Course Director

Albert Biete Sola, Radiation Oncologist, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona (ES)
Philipp Poortmans, Radiation Oncologist, Verbeeten Instituut, Tilburg (NL)

Teachers

Liesbeth Boersma, Radiation Oncologist, Maastro Clinic, Maastricht (NL)
Youlia Kirova, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Curie, Paris (FR)
Sarah Darby, Statistical Epidemiologist, University of Oxford (UK)
Bruno Cutuli, Radiation Oncologist, Polyclinicque de Courlancy, Reims (FR)
Ian Kunkler, Radiation Oncologist, University of Edinburgh (UK)

Course aim

To cover two distinct aspects of Breast Radiotherapy, one concerning the need and possiblities for guidelines for target volume delineation and one concerning the highly-debated issue on post-mastectomy radiotherapy.

The course will attempt to arrive at guidelines and agreements, also based on active interaction between the faculty and the audience

Target Group

The workshop is targeted at both young (including trainees) and experienced radiation oncologists, as well as interested parties, who need an updated overview of two of the most actual clinical topics of importance in the daly practice of state-of-the-art radiotherapy in breast cancer.  

Educational programme

Session one - Volume Delineation :

• Making the case for standardising and guidelines
• The  breast, thoracic wall and  
• The lumph node areas and organs at risk
• Discussion and summaries

Session two - Indications for post-mastectomy Radiotherapy

• The history of post-mastectomy: back to the future?
• Lessons from meta-analyses of clinical trials
• Indications and target volumes for post-mastectomy radiotherapy
• local control vs survival: what about toxicity?