5th Amsterdam Brachy College | January 25-26, 2024
To attract young radiation oncologists and medical physicists to brachytherapy, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), in collaboration with BrachyAcademy hosted the „Amsterdam Brachy College“ for the 5th time. The event featured a great faculty team, such as Bradley Pieters, Henrike Westerveld, Cristina Gutierrez, Nicole Eder-Nesvacil, Danique Barten, and Karel Hinnen. At the start of the course, 18 participants from the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Spain, and Guatemala introduced themselves by … (more...)
Another fully booked GYN BrachyAcademy workshop in Mumbai
On January 18-20, 2024 BrachyAcademy organized the workshop covering all GYN brachytherapy indications at Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai with Dr. Supriya Chopra and the ESTRO teachers: Alina Sturdza, Remi Nout, Kari Tanderup. We used 10 mannequins for the hands-on training and a full range of GYN demo applicators: Venezia, Geneva, Rotte, Cylinders and MUPIT. The workshop attracted 38 Radiation Oncologists and Medical Physicists from India, South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, the Philippines, … (more...)
New procedure video | Treating cervical cancer with brachytherapy using the Geneva applicator
How Heidelberg University Hospital has been treating cervical cancer with brachytherapy using the Geneva applicator. This video will guide you through the complete brachytherapy workflow of cervical cancer treatment, you will see a complete procedure and short interviews with the brachy team members from Heidelberg University Hospital. You can find out more: • Assembly and insertion of the applicator, • Imaging - MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT (computed tomography), • Image … (more...)
A new course from ABS | Long-term Outcomes with Prostate Brachytherapy
The American Brachytherapy Society is pleased to announce a new course on Prostate Brachytherapy. Close to 30 lectures on long-term disease outcomes, toxicity, socioeconomic issues, training, and new developments, organized in 3 modules, are brought to you by the American Brachytherapy Society in partnership with Grand Rounds Urology. This is available online and through Americanbrachytherapy.org. … (more...)
Recording available | Elekta Lunch Symposium – World Congress of Brachytherapy 2021
The recording of the Elekta Lunch Symposium - World Congress of Brachytherapy 2021 is available. 3 speakers presented: Carminia Lapuz, MD, Olivia Newton-John Cancer, Melbourne - Australia | "ONJ Clinical experience with Geneva, one applicator for the majority of cervical cancer cases" Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, Maria Sklodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Center Gliwice - Poland | "Future of HDR brachytherapy: locally recurrent prostate cancer" Luca Tagliaferri, MD, PhD, Gemelli ART (Advanced … (more...)