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

PTW designs, develops, manufactures and distributes high quality dosimetry and quality control equipment mainly for use in the medical field, especially in radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine. They have a global network of subsidiaries including here in the UK and ROI.
Their products are well-known throughout the world and are recognized for their workmanship and high level of quality.
Come and visit their stand to hear about new innovations from PTW, including:
- 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
Sign up to our education events mailing list to be kept up to date with this and future events