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2012 Conference Provisional Programme

12th UK and Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference Leeds 2012

Friday 23rd March 2012

19.00-22.00

Registration and buffet reception Royal Armories

Saturday 24th March 2012

8:00-9:00

Registration Royal Armories

9:00-9.10

Welcome and Introduction

9:10-9:50

Dr Peter Grimm: Title to be confirmed
Prostate Cancer Treatment Center, Seattle

9:50-10:30

Dr Stefan Machtans: Does the implementation of quality parameters improve side effect profiles in patients treated with permanent LDR-Brachytherapy?
Marien-Krankenhaus, Germany

10:30-11:00

Refreshments and exhibition

11:00-11.40

Professor Alvaro Martinez: Title to be confirmed
William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan

11.40-12.20

Dr Gerard Morton: How can we best use HDR brachytherapy to escalate dose in intermediate and high risk disease?
Odette Cancer Center, Toronto

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-14.30

Prize Abstracts: 5 each of ten minutes

14.30-15.00

Paul Evans Memorial lecture delivered by Professor Peter Hoskin, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Title to be confirmed

15.00-15.30

Refreshments and exhibition

15.30-16.00

Mrs Cathy Taylor: Optimising the Design of your Brachytherapy Service
Christie Hospital, Manchester

16.00-16.15

Dr Robert Laing: Quality Assurance Practice Guidelines for Transperineal Permanent Seed Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer St Lukes Cancer Centre, Guildford

16.15-17.15

Debate chaired by Professor Hoskins: Over the next decade permanent seeds will remain the optimal brachytherapy treatment for early prostate cancer

For:		Dr Peter Grimm
		Dr Stephan Machtans
Against:		Professor Alvaro Martinez
		Dr Gerard Morton

Each presenting for 10 minutes (4-5 slides) with 20 min debate at end

17.15-17.30

Prize abstract presentation and Close