The Christie charity
Case based presentations and interactive sessions describing:
- Evidence base for adaptation
- Current and future adaptive radiotherapy strategies
- Build your own adaptive radiotherapy (ART) workshop
Suitable for radiotherapy radiographers, doctors, physicists, students and radiotherapy service managers.
Adaptive radiotherapy event - Friday 30 September 2022
Chair: Cynthia Eccles - consultant research radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9.10 | Welcome and overview of current status of adaptive radiotherapy in the UK |
| 9.30 | Scheduled versus reactive adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer Dr Kenneth Oguejiofor, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Dr Peter Sitch - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Abigael Clough - MR-linac radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
10.15 - break
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10.35 | Proactive adaptive radiotherapy for pelvic cancers Dr Lisa Barraclough - consultant clinical oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Amerah Alshamrani - postgraduate researcher, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Emily Johnstone - MR-linac physicist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Joe Berresford - MR-linac physicist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Rebecca Benson- MR-linac radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
12.05 - lunch
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 12.40 | Real-time adaptive radiotherapy for abdominal cancers: MRI-based Dr Lubna Bhatt - consultant clinical oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Dr Robert Chutner - principal clinical scientist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Mairead Daly – postgraduate researcher, The University of Manchester Real-time adaptive radiotherapy for abdominal cancers: CBCT-based Dr Amy Ward - consultant clinical oncologist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust Ghirmay Kidane - Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust |
| 13.40 | Workshop: Build your own adaptive radiotherapy workflow |
14.20 - break
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 14.35 | How to optimally skill your team to implement adaptive radiotherapy: From an imaging perspective: Lisa McDaid - principal radiographer (MR-linac), The Christie NHS Foundation Trust From a treatment workflow perspective: Rebecca Benson - MR-linac radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| 14.55 | Future directions: Biologically adaptive MRI-guided radiotherapy Dr Anubhav Datta - radiology clinical research fellow, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Abigael Clough - MR-linac radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| 15.35 | Debate: This house believes that real-time adaptive radiotherapy will overtake all other adaptation strategies Prof Peter Hoskin - Professor in clinical oncology and honorary consultant in clinical oncology, The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Dr Marianne Aznar - Senior lecturer in adaptive radiotherapy, The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Dr Alan McWilliam - Senior lecturer principal clinical scientist, The University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Dr Martin Swinton - honorary clinical fellow, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
15.55 - summary and close
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- VERIQA – MC-based independent plan verification
- BEAMSCAN - A New Era in 3D Water Scanning
- OCTAVIUS 4D - The modular platform for patient-specific QC
- QA Data Management - Track-it
- Unidos TANGO and ROMEO – the new generation of smart electrometers
- Detectors and arrays designed for proton and MR-guided treatment units
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