Clinical workshop

Partial Breast Irradiation with Multicatheter Brachytherapy or Electronic Brachytherapy (IORT): Promises, Pitfalls, and Solutions – A Practical Course

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Course start

30 Jun 2025

Course end

03 Jul 2025

Course length

4 days

Location

Institut Catala d'Oncologia (ICO)

Language

English

Are you ready to enhance your expertise in advanced breast cancer treatment? Join our practical course on Partial Breast Irradiation, focusing on two powerful techniques: Multicatheter Brachytherapy and Electronic Intraoperative Brachytherapy (IORT).

 

Why participate

To emphasize the importance of teamwork, we’re offering a unique opportunity: when a Radiation Oncologist and Medical Physicist from the same institution register, your Nurse and RTT can join the course for free!

This practical course offers participants an immersive experience with:

  • Three live clinical cases, including:
    • Postoperative interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy implant
    • Perioperative interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy implant
    • Lumpectomy with IORT using the Xoft device
  • Hands-on training:
    • Catheter insertion using breast phantoms
    • Target delineation

You’ll gain insights into patient selection criteria, radiobiology, fractionation schedules including very accelerated PBI, indications including re-irradiation (salvage brachytherapy), treatment planning and dosimetry – all the essentials for successful PBI delivery.

 

 

 

 

Faculty

Chairs:                                                                                     

  • Vratislav Strnad MD, PhD, Prof, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
  • Cristina Gutierrez-Migueléz MD, PhD, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
  • Evelyn Martinez Perez MD, PhD, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain

 

Hosts:

  • Ferran Guedea MD, PhD, Prof. Catalan Institute of Oncology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Arantxa Eraso MD, PhD, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain; University of Girona, Girona, Spain

 

Faculty members:

  • Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi MD, PhD, MS, Prof, Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Centre/Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
  • Tibor Major PhD, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
  • Barbara Schwartzberg MD, Schwartzberg Center for Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery, Santa Rosa, California, United States
  • Reyes Ibáñez Carreras MD, PhD, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Arantxa Campos Bonel MD, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Sergio Lozares PhD, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Maria Jesús Pla Farnós MD, PhD, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Pre-requisite

Before joining this course, participants should have:

  • Basic experience in Radiation Therapy for breast cancer patients
  • Knowledge or basic experience in Brachytherapy/IORT
  • Interest in breast brachytherapy
Audience

This course is tailored for:

  • Radiation Oncologists and Residents in Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physicists
  • Breast and Plastic Surgeons interested in breast brachytherapy

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

 

Course fee

The registration fee is 1101 Euro (excl VAT) and includes all workshop materials, 1 dinner on Monday and beverages and lunches on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The fee is exclusive of travel and hotel costs.

Location
Institut Català d'Oncologia (I.C.O)
Hospital Duran i Reynals1
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Spain

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