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ESTRO SCHOOL
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ROADMAP
Philip Poortmans
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTOR
Philip Poortmans,
Radiation Oncologist, Radboud University
Medical Center, Nijmegen (NL)
TEACHERS
• Marianne Aznar,
Medical Physicist, The Finsen Centre –
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen (DK)
• Liesbeth Boersma,
Radiation Oncologist, MAASTRO Clinic,
Maastricht (NL)
• Sarah Darby,
Epidemiologist, CTSU, Oxford (UK)
• Youlia Kirova,
Radiation Oncologist, Institut Curie, Paris
(FR)
• Thorsten Kühn,
Gynaecologist, Breast Cancer Klinikum
Esslingen, Esslingen (DE)
• Birgitte Offersen,
Radiation Oncologist, Aarhus University
Hospital, Aarhus (DK)
• Birgit Vriens,
Medical Oncologist, Catharina Hospital,
Eindhoven (NL)
• Lynda Wyld,
Surgeon, Sheffield University, Sheffield (UK)
CONTOURING ADMINISTRATOR
Sandra Hol,
Radiation Therapist (RTT), Institute Verbeeten,
Tilburg (NL)
LOCAL ORGANISER
Elisabeth Forde,
Radiation Therapist, Trinity College, Dublin
MULTIMODAL CANCER TREATMENT
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, OTHER SPECIALIST
• Read through the short selection of the literature
(“essential reading”) that will be sent mid 2017, after
your registration
• Have completed an exercise beforehand on target
volume delineation in breast cancer.
TEACHINGMETHODS
• Lectures
• Debates
• Practical workshops
• Clinical case discussions.
The course will be very interactive through the integra-
tion of lectures, target volume delineation, guidance in
treatment planning and patient management workshops.
Focused on multidisciplinarity, the programme will
outline the different treatments for breast cancer from
evidence based medicine to ongoing research.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
• MCQ
• Contouring exercise
• Evaluation form.
KEYWORDS
Breast cancer, radiation therapy, multidisciplinarity,
breast conserving therapy, APBI, clinical trials, volume
delineation, side effects, quality of life.
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.
FALCON
Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring
This course is using the
FALCON platform (Fellow-
ship in Anatomic deLinea-
tion and CONtouring) for
the contouring exercises
(ESO recommended event)