Programme

Overview: The latest clinical trials will be presented during this plenary session. Join us to learn of the latest results and developments in clinical trials.

Overview: This session addresses hypofractionation from the different perspectives of the radiation oncology professionals: the radiation biologist’s, the radiation oncologist’s, the physicist’s, and the RTT’s. It is an informative session, where the background of the audience is taken into account and it covers every aspect of hypofractionation, from the cell to accelerator and everything in between.

Overview: This will be an important interdisciplinary session dedicated to guidelines and good practice in radiation oncology. We will cover the latest publications, highlighting the work of the guidelines committee & its sub-groups in addition to the authors of the individual guidelines. It will cover numerous aspects of radiation oncology: site specific guidelines (RCC, prostate cancer, GBM), technical guidelines (breath-hold RT), guidelines on radiation toxicity (radiodermatitis) and cross-cutting guidelines (spine SBRT) involving different radiation oncology professionals (physicians, physicists, RTT etc.). Ensure you are up to date in your practice by attending this session.

Overview: Attendees can anticipate a scientific symposium encompassing critical aspects of head and neck cancer care. Topics will include an examination of how socioeconomic factors impact treatment outcomes, along with discussions on strategies aimed at reducing the observed survival gap. Presentations will also analyze the prevalence of cisplatin ineligibility among elderly patients and the varied care patterns observed globally. Potential treatment intensification strategies, particularly in the context of HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancers, will be explored. Additionally, the session will provide insights into the radiobiological mechanisms contributing to treatment resistance in squamous cell carcinoma, with a focus on identifying potential biomarkers and personalized therapeutic approaches.

Overview: Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) is crucial in modern radiotherapy, but kV imaging requires thorough justification and optimization, following the principles outlined in the Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD2013/59). To that aim, problems and challenges must be addressed to maximize the benefits of kