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Guidelines Committee

The ESTRO Guidelines Committee (former Advisory Committee for Radiation Oncology Practice (ACROP)) was formed in December 2012. Its aim is to advise the ESTRO Board and respective ESTRO councils on the following key areas:

  • Development and prioritisation of clinical and technical guidelines in the field of Radiation Oncology.

  • Additional options for ESTRO to contribute to multidisciplinary guidelines involving other professional oncology societies both within Europe (e.g. ECCO) and internationally (e.g. ASTRO, UICC).

  • The potential impact of emerging and draft legislation and/or advisory documentation from the EU that may impact on European Radiation Oncology.

  • Highlight additional initiatives within the EU that may be important to the strategic development of European Radiation Oncology.

  • Strategic assessment of any other documents, guidelines and miscellaneous information that may impact on clinical service development within the discipline of Radiation Oncology.

The Guidelines Committee procedure policy (SOP) can be read here.

To submit a guideline proposal for the consideration of the Guidelines Committee, please fill out the guideline checklist available here and return the completed checklist to Eralda Azizaj.

 

For more information about guidelines

The Guidelines Committee consists of the Chair of the committee; representatives from other ESTRO standing committees and guideline sub-group leaders.

Chair: Thomas Zilli, Radiation Oncologist, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC (CH)

Co-Chair: Mateusz Spalek, Radiation Oncologist, Maria Sklodowska-Curie, National Research Institute of Oncology (PO)

Biology Committee Representative: Laure Marignol, Biologist, Trinity College Dublin (IE)

Clinical Committee Representative: Jon Cacicedo, Radiation Oncologist, Cruces University Hospital (ES)

GEC-ESTRO Committee Representative: Marisol de Brabandere, Medical Physicist, University Hospital Leuven (BE)

GEC-ESTRO Committee Representative and H&N Sub-Group Leader: Luca Tagliaferri, Radiation Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS (IT) 

Physics Committee Representative and Physics Sub-Group Leader: Coen Hurkmans, Medical Physicist, Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL)

Physics Committee Representative: Livia Marrazzo, Medical Physicist, Careggi University Hospital (IT)

RTT Committee Representative: Rita Simoes, RTT, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

RTT Committee Representative: Yat Man Tsang, RTT, Princess Margaret Cancer Center (CA)

Breast Sub-Group Leader: Philip Poortmans, Radiation Oncologist, Iridium Kankernetwerk (BE)

CNS Sub-Group Leader: Giuseppe Minniti, Radiation Oncologist, University of Siena, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed (IT)

Lower GI Sub-Group Leader: Maria-Antonietta Gambacorta, Radiation Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS (IT) 

Lung Sub-Group Leader: Sara Ramella, Radiation Oncologist, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome (IT)

Prostate Sub-Group Leader: Julia Murray, Radiation Oncologist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

RTT Sub-Group Leader: Monica Buijs, RTT, Nederlands Kanker Instituut (NL)

Skin and soft tissue Sub-Group Leaders: Agata Rembielak, Radiation Oncologist, University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester (UK) and Beate Timmermann, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Essen, West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (DE)

Upper GI Sub-Group Leader: Falk Röder, Radiation Oncologist, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg (AT)

Education Council Observer: Luca Boldrini, Radiation Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS (IT) 

National Societies Committee Observer: Banu Atalar, Radiation Oncologist, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital (TR)

Young Committee Observer:  Pierre Montay-Gruel, Biologist, Iridium Netwerk, GZA hospital, Universiteit Antwerpen Center for Oncological Research (BE)


The committee is contactable through Eralda Azizaj at the ESTRO office.

 

Past Chair: Fiona McDonald, Clinical Oncologist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (UK)