Local organiser

Primož Petrič, Radiation Oncologist, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana (SI)
Barbara Šegedin, Radiation Oncologist, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana (SI)

Course aim 

In this course, the state of the art of treatment with radiation oncology of major tumour sites (breast, upper GI, prostate, rectum, lung, head & neck, cervix) and palliation will be discussed on basis of the evidence.

The format of the course will be a combination of lectures and case discussions. As an introduction to each tumour site, the participants have to discuss a cancer case in small groups, that wil be further discussed in plenary session.

In addition, the methodology of clinical research will be explained to understand how evidence-based medicine is developed.

Finally, basic scientific skills, e.g. critical reading, writing and basic statistics are part of the course programme.

Target Group

This basic course is aimed primariliy at trainnee radiation oncologists and experieced radiation oncologists who want an update of their clinical knowledge.

Educational programme 

The course will cover:

• General introduction to evidence-based medicine, objectives of treatment
• Imaging, target volume, factionation, combined modalities
• How to interpret clinical data and trials, meta-analysis, statistics
• Prostate cancer
• Lung cancer
• Rectal Cancer 
•  Head & Neck Cancer
• Palliation
• Gynaecological Cancer
• Breast Cancer