Name: International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology #ICARO3
Start: 2021-02-16T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2021-02-19T17:30:00+01:00
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International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology #ICARO3

from Tuesday 16 February 2021 (00:00) to Friday 19 February 2021 (17:30)

Monday 15 February 2021
Tuesday 16 February 2021
08:00 Opening Addresses
Opening Addresses
08:00 - 08:30
Contributions

08:00 ICARO-3 Official Opening - Rafael Mariano Grossi (Director General International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))

08:05 Welcome remarks - Najat Mokhtar (Deputy Director General, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, IAEA)

08:13 Welcome remarks - May Abdel Wahab (International Atomic Energy Agency, Director Division of Human Health)
08:30 Opening Keynotes
Opening Keynotes
08:30 - 09:00
Contributions

08:30 From ICARO 2 to ICARO 3: Radiation Oncology - Eduardo Rosenblatt

08:45 From ICARO 2 to ICARO 3: Physics - Geoffrey Ibbott (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
09:00 Panel Discussion: Global Initiatives
Panel Discussion: Global Initiatives
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Global Initiatives - May Abdel Wahab (International Atomic Energy Agency, Director Division of Human Health)
10:00 Addressing Technological Gap
Addressing Technological Gap
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Technological Gap: Clinical Perspective - Michael Barton (University of New South Wales, Australia)

10:15 Technological Gap: Physics Perspective - Jacob Van Dyk (Departments of Oncology and Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada)
10:30 Advanced Technologies
Advanced Technologies
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Advanced Technologies - IT/AI - Ben Heijmen (ESTRO)
11:00 Proffered Papers & e-Posters
Proffered Papers & e-Posters
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Is Watch and wait approach feasible for patients with complete response post neoadjuvant therapy in Low Middle Income Countries? - Reena Engineer (Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India)

11:07 Modern possibilities of nuclear medicine in the treatment of patients with recurrence prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy - Petr Bulychkin

11:14 Survival benefits of adding palliative whole brain radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases unsuitable for resection or radiosurgery: A clinical prediction rule - Kyrhatii Trikhirhisthit (Sawanpracharak hospital, Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctor (CPIRD) Medical Education Center affiliated to Mahidol University, Nakhonsawan, Thailand)

11:21 EVOLUTION AND PROGNOSIS OF JUVENILE NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA: results from of a study on 68 children in Salah Azaiz Institute in Tunisia - Semia Zaraa (Salah azaiz institute, Department of Radiotherapy)
11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Optimization parameters in bladder and rectum for gynecologic cancer treatment with VMAT Technique through ProKnow platform - Micaela Agustina Bertero (Leben Salud)

11:37 Evaluation of artificial intelligence based contouring tools in prostate cancer radiation therapy planning - Anni Borkvel (NEMC)

11:44 Current opportunities and challenges in a period of 2D to 3D transition in Radiation therapy in Mongolia - Minjmaa Minjgee (National Cancer Center of Mongolia)

11:51 Implementing compensator IMRT using Low Cost Effective Solution - A Zambian Experience - Kennedy Lishimpi (Cancer Diseases Hospital - Radiation Oncology)
12:00 Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:00 - 15:00
Contributions

12:00 Status of Brachytherapy Worldwide: a DIRAC study - Alfredo Polo (IAEA)

12:05 Health Economic Evaluation of Brachytherapy for cancer treatment - Alfredo Polo (IAEA)

12:20 Technological advances in Brachytherapy -TPS, new sources, new applicators, AI - Mauro CARRARA (IAEA)

12:35 Comprehensive Quality Management in Brachytherapy - Daniel BERGER

12:50 Education and Training of New Generations of Brachytherapy Practitioners - Mauro CARRARA (IAEA) Supriya Chopra (Professor, Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre)

13:10 Omitting brachytherapy in gynecological cancer is deleterious for your patients - Supriya Chopra (Professor, Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre)

13:25 Cervix Cancer as a Model for Image Guided Brachytherapy - Umesh Mahantshetty (Professor, Radiation Oncology)

13:40 The migration from 2D to 3D and IGBT: implementation challenges - Daniel BERGER Umesh Mahantshetty (Professor, Radiation Oncology)

