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2011 Conference Programme
11th UK and Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy conference
WINDSOR: 8 - 9 April 2011 |
Friday 8th April
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6:30–9:30
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Reception and Registration: Castle Hotel, Windsor
Buffet reception: Sandringham suite with Jazz Trio "All that Jazz"
(Non Sponsored)
Real Time Planning Challenge: 8-9 April (Sponsored by Varian) |
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Saturday 9th April
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8:00-9:00 |
Breakfast and Registration
Castle Hotel
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9:00-9.10 |
Welcome and Introduction: Paul Rogers, Oncologist, Reading
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9:10-9:40 |
First Session: Key Note Address (Sponsored by IBt)
Chair: Paul Rogers
“The American Experience of Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiotherapy for High Risk Prostate cancer”
Jamie Cesaretti, Florida Radiation Oncology Group
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9:40-10:30 |
Overcoming Limitations (Sponsored by IBt)
Chair: Mr Adam Jones, Consultant Urologist, Reading
Prostate Brachytherapy in prostates up to 100 ml volume
Helen O’Donnell, Berkshire Cancer Centre, Reading
Prostate Brachytherapy in prostates with TURP defects
Pete Acher, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital, London
Real Time Planning Tips for overcoming the limitations
Sarah Aldridge, Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital, London
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10:30-11:00
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Coffee, Tea, Exhibitions, Posters, Planning Challenge
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11:00-12:30
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Second Scientific Session: Assuring Quality Implants
(Sponsored by Oncura)
Co-Chairs: Paul Rogers & Robert Laing, Guildford
UK Survey of Quality Assurance (Paul Evans Memorial Lecture)
Robert Laing, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
Quality Assurance: Canadian Perspective & Experience
Jim Morris, Vancouver, Canada
The European “Probrachy” Real Time Database
Mr. Stefen Machtens, Germany
Assuring Quality Brachytherapy in the UK: The Way Forward
Jane Barrett, President of the Royal College of Radiologists
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch and Poster review/Exhibition/Planning Challenge
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1:30-2:40 |
Prize Abstracts (Sponsored by Oncura)
Chair/Panel: Paul Rogers (Reading), Jamie Cesaretti (USA),
Stefan Machtens (Germany), Jim Morris (Vancouver)
1.30: LDR Brachytherapy should be considered in Young Men with Prostate Cancer. Dr Eliot Chadwick, Clinical Fellow, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
1.40: Single fraction HDR boost. Report of Toxicity from a Single Centre Experience. Dr James Wylie, Christie Hospital, Manchester.
1.50: Justification of Pre-Treatment Correction of Catheter Movement in Single Fraction High Dose-Rate Treatment of Prostate Cancer. David Inchley, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middx
2.00: Prostate Seed Brachytherapy - Can Ultrasound be used in Post Implant Dosimetry Analysis? Christopher Walker, Medical Physics, St. Lukes, Dublin.
2.10: UK Experience of Real Time Prostate Brachytherapy: A Report from Two Centres. Dr Eleanor James, SpR, Berkshire Cancer Centre, Reading
2:20. Assessing the Benefit of Utilising Higher Activity Seeds in Larger Prostate Volumes. David Wood, Christie Hospital, Manchester
2.30: Overview of 11 Years Experience I-125 Prostate Brachytherapy. Dr Eliot Chadwick, Clinical Fellow, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford
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2:40-2.55 |
“Prostate Brachytherapy patients are Almost normal!”
Radiation Protection Update from the IPEM
Andrew Doggart, Physicist, Berkshire Cancer Centre, Reading
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2.55–3.25 |
Coffee, Tea, Exhibitions, Posters
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3.25-4.00 |
High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy
(Sponsored by Nucletron)
Chairs: Andrew Doggart/Anna Lydon, Exeter, Devon
Considerations for Setting up HDR Prostate Brachytherapy
Stuart Duggleby, Physicist, Northampton Cancer Centre
High Dose Rate Monotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Bengt Johansson, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
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4.00-4.30 |
Prostate Brachytherapy in Young Men and correlations of late Side effects with Genetics and Dose Volume Constraints
(Sponsored by BARD)
Jamie Cesaretti, Florida Radiation Oncology Group
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4.30-5.00 |
Managing Recurrence
Chair: Adam Jones
Salvage Surgery for Local Recurrence after Radiotherapy/ Brachytherapy.
Mr Peter Malone, Consultant Urologist, Reading
Salvage Brachytherapy and UK Brachytherapy Research
Paul Rogers, Berkshire Cancer Centre, Reading
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5:00 |
Results of Real Time Prostate Planning Challenge
Prize Abstract Presentation and Close
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6:00-8:00 |
Private Tour of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle (ID required)
Pre-Dinner Drinks and Canapés, Dean’s Cloister, Windsor Castle
Accompanied by the Westland String Quartet
(Non Sponsored Event)
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8:00-late |
Conference Dinner
Vicars Hall, Windsor Castle
Westland String Quartet
(Non Sponsored)
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