The backbone of the GEC-ESTRO committee are the activities of the working groups. Working Groups focus on relevant topics, which address research and development, education, and healthcare in the context of brachytherapy. Working Groups are defined by the GEC-ESTRO Committee.

GEC-ESTRO also collaborates with other groups and supports three awards in brachytherapy.

The Standard operation procedure (SOP) of the committee is available here.

The GEC-ESTRO handbook can be found on the e-library.

GEC-ESTRO assembly 7 May 2022 recording.

Chair: Frank-André Siebert, Medical Physicist, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE) 

Past Chair: Vratislav Strnad, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Erlangen (DE) 

Chair-Elect: Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Radiation Oncologist, University of Côte d'Azur (FR)  

Secretary: Andrea Slocker-Escarpa, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ES) 

Chair BRAPHYQS: Åsa Carlsson-Tedgren, Medical Physicist, Karolinska Institute (SE) 

Chair GI-GEC: Alexandra Stewart, Radiation Oncologist, University of Surrey (UK)  

Chair Breast: Csaba Polgár, Radiation Oncologist, National Institute of Oncology (HU) 

Chair Gynaecology: Kari Tanderup, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital (DK) 

Chair UroGEC: Alfonso Gómez-Iturriaga, Radiation Oncologist, Osakidetza Health Center Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES) 

Chair Head & Neck and Skin: Luca Tagliaferri, Radiation Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS (IT) 

Chair Brachy-HERO: Peter Niehoff, Radiation Oncologist, Sana Klinikum (DE) 

Member: Piotr Wojcieszek, Radiation Oncologist, Maria Sklodowska - Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Poland 

National Societies Committee Observer: Peter Niehoff, Radiation Oncologist, Sana Klinikum (DE) 

Young Committee Observer: Daniel Portik, Radiation Oncologist, EORTC (BE)  

Pediatric Initiative Observer: Cyrus Chargari, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Pitié-Salpetrière (FR) 

Education Council: Alina Sturdza, Radiation Oncologist, Medical University of Vienna (AT) 

Scientific Council: Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Radiation Oncologist, University Medical Centre (NL)  

GEC-ESTRO Handbook: Peter Hoskin, Radiation Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (UK); Bradley Pieters, Radiation Oncologist, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL) 

Guidelines Committee: Luca Tagliaferri, Radiation Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS (IT); Panos Papagiannis, Medical Physicist, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR) 

Former Chairs: 

Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Radiation Oncologist, University Medical Centre (NL)  

Bradley Pieters, Radiation Oncologist, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL) 

Christian Kirisits, Medical Physicist, Medical University of Vienna (AT) 

There are six brachytherapy working groups. Please click on the links below for further information about the activities of the group.

GEC-ESTRO Breast - Chair: Csaba Polgár

GEC-ESTRO Head and Neck and Skin - Chair: Luca Tagliaferri

GEC-ESTRO Urology - Chair: Alfonso Gómez-Iturriaga

GEC-ESTRO Gynaecology - Chair: Kari Tanderup

GEC-ESTRO BRAPHYQS - Chair: Åsa Carlsson-Tedgren

GEC-ESTRO Gastro-Intestinal - Chair: Alex Stewart

GEC-ESTRO Brachy- HERO (Health Economics) - Chair: Peter Niehoff

Under the auspices of GEC ESTRO, the GEC-ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy is published aiming at clinicians, physicists and radiotherapy technologists worldwide. The textbook covers the basics of brachytherapy, including the physics and radiobiology, and describes in detail all aspects of clinical practice.

First published in 2002, the handbook is currently under review. A second edition is available for a number of chapters, while for several other chapters an update is planned in the near future.