14:00 Leading the change: opportunities and challenges for brachytherapy in the management of cancer (Panel Discussion) - Alfredo Polo (IAEA)

14:30 Practical Educational Session - Daniel BERGER Umesh Mahantshetty (Professor, Radiation Oncology)
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:00 - 15:00
Contributions

12:00 Current Status of RTT education globally - Michelle Leech (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland )

12:15 The advancing and changing role of the RTT - Aidan Leong (University of Otago, New Zealand )

12:30 Where are we going?: Future Directions for the RTT profession - Mary Coffey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland )

12:45 Panel Discussion: RT education, challenges and opportunities in the coming decade - Aidan Leong (University of Otago, New Zealand ) Colette Dijcks (Maastro Clinic, Maastricht Netherlands) Gurvinder Singh Dhawan (Rajiv, Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, India) John Ryan (RMIT University Australia) Mary Coffey (European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology) Michelle Leech (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland ) Samuel Opoku (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:00 - 15:00
Contributions

12:00 Does it work: Developing and implementing clinical trials of PBT - Cai Grau (Aarhus University, Denmark)

12:20 Medical Physics Issues in Proton Therapy: Changing from 2 phases to single phase simultaneous integrated boost (to better use the optimiser) and use of EUD for plan assessment - Matthew Lowe (University of Manchester, UK )

12:40 The patient-centred PBT pathway - Vicky Hughes (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, UK )

12:55 Image Guidance in proton therapy - Katja Langen (Emory University, USA)

13:10 Dose Accumulation in Proton Therapy - Tony Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland )

13:25 FLASH proton therapy? - Jack Aylward (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK )

13:40 Paediatric Proton Therapy - Thomas Merchant (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:00 - 15:00
Contributions

12:00 Global health competencies in radiation oncology education - Meredith Guiliani (University of Toronto, Canada)

12:15 Integrating radiation oncology education and research - Miriam Mutebi (Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya )

12:30 Interprofessional education - Michelle Leech (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland )

12:45 Strengthening Networks in Worldwide Radiation Oncology Education: HIC Perspectives - Daniel Golden (UChicago Medicine, USA)

13:00 Strengthening Networks in Worldwide Radiation Oncology Education: LMIC Perspectives - Lotfi Kochbati (Institut Salah-Azaïz de Cancerologie, Tunisia)

13:15 Panel Discussion: Strengthening Networks in Worldwide Radiation Oncology Education - Daniel Golden (UChicago Medicine, USA) Jesper Grau Eriksen (Aarhus University, Denmark) Lotfi Kochbati (Institut Salah-Azaïz de Cancerologie, Tunisia) Meredith Giuliani (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) Michelle Leech (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland ) Sandra Turner (The University of Sydney, Australia;)
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:00 - 15:00
Contributions

12:00 A changed set up?: Implementation of surface guided radiation therapy - Kenton Thompson (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia)

12:15 Advancing and changing practices: bringing the MRI-linear accelerator into clinical reality - Veronica Pollutri (Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", Italy)

12:30 Proton therapy- new directions in treatment delivery for RTTs. - Sharon Wong (Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore )

12:45 Panel Discussion: The Impact of New Technologies and the Changing Role of the RTT Profession - Helen McNair (The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation, UK) Michelle Leech (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland ) Nicola Bizzochi (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) Sharon Wong (Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore) Veronica Pollutri (Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", Italy)
15:00 e-Contouring Workshop: SABR for Lung Cancer - Billy Loo (Stanford University)
e-Contouring Workshop: SABR for Lung Cancer
- Billy Loo (Stanford University)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 e-Contouring Workshop: Prostate Cancer - Mack Roach III (Professor Departments of Radiation Oncology & Urology University of California, San Francisco)
e-Contouring Workshop: Prostate Cancer
- Mack Roach III (Professor Departments of Radiation Oncology & Urology University of California, San Francisco)
15:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 17 February 2021
07:45 Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy
07:45 - 08:15
Contributions

07:45 Clinical relevance of brachytherapy in the global oncological landscape - Christine Haie-Meder (Gustave Roussy Cancer Center)
08:15 Translational Radiation Biology
Translational Radiation Biology
08:15 - 09:00
Contributions

08:15 Radiobiology of High Dose per Fraction - Mike Joiner (Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI, USA)

