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Advanced Brachytherapy Physics

07-10 October 2018 | Valencia, Spain

• Brachytherapy is the pioneer of extreme hypofractionation that has currently become

one of the hot topics in radiation oncology.

• Brachytherapy experiences here an ever broader imitation by external beam methods

as is especially demonstrated in the radiation therapy of localized prostate cancer.

• There is an emerging role of advance and dedicated 3D imaging modalities, image

guidance techniques and navigation technologies for pre-planning of the implant, for

the implantation procedure, for the treatment planning and finally for treatment

verification.

• The availability of inverse planning and optimization techniques enforces the demand

for individualized implant design, dose prescription and accurate 3D dose calculation.

• All above enable adaptive (4D) treatment planning and adaptive (4D) treatment delivery

techniques.

• At the same time raises the demand for deep background knowledge and extended

expertise for the involved medical physicists.

• There is a central role assigned for clinical medical physicists and researchers for

development, validation and implementation of such advance methods and techniques.