (SE)
• Matthias Söhn,
Medical Physicist, LMU University Hospital,
Munich (DE)
Teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro-
education.org/coursesfor the latest information.
LOCAL ORGANISER
Carmen Rubio,
Radiation Oncologist, Hospital Universitario
HM Sanchinarro, Madrid
The participants will be asked to prepare a ‘homework’
based on two clinical cases sent by ESTRO. The results
of such work will be discussed in small groups during
the course.
TEACHINGMETHODS
• 16,45 hours of lectures
• 3 hours of practical demonstrations in a clinical
department
• 2 hours of software demonstration
• 3 hours of case discussions.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
• MCQ
• Clinical case discussion
• Evaluation form
• Practical demonstrations.
KEYWORDS
IMRT, IGRT, target definition, tolerance doses, inverse
treatment planning, dose calculation, recent IMRT
developments.
FURTHER READING
Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course
for further information.
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 obtained from the ESTRO office.