08:45 Recent Developments in Radiobiology - Loredana Marcu (Faculty of INFORMATICS & Science, University of Oradea, Romania CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, University of South Australia, Australia)
09:00 Education and Training
Education and Training
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 Competency Based Education in Radiation Oncology: Global Perspectives on the Assessment of Learning - Kim Benstead (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , UK )
09:30 The RTT Profession
The RTT Profession
09:30 - 10:00
Contributions

09:30 The RTT Profession - Mary Coffey (School of Medicine - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
10:00 Clinical Research
Clinical Research
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Clinical Research - Jai Prakash Agarwal (Tata Memorial Hospital, India)
10:30 Health Systems Research
Health Systems Research
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Health Systems Research - Yolande Lievens (University Hospital Ghent, Belgium)
11:00 Paediatric Radiotherapy
Paediatric Radiotherapy
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Radiotherapy in Teenagers and Young Adults with cancer: Providing Care and Improving Outcomes - Ed Smith (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
11:30
11:30 - 12:05
Contributions

11:30 Revitalizing and strengthen the capacity of cancer management in Cambodia: Past-Present and future involvement of multi-stakeholders. - Socheat Touch (Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital-University of Health Sciences)

11:36 The basic situation of radiotherapy in mainland China：a national survey in 2019 - Junlin Yi (National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences)

11:42 Competences of Medical Dosimetrists and Radiation Therapy Technologists working in a Costa Rican Radiotherapy Department: A benchmarking approach to the recommended ESTRO Core Curriculum using a Training/Competency Matrix - Jorge Andres Villalobos-Rosales (CCSS-HSJD / UCR / ICAP)

11:48 Closing the Radiotherapy Gap in Indonesia: Reflection on National Roadmap Program - Soehartati A Gondhowiardjo (Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital – Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:55 Weighted Goal Programming Approach for Solving Budgetary Radiation Therapy Treatment - Kizito Mubiru (Kyamboto University)
12:06
12:06 - 12:30
Contributions

12:06 NTCP and estimation of secondary cancer risk in Modulated Arc Therapy for prostate carcinoma using in-house software. - Assya Boughalia (Medical Physics Department, Nucleaire Research of Algiers)

12:12 Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle Therapy (NCEPT): In vitro proof of concept - Mitra Safavi-Naeini (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology, ANSTO)

12:18 MECHANISM-BASED COMBINATION THERAPY IN CANCER: STUDIES ON CANCER CELLS - Manoor Prakash Hande (National University of Singapore)

12:24 Concomitant boost in preoperative irradiation of rectal cancer - Elena Yermilova
12:30 (Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
(Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
12:30 - 14:30
Contributions

12:30 Multimodality imaging and deformable image registration - Vincenzo Valentini (Gemelli, Universita Catolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy)

12:50 Automated target volume / organs at risk delineation and treatment planning - Vincent Gregoire (ICRU, University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

13:10 Management of interfraction motion (IGRT, Adaptive RT) - X. Allen Li (Medical College of Wisconcin, USA)

13:30 Advances in dose delivery (MRI linac, transponders, FLASH...) - M. Saiful Huq (University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, United States of America)
(Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
(Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
12:30 - 14:30
Contributions

12:30 Global efforts - Mary Gospodarowicz (University of Toronto, Canada)

12:50 Challenges - Surbhi Grover (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA)

13:10 Translating incidence into needs - Michael Barton (University of New South Wales, Australia)

13:30 Sustainability and access - Alfredo Polo (IAEA)

13:50 Resources and costs - Eduardo Zubizarreta (Section Head ARBR - NAHU - IAEA)

14:10 Investment framework - Danielle Rodin ( University of Toronto, Canada)
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses
12:30 - 14:30
Contributions

12:30 Global Partnerships including St Jude’s activities and the GICC workshops - Paola Friedrich (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA )

12:45 Delivering Paediatric Radiotherapy within Multidisciplinary team care - Karen Marcus (Harvard Medical School, USA )

13:00 CNS - Sahaja Acharya (St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA )

13:25 Non-CNS - Susan Hiniker (Stanford University Medical Center, USA )

13:50 Management of late effects and follow up of the child into adulthood - Stephanie Perkins (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA )

