Evidence - Based Radiation Onchnology
A Clinical Refresher Course with a Methodological Basis
Vina del Mar • Chile
24-28 September 2012
Early rate deadline: 25 June 2012

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Course Director

Jan Willem Leer, Radiation Oncologist, Radboud Universty Medical center, NIjmegen (NL) 

Teachers

Christopher Cottrill, Radiation Oncologist, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (GB)
Bernard Dubray, Radiation Oncologist, Centre Henry Becquerel, Radiothérapie et Physique Médicale,  Rouen (FR)
Johannes Kaanders, Radiation Oncologist, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (NL)
Jacob Lindegaard, Radiation Oncologist, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus (DK)
Elzbieta Senkus-Konefka, Radiation Oncologist, Medical University of Gdansk (PL)

Local organiser

Juan Solé Barja, Radiation Oncologist, Instituto de Radiaciones Médicas, Santiago (CL)

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 and 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.

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
• Upper GI