Course Director

Gert De Meerleer, Radiation Oncologist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent (BE)

Course Local Organiser and Guests

Lorenzo Livi, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze (IT) 

Teachers

Ferran Algaba, Pathologist, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona (ES)
Jan Battermann, Radiation Oncologist, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
David Dearnaley, Radiation Oncologist, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London - ICR, Sutton (UK)
Theo de Reijke, Urologist, Chairman of the EORTC Prostate Disease Oriented Group – AMC,
Amsterdam (NL)
Willem Oosterlinck, Urologist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent (BE)
Bertrand Tombal, Urologist, UCL St.-Luc University Clinics, Brussels (BE)
Geert Villeirs, Radiologist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent (BE)

Course aim 

This 5-day teaching course aims at focusing on the management of localized, locally advanced and disseminated prostate cancer. It stresses the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork, where each sub - discipline is interrelated and information exchange is vital.
This will be illustrated during state-of-the-art lectures presented by experts in the field, covering important issues such as biology, imaging, pathology, therapy and future developments. Interactive case studies will be integrated on a daily basis and there will be ample time for open discussions amongst participants and experts.

Target Group

The course is designed for radiation oncologists, urologists, medical oncologists and other specialists and trainees who have a special interest in prostate cancer and are willing to update their knowledge.

Educational programme 

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Anatomy - Embryology linked to imaging
Histology of the normal, diseased and treated prostate
Epidemiology & Prevention
Clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer
Prostate Imaging modalities

Monday, February 8, 2010
Staging modalities
Partin and other ways of predicting disease spread
Case discussions
Surgical treatment of localized prostate cancer
Radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer
MRI - MRS: application in radiotherapy
Brachytherapy
Active surveillance

Tuesday,  February 9, 2010
Patient and prostate positioning
Target delineation guidelines for radiotherapy of localized prostate cancer
Acute and late morbidity - Erectile dysfunction
Treatment of therapy related complications
Alternative treatments
Radiotherapy of locally advanced disease
QoL

Wednesday,  February 10, 2010
Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after radical surgery
Rising PSA after radical surgery
Node positive prostate cancer
New technologies to irradiate pelvic disease
Case discussions

Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mechanism of hormonal treatment
Chemotherapy and alternative treatments
Palliative radiotherapy & surgery