14:05 Panel Discussion - Kirsten Hopkins (IAEA) Mohammed Zaghloul (Cairo University, Egypt) Rosangela Villar (Centro Infantil Boldrini) Verity Ahern (University of Sydney, Australia) Wondemagegnhu Tigeneh (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
(Parallel Sessions: Side Events)
(Parallel Sessions: Side Events)
12:30 - 14:30
Contributions

12:30 C/Can model: Planning quality radiotherapy services - Diogo Neves (City Cancer Challenge Foundation)

12:45 Demand and supply analysis: a city framework - Rodolfo Alfonso-Laguardia (High Institute for Applied Technologies and Sciences (InSTEC), Havana, Cuba)

13:00 Building a successful public-private partnership in the health sector: key elements - Dhawal Jhamb (Senior Investment Officer, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, IFC)

13:15 A Practical Example: Yangon, Myanmar - Khin Cho Win (President, Myanmar Society for Radiation Oncology) Thet Ko Aung (Technical Assistance Officer, C/Can)
(Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
(Parallel Sessions: Refresher Courses)
12:30 - 14:30
Contributions

12:30 Radiobiology of High Dose per Fraction - Mike Joiner (Wayne State University School of Medicine, MI, USA)

13:00 Radiobiology of FLASH Therapy - Jolyon Hendry (The University of Manchester, UK)

13:25 Personalized Radiotherapy - Loredana Marcu (University of Oradeaa, Romania)

13:50 Radiobiological advances in Radiation Medicine - Marjan Boerma
14:30 e-Contouring Workshop (ESTRO)
e-Contouring Workshop (ESTRO)
14:30 - 15:30
Contributions

14:30 e-contouring Workshop: CNS - Sarah Jefferies
Thursday 18 February 2021
08:20 Advanced Technologies and Techniques in Radiation Oncology
Advanced Technologies and Techniques in Radiation Oncology
08:20 - 10:05
Contributions

08:30 Prescribing,Recording and Reporting Proton and Light Ion Beam Therapy (ICRU 78 and 93) - Oliver Jaekel (ICRU)

08:50 Out of Field Doses - Geoffrey Ibbott (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

09:10 Spatially fractionated radiation therapy: from photons to charged particles - Yolanda Prezado (EFOMP)

09:20 kV Therapy Dosimetry Updates and Challenges - Robin Hill (Chris O'Brien Lifehouse)

09:30 Radiation Planning Assistant: Automated contouring and treatment planning - Laurence Edward Court

09:40 The UNSCEAR 2020 report on medical exposure: approach, trends and challenges in the field of radiation therapy - Ferid Shannoun (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)) Peter Thomas (Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, AUSTRALIA)
10:05 Physics Papers 1
Physics Papers 1
10:05 - 11:25
Contributions

10:05 Characterization of helical tomotherapy plans complexity - Tania Santos (University of Coimbra | IPOCFG,E.P.E.)

10:15 Clinical implementation of the MRLinac in Odense, Denmark - Vibeke Nordmark Hansen (Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Odense University Hospital)

10:25 A novel quantitative metrics for assessing IMRT plan complexity: A virtual phantom study - Hwee Shin Soh (Ministry of Health Malaysia)

10:35 Effect of detector choice for commissioning measurements propagated trough beam modelling to final dose calculation - Sonja Wegener (University of Wuerzburg, Radiation Oncology)

10:45 FRICKE DOSIMETRY FOR BLOOD IRRADIATORS - Carla L. Mota

10:55 Development of Contact Lens-Type Ocular In Vivo Dosimeter For Accurate Evaluation Of Radiation Dose To Lens - Hong-Gyun WU (Seoul National University Hospital)

11:05 Accuracy of an Eclipse treatment planning system for SRS - Iqbal AL AMRI (Royal hospital)

11:15 Retrospective evaluation of portal dosimetry pre-treatment quality assurance for volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) plans - Abdelkader Toutaoui (Hôpital Chahids Mahmoudi, Tizi Ouzou)
11:25 Poster Viewing
Poster Viewing
11:25 - 12:00
12:00 Medical Physics Education
Medical Physics Education
12:00 - 14:00
Contributions

12:00 IAEA Education and Training Initiatives - Giorgia Loreti (IAEA)

