Clinical workshop

Image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer | Braquiterapia guiada por imágenes adaptativa para el cáncer de cuello uterino

Utsw radiology oncology

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Course start

23 Apr 2025

Course end

24 Apr 2025

Course length

2 days

Location

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Language

English, Spanish

Availibility

10/10 participants

All Spanish and English speaking brachytherapy professionals are welcome to this course. All course materials will be in Spanish and English with simultaneous live translation in Spanish for the workshop.

High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is an essential component in the management of locally advanced cervical cancer. However, sub optimal workflows can cause anxiety, distress, and discomfort in patients, while inadequate training can compromise treatment outcomes.

This course aims to introduce state-of-the-art HDR brachytherapy techniques and best practice guidelines through a combination of didactic lectures, live/video procedure, equipment demonstration and hands-on training sessions.

Speakers will reference updated guidelines for Image-guided adaptive brachytherapy. Attendees will gain the confidence to initiate an HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy program or refine their skills to apply in their own clinical practice.

Content

  • Live brachytherapy cases
  • Clinical aspects (e.g. patient selection, clinical indicators, use of functional imaging, treatment planning, etc.)
  • Team roles, logistics and infrastructure
Faculty
  • Kevin Albuquerque, MD – Radiation Oncologist, Course Director
  • Bryan Hrycushko, PhD – Physicist, Course Director
  • Thomas Banks, PhD – Physicist
  • Yesenia Gonzalez, PhD – Physicist
  • Zohaib Iqbal, PhD – Physicist
  • Astrid Medrano, FNP – Advanced Practice Provider
  • Katheryn Klenda, BSN, RN – Registered Nurse
Pre-requisite

Clinical experience in brachytherapy.

Audience
  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Medical Physicist
  • Brachytherapy Radiographers

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

 

Course fee

The course fee is $1,175 (excl VAT) and includes all workshop materials, dinner on Wednesday and beverages and lunches on Wednesday and Thursday. The fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

Location
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2280 Inwood Rd
Dallas
United States

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