Amsterdam Brachy College

Course will be postponed

Asking yourself what brachytherapy is all about and whether you would like to practice this in daily clinic?

This workshop provides you with insight into the clinical and practical utility of brachytherapy.  The place of brachytherapy as one of several cancer treatments, its advantages and uniqueness and more will be discussed in an interactive manner.

Content

• Introduction to the clinical and physical aspects of brachytherapy
• Imaging
• Radiobiology
• Hands-on workshops
• Case discussions (breast, cervix, prostate)

Agenda

Link to preliminary agenda

Faculty

• Bradley Pieters, MD PhD, Radiation Oncologist*
• Henrike Westerveld, MD PhD, Radiation Oncologist**
• Danique Barten, PhD, Medical Physicist*
• Karel Hinnen, MD PhD, Radiation Oncologist*
• Cristina Gutiérrez, MD PhD, Radiation Oncologist***
• Nicole Nesvacil, PhD, Medical Physicist****

* Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands** Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands*** Institut Català d’Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain**** Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Audience

Radiation Oncology residents, junior medical physicists and radiation therapy technologists.

Registration

For registration please send an email to [email protected], the deadline for registration will be December 16th 2024.

The registration fee is 200 euro and includes all workshop materials, dinner on Thursday and beverages and lunches on Thursday and Friday. The fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

Location

Amsterdam UMC – Location AMC Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands