Practical Info

Course start
21 Oct 2019
Course end
22 Oct 2019
Course length
2 days
Venue
Medical University of Vienna / AKH
Language
English
Spaces
Available 16

Documents

Disclaimer

Any views or opinions are presented by healthcare professionals who share their insights, recommendations and practical experience with respect to brachytherapy, and do not necessarily represent those of Elekta.

This workshop is fully booked

 

This leading edge program is given by an expert team led by Prof. Dr. R. Pötter and Prof. Dr. C. Kirisits and is complementary to the ESTRO ‘Image-guided radiotherapy & chemotherapy in gynecological cancer’ course.

Participants obtain comprehensive practical insight into the clinical workflow of 3-D image-based brachytherapy for gynecological tumors. Practical issues, solutions and constraints for each participating center are defined during extensive discussions on the practical aspects of implementing 3-D image-based brachytherapy for gynecology.

Content

  • Imaging and contouring
  • Applicator reconstruction
  • Live case (implantation)
  • Multidisciplinary treatment planning
  • Team roles, logistics, infrastructure, learning curve
  • Hands-on exercises

Faculty

Richard Pötter, MD, PhD – Professor emeritus*
Christian Kirisits, PhD – Prof, Head of Brachytherapy Physics*
Umesh Mahantshetty, DMRT, MD, DNB – Radiation Oncologist**
Alina Sturdza, MD, FRCPC – Radiation Oncologist*
Nicole Nesvacil, PhD – Ass. Prof., Physicist *
Maximilian Schmid, MD, Radiation Oncologist*
Johannes Knoth, MD – Radiation Oncologist*

* Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital (AKH), Austria
** Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Pre-requisite

  • Previous participation in the ESTRO Teaching Course on ‘Image-guided radiotherapy & chemotherapy in gynecological cancer’
  • Oncentra Brachy experience
  • GYN Brachy experience

Audience

  • Radiation Oncologists
  • Gynecologists
  • Clinical Physicists 
  • Radiation Technologists

The faculty strongly advises multi-disciplinary teams per hospital to register!

Agenda

–> Agenda

Course fee

The registration fee is 970 euro (excl VAT) and includes all workshop materials, dinner on Monday and beverages and lunches on Monday and Tuesday. The fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

 Procedure video

Click here to view a short introduction video of the procedure “Combined interstitial & intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer” as conducted in Vienna General Hospital. To be able to view the extended version of the video, register to the BrachyAcademy website and log in.

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Location
Medical University of Vienna / AKHWaehringer Guertel 18-20ViennaAustria

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