FALCON (Fellowship in Anatomic DeLineation and CONtouring) is the multifunctional ESTRO platform for contouring and delineation. For ESTRO 2021 we will be offering 4 tumour specific contouring workshops and 1 special multidisciplinary contouring workshop especially targeted to RTTs:
Brain/CNS Cancer
Friday 27 Aug | 08:00-10:00
Repeated on Saturday 28 Aug | 14:30-16:30
Spine SBRT
Friday 27 Aug | 10:30-12:30
Repeated on Sunday 29 Aug | 14:30-16:30
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Friday 27 Aug | 13:30-15:30
Repeated on Monday 30 Aug | 14:30-16:30
Sarcoma
Friday 27 Aug| 16:00-18:00
Repeated on Tuesday 31 Aug | 10:00-12:00
Special Multidisciplinary Contouring Workshop
Saturday 28 Aug | 10:30-12:30
Target Audience
The delineation workshops are aimed at junior clinical or radiation oncologists who want to improve their contouring skills or at more senior specialists who want to refresh and validate their knowledge and skills in this field. The special multidisciplinary workshop is open to all but is especially targeted at RTT who contour in their clinical work.
Structure of the Workshop
Each of the workshop sessions last for two hours. The session will cover the following areas:
- Presentation of the delineation guidelines
- Comment of participants’ contours and comparison to the reference contours
- Discussion between participants and experts
Practical Information and Registration
Attendees need to register separately to the contouring workshops. They are not part of the general congress fee.
Workshop participants are required to bring their own computer. ESTRO is not able to provide any computers for attendees.
FALCON
FALCON workshops have been organised at ESTRO congresses since 2010 and have been growing steadily in popularity.
Attending a FALCON workshop offers the opportunity for individual professionals to:
- Validate their contouring practice during workshops by comparing them with those from experts and other participants
- Learn the guidelines and best practices proposed by the experts
- Discuss with experts and panellists
- Communicate and use the delineation guidelines to further integrate them into your daily practice.