12:20 IOMP activities in medical physics education and training - Geoffrey Ibbott (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

12:40 EFOMP activities in education and training of medical physicists in Europe - Brendan McClean (EFOMP)

13:00 Global Access to Medical Physics: Challenges and Opportunities (Round Table Discussion)
14:00 Physics Papers 2
Physics Papers 2
14:00 - 14:50
Contributions

14:00 Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): The gold standard for the present and future of radiotherapy? - Sherisse Hunte (IAEA Member state- Trinidad and Tobago)

14:10 A study on the determination of relative output factors for very small fields in stereotactic radiosurgery - Chi Do Duc (Author) Robin Hill

14:20 Establishment of an Incident reporting and learning System as a tool for Quality Management in Uganda’s radiotherapy services: A case of the low resource setting - Ignatius Komakech (Radiotherapy Department, Uganda Cancer Institute)

14:30 Evaluation of positionning and dosimetry uncertainties in patients treated with intensity modulation radiotherapy (IMRT) for nasopharyngeal cancers in Tunisia - Nesrine ELAMRI (University Tunis El Manar I, Medical physics unit, Radiotherapy department of Institute Salah Azaiz ,Tunis)

14:40 Determination and comparison of output factors in small field for field square and rectangular field with 5 detectors for For 6 Mv. - BERTHA GARCIA (RED AUNA - CLINICA DELGADO)
14:50 Poster Viewing
Poster Viewing
14:50 - 15:30
15:30 Audits, Quality and Safety
Audits, Quality and Safety
15:30 - 16:50
Contributions

15:30 What is New? - Andrew Nisbet

15:45 QUATRO Auditor / Update - Stefaan Vynckier

15:55 Designing a framework for improving Radiotherapy Safety and Quality in Israel - Annette Wygoda

16:05 Enhancing quality in radiotherapy through dosimetry audits (the IROC experience) - Stephen Kry

16:25 IAEA/WHO dosimetry audits: present and future - Pavel Kazantsev (IAEA)

16:40 Enhancing safety in radiotherapy: the IAEA Safety Standards for Medical Uses - Ola Holmberg (IAEA)
16:50 Physics Papers 3
Physics Papers 3
16:50 - 17:40
Contributions

16:50 Dose verification from imaging to delivery during site visits in radiotherapy - Petri Sipilä (STUK)

17:00 Small field absorbed dose to watwr determinations in LINC MV photon beams during site visit authority control of radiotherapy - Ilkka Jokelainen (Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority)

17:10 Introduction of the IAEA/WHO Electron Beam Dosimetry Audit Service - Alexis DIMITRIADIS (IAEA) Pavel KAZANTSEV (IAEA)

17:20 Medical physics outsourcing in radiotherapy in France: services, practices, limits and points of vigilance - Magali EDOUARD (IRSN)

17:30 Following up on radiotherapy dosimetry audit discrepancies (2018-2020): the IAEA experience - Godfrey AZANGWE
17:40 Poster Viewing
Poster Viewing
17:40 - 18:00
Friday 19 February 2021
10:00 Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy - Lisa STEVENS (International Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Technical Cooperation)
10:30 Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 The IAEA Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology - Stefaan VYNCKIER (Université Catholique de Louvain)

10:45 Building National Quality Audit Programme for Radiotherapy - Aude VAANDERING
11:00 COVID
COVID
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Strategies in Ensuring Continuity of Radiotherapy Services in the Context of COVID-19 - Matthias GUCKENBERGER (University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich)
11:30 Proton and Ion Beam Therapy
Proton and Ion Beam Therapy
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Proton: Truths and Lies - Damien WEBER ( Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Centre for Proton Therapy (CPT))
12:00 Telemedicine
Telemedicine
12:00 - 12:30
Contributions

12:00 Telemedicine in Radiation Oncology - Iain WARD (St George's Cancer Care, Christchurch, New Zealand)
12:30 Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
Keynote Lecture: Live Broadcast
12:30 - 13:00
Contributions

12:30 Directory of Radiotherapy Centres (DIRAC): 60 Years and Beyond - Jose Alfredo Polo Rubio (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Human Health)
13:00 Ask the Experts
Ask the Experts
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
14:00 - 14:30