Programme

Overview: In three separate presentations, this symposium will address aspects of Ocular Plaque Brachytherapy in current clinical practice. The speakers will discuss a range of topics in relation to I-125 and Ru-106 radioisotopes, from their clinical application in the treatment of ocular carcinomas, to their relative Clinical Quality Assurance and treatment planning requirements. Radiobiological relevance with regard to clinical management and resultant treatment outcomes will also be considered. The recent GEC-ESTRO Survey on Ocular Plaque Brachytherapy, which serves to evaluate clinical practice using Ru-106 plaques, will also be presented and analysed in this symposium.

Overview: Proton therapy (PT) is in some respects an established treatment approach (the first treatments were carried decades ago) and in other respects it is perceived as a technique that still needs to find its role in radiation oncology. Will improvements in patient selection methods, better image guidance, reduced cost of the technology, and the promising developments of FLASH, enable a bright future for proton therapy? Or will instead long standing objections about the lack of economical sustainability, and the struggle to demonstrate superior clinical benefits to photon therapy, keep hampering PT developments over the next few years, even more so in the landscape of rapidly improving systemic therapy?

Overview: Quantitative imaging biomarkers (QIBs) derived from MRI techniques have the potential to personalize radiotherapy treatment. QIBs can be utilized in various ways, including for treatment planning, adaptation of treatment plan during treatment, and response assessment after radiotherapy. Furthermore, they can be used to guide contouring as they can show good tumour visibility. However, introducing QIBs is not trivial and a lot of steps need to be taken before QIBs can be used clinically to personalize radiotherapy treatments. This symposium contains speakers from both the ESTRO and ISMRM community to discuss the use of quantitative MRI in radiotherapy.

Overview: This session will encompass AI and digital awareness and the relation to RTTs. We will get an overview on how and were AI fit into the practice of RTTs and what we can gain from it. The first talk will highlight the professional, ethical, regulative, and educational considerations around AI that should be as equally emphasized as the clinical and technical advancements in order to ensure responsible integration while maximizing potential. The second talk will focus how to intgrate AI into our training. The radiation therapist of the future will need to become a decision maker competent to evaluate the clinical and psychosocial status of the patient and to select the optimum treatment plan of the day and not to rely on others to make these decisions so we efficiently can use its advantages. Lastly a talk on cyber security. This talk will address the effect of the cyberattack on a national radiotherapy service, the strategies employed to mitigate the effects of the attack as well as explore the lessons learnt for the health service from the attacks well as the lessons to be learned.

Overview: Mini-Orals are presented at one of the sessions scheduled in the two mini-oral theatres near the exhibition. Each author will present a 4-slide PowerPoint orally for 4 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be streamed but authors are invited to upload per-recordings for the online platform.

Overview: Mini-Orals are presented at one of the sessions scheduled in the two mini-oral theatres near the exhibition. Each author will present a 4-slide PowerPoint orally for 4 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be streamed but authors are invited to upload per-recordings for the online platform.

Overview: Poster Discussions are presented at one of the sessions scheduled at the two poster terminals in the exhibition. Each author will present a digital poster orally for 2 minutes, followed by 2 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be streamed but authors are invited to upload per-recordings for the online platform.

Overview: Poster Discussions are presented at one of the sessions scheduled at the two poster terminals in the exhibition. Each author will present a digital poster orally for 2 minutes, followed by 2 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be streamed but authors are invited to upload per-recordings for the online platform.