Conveners
Wednesday morning - Poster Presentations - Screen4
- Oleg Belyakov (IAEA)
Camila Pessoa de Sales
(Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo)
6/21/17, 10:30 AM
New Technologies in Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy
Poster
**Introduction**
With the growing technology in radiotherapy, the complexity of treatment planning has been increasing and higher doses have been delivered to tumor, so it is necessary to assess the accuracy of patient setup in order to guarantee better compliance of tumor with greater protection of healthy tissues. To achieve this goal, image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is mandatory role,...
Julio Marcassa
(Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo)
6/21/17, 10:35 AM
New Technologies in Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy
Poster
Introduction: The challenge of implementing a new technology in a developing country is huge in many aspects. Personnel training and updating are cornerstones in this process. Brazil has an incidence of about 596,000 new cases of cancer per year. In May 2008, the Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) Octavio Frias de Oliveira, a public institution linked to University of São...
Maria do Carmo LOPES
(IPOCFG, E.P.E.)
6/21/17, 10:40 AM
New Technologies in Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy
Poster
The installation of Mosaiq 2.62 (Elekta) in the Radiotherapy Department at IPOCFG, E.P.E. was preceded by a rigorous process of planning and configuration. A multi-professional working group was appointed to work out the complete workflow of a radiation treatment, trying to meet the usual followed procedures with an optimized sequence. Receptionists, secretaries, nurses, radiation oncologists,...
Roberto Carlos CHUMBIMUNI CONTRERAS
(ONCOSALUD)
6/21/17, 10:45 AM
New Technologies in Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy
Poster
INTRODUCTION:
On February 2016 our department started to use an Intraoperative Radiation Therapy System (IORT) Intrabeam PRS 500 con XRS4. Carl Zeiss, with delivery energy of 50 Kv; as the same as other radiation therapy treatment requires position and safety during the treatment. In our service we developed a radio-protection manual and quality control program required by regulatory...