Faculty
Course Directors
Dirk De Ruysscher, Radiation Oncologist, MAASTRO Clinic/ University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
Wim Oyen, Nuclear Medicine Physician, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen (NL)
Objectives
Upon completion of the course the delegate will be able to:
1. list the implications of PET in radiation oncology
2. address technical issues to implement PET in radiation treatment planning
3. discuss the current evidence and state of the art of PET in radiation oncology
Target group
The course is aimed at physicians and is open to “duos” of radiation oncologists and nuclear medicine physicians from the same hospital who want to learn about PET/CT in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning (RTP) in order to develop and/or start-up local cooperation on PET/CT based RTP in their institution. The attendance is limited to 20 participants.
Educational programme
The course will include:
- Interactive lectures on:
- Basics of RTP for nuclear medicine physicians
- Basics of PET for radiation oncologists
- Impact of PET in staging: stage migration (focus on NSCLC, lymphoma, oesophagus).
- Requirements of PET acquisition and data processing for incorporation in staging: (re)positioning, gating
- Technical issues of PET: filters, thresholds, image fusion, pitfalls
- The use and added value of PET for RTP and treatment follow up (including discussions on tracer development) for several tumour sites (NSCLC, HNSCC, Cervical cancer, Brain Tumours, Oesophageal Cancer, Malignant Lymphoma, Prostate cancer)
- Hands-on workshops on:
- Basic RTP in NSCLC
- Advanced RTP including PET in NSCLC and HNSCC
- Discussion of case reports provided and presented by the participants