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Curso Regional de Capacitación para la Actualización de la Braquiterapia de Alta Tasa de Dosis

America/Santiago
Description

El objetivo de este curso introductorio es ofrecer a los participantes una actualización en braquiterapia de alta tasa de dosis con el fin de mejorar su conocimiento y la práctica asistencial en sus centros de procedencia. El curso constará de clases teóricas y ejercicios prácticos. Se pretende que después del curso los participantes sean capaces de implementar en la práctica clínica los conocimientos adquiridos.

Después de asistir a este curso los participantes habrán adquirido conocimientos teóricos y prácticos acerca de la implementación de braquiterapia de alta tasa de dosis y de los procedimientos de aseguramiento de la calidad y seguridad del paciente.

Los tópicos que se cubrirán durante el curso serán los siguientes:

  • Revisión de la justificación del uso de la braquiterapia en la práctica clínica
  • Radiobiología de la braquiterapia
  • Selección de equipamiento en braquiterapia HDR
  • Calibración de fuentes
  • Planificación del tratamiento
  • Herramientas de imagen para la realización del implante, simulación y administración del tratamiento
  • Procedimientos de aseguramiento de la calidad
  • Braquiterapia en cáncer de próstata, mama, ginecología, y otras localizaciones
  • Recursos humanos en braquiterapia
  • Requerimientos legales y de radioprotección
  • Novedades en braquiterapia
    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Registration
    • 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
      Welcome
    • 9:15 AM 10:00 AM
      Entry test
    • 10:00 AM 10:45 AM
      Introduction to brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
      • 10:00 AM
        Introduction to brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        live broadcast
        Paper
        Slides
    • 10:45 AM 11:15 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:15 AM 12:00 PM
      Radiobiology of HDR brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
      • 11:15 AM
        Radiobiology of HDR brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        live broadcast
        Paper
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 1:00 PM 1:45 PM
      Physics of brachytherapy (I)
      Convener: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
    • 1:45 PM 2:30 PM
      Clinical processes of HDR brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
      • 1:45 PM
        Clinical processes of HDR brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 2:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 3:00 PM 3:45 PM
      Physics of brachytherapy (II)
      Convener: Mr Gustavo Sarria
      • 3:00 PM
        Source calibration and dose calculation formalism 20m
        Speaker: Mr Ruben Yañez
        document
        live broadcast
        Paper
        Slides
    • 3:45 PM 4:30 PM
      General aspects of imaging in HDR brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Gustavo Sarria
      • 3:45 PM
        General aspects of imaging in brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM 10:00 AM
      Dose prescription and treatment planning brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Andrés Cordova
      • 8:30 AM
        Systems for dose prescription in brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
      • 9:15 AM
        Treatment planning and dose optimization principles and uncertainties 30m
        Speaker: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
        live broadcast
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:15 AM
      How to evaluate a treatment plan
      Conveners: Mr Andrés Cordova, Mr Gustavo Sarria, Mr Homero Lavieri Martins, Mr Ruben Yañez
      live broadcast
    • 11:15 AM 12:00 PM
      Ginecological brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Andrés Cordova
      • 11:15 AM
        GYN brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Gustavo Sarria
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
      Genito-urinary brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Gustavo Sarria
      • 1:00 PM
        Genito-urinary brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Andrés Cordova
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 2:00 PM 6:00 PM
      Practical session
    • 8:30 AM 9:15 AM
      Acceptance tersting and commissioning of HDR brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Ruben Yañez
      • 8:30 AM
        Acceptance testing and commissioning of HDR brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
        live broadcast
    • 9:15 AM 10:00 AM
      Quality management in brachytherapy
      • 9:15 AM
        Quality management in brachytherapy (Clinical aspects) 15m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        live broadcast
        Slides
      • 9:30 AM
        Establishment and maintenance of comprehensive QA programmes (Treatment unit and applicators QC procedures) 15m
        Speaker: Mr Ruben Yañez
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:15 AM
      DVH tools and evaluation
      Convener: Mr Ruben Yañez
      • 10:30 AM
        Advanced tools for treatment plan evaluation 30m
        Speaker: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 11:15 AM 12:00 PM
      Gastrointestinal brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Ruben Yañez
      • 11:15 AM
        Gastrointestinal brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 1:00 PM 1:45 PM
      Breast brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Ruben Yañez
      live broadcast
      slides
      • 1:00 PM
        Brachytherapy for breast cancer (boost) 15m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
      • 1:15 PM
        Brachytherapy for breast cancer (APBI) 15m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
        Paper
    • 1:45 PM 6:00 PM
      Practical session (II)
    • 8:30 AM 9:15 AM
      Radiation protection, safety and in vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Andrés Cordova
      • 8:30 AM
        Radiation protection, safety and in vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Homero Lavieri Martins
        live broadcast
    • 9:15 AM 10:00 AM
      Transition from 2D to 3D brachytherapy
      Conveners: Mr Andrés Cordova, Mr Gustavo Sarria, Mr Homero Lavieri Martins, Mr Ruben Yañez
      document
      live broadcast
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:15 AM
      Teamwork and staffing in brachytherapy
      Conveners: Mr Andrés Cordova, Mr Gustavo Sarria, Mr Homero Lavieri Martins, Mr Ruben Yañez
      document
      live broadcast
    • 11:15 AM 12:00 PM
      Head and neck brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Andrés Cordova
      • 11:15 AM
        Head and neck brachytherapy 30m
        Speaker: Mr Gustavo Sarria
        live broadcast
        Slides
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Lunch 1h
    • 1:00 PM 1:45 PM
      Miscellaneous brachytherapy
      Convener: Mr Andrés Cordova
      live broadcast
      slides
      • 1:00 PM
        Brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcoma 10m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
      • 1:10 PM
        Brachytherapy for eye malignancies 10m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
      • 1:20 PM
        Endobronchial brachytherapy 10m
        Speaker: Mr Alfredo Polo (IAEA)
    • 1:45 PM 5:00 PM
      Practical session (III)
    • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM
      Exit test
    • 8:30 AM 9:15 AM
      Group reporting
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
    • 9:15 AM 10:00 AM
      How to start a brachytherapy programme?
      Conveners: Mr Andrés Cordova, Mr Gustavo Sarria, Mr Homero Lavieri Martins, Mr Ruben Yañez
      document
      live broadcast
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:15 AM
      What can go wrong in brachytherapy?
      Conveners: Mr Andrés Cordova, Mr Gustavo Sarria, Mr Homero Lavieri Martins, Mr Ruben Yañez
      live broadcast
      slides
    • 11:15 AM 12:00 PM
      Quiz review and discussion
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Course evaluation
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
    • 1:00 PM 1:45 PM
      Conclusions and recommendations
      Convener: Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez
    • 1:45 PM 2:00 PM
      Course closure