25° Advanced Multichannel Teaching Course
Endorsed by Associazione Italiana di Radioterapia Oncologica (AIRO)
Endorsed by European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)
Modern radiation therapy
and innovation:
vision, appropriateness and sustainability
Course Directors: Vincenzo VALENTINI, Alessio G. MORGANTI,
Course Honorary Presidents: Numa CELLINI, Carlos A. PEREZ
Rome, 18-22 May 2015
PROGRAMME
Monday18 May
Chairs N. CELLINI, V. VALENTINI
- CERN: physic and much more
F. Gianotti
- Achievement and challenges in Radiation Oncology
CA.Perez
- Achievement and challenges in a Multidisciplinary Oncology Environment
C. Van de Velde
- Modern Radiation Oncology: vision and innovation by ASTRO Perspective
B. Minsky
- Modern Radiation Oncology: vision and innovation by ESTRO perspective
P. Poortmans
9.15 Gemelli-ART Inauguration Ceremony:
11.00 Visit to GEMELLI-ART
12.00 Lecture: The patient perspectives: from predictive model towards patient decision aids
P. Lambin
M. Baumann vs D. Verellen
16.15 Debate: What is the main engine in innovation: biology vs technology?
Tuesday 19 May
9.30 Debate: hypoxia cell radiosensitizer vs concomitant EGFR chemoradiotherapy:
which is the best combination in RT of H&N cancer?
J. Overgaard vs V. Gregoire
M. Baumann
12.00 Lecture: How to introduce protons in the radiation oncology innovation chain
16.15 Question time: How to prevent and to treat long term side effect in H&N and thorax?
J. Overgaard, V. Gregoire, P. Poortmans, shooter M. Baumann
Wednesday 20 May
9.30 Debate: Will we have more clinical benefit from radiomics or in room MRI?
P. Lambin vs D. Verellen
12.00 Lecture: Is there a role for IMRT in breast cancer to optimize nodal combined treatment?
P. Poortmans
16.15 Debate: Is it time to practice no surgical management after combined
treatments in rectal cancer?
B. Minsky vs C. Van de Velde
Thursday 21 May
9.30 Lecture: Is IMRT mandatory in rectal and anal canal cancer combined
to systemic treatment?
FA. Calvo
12.00 Lecture: Which new imaging tool will it support better Radiation Oncology
tailored treatments?
16.15 Debate: HDR vs LDR in prostate brachytherapy
D. Thorwarth
G. Kovacs vs R. Potter
Friday 22 May
9.30 Lecture: Appropriateness and cost benefit in the high tech treatment
12.00 Lecture: Innovation in Radiation Oncology in Italy
Y. Lievens
R. Maurizi-Enrici
Multichannel Working Groups (WG)
Participants will be split in 4 WGs
WG 1
Monday
10.30-12.00
Monday
14.30 - 16.00
Tuesday
10.30-12.00
Tuesday
14.30 - 16.00
Wedensday
10.30 - 12.00
Wednesday
14.30 - 16.0
Thursday
10.30 - 12.00
Thursday
14.30 - 16.00
Friday
10.30 - 12.00
WG 2
WG 3
WG 4
opening of Gemelli-ART
AulA BRAscA
KBO lAB
AulA GuIDOTTI
AulETTA RT
Meet the professor#:
Anal canal cancer
B.J. Cummings
Research*:
Lung/breast cance
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
biliopancreatic cancer
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
lung cancer
KBO lAB
AulA GuIDOTTI
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
Meet the professor#:
ENT case
V. Gregoire
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
breast cancer
Research*:
GI cancer
Research*:
GU/GYN cancer
AulA GuIDOTTI
KBO lAB
AulETTA RT
AulA BRAscA
Research*:
ENT cancer
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
rectal cancer
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
oligometastatic lung cancer
Meet the professor#:
Breast cancer
P. Poortmans
AulA GuIDOTTI
KBO lAB
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
prostate cancer
Research*:
Lung/breast cancer
Meet the professor#:
Predictive models
A. Dekker
Research*:
GU/GYN cancer
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
KBO lAB
AulA GuIDOTTI
Research*:
ENT cancer
Meet the professor#:
Risk management
N. Journet
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
oligometastatic liver cancer
KBO lAB
AulA GuIDOTTI
AulA BRAscA
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
oligometastatic brain
metastases
AulETTA RT
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
bone metastases
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
malignant gliomas
Research*:
GI cancer
AulA GuIDOTTI
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
KBO lAB
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
oropharingeal cancer
Research*:
Lung/breast cancer
Meet the professor#:
Cervix cancer
R. Potter
Expert Debate*:
Multidisciplinary
management in
cervix cancer
AulA GuIDOTTI
KBO lAB
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
Research*:
ENT cancer
Meet the professor#:
Prostate cancer
G. Kovacs
Research*:
GI cancer
Research*:
GU/GYN cancer
Meet the professor#:
Health economics
Y. Lievens
AulA BRAscA
AulETTA RT
AulA GuIDOTTI
WG Rooms:
KBO lAB
Research: participants will be tutored to prepare a research on a course topic that they will defend on the last day of
the course
Expert Debate: participants will be involved in an expert debate of clinical cases by different tumor sites
Meet the professor: participants will discuss with one expert relevant technology or clinical issues
*: session will take place in Italian; #: session will take place in English
For registration and meeting details: www.gemelli-art.it/course2015
CME credits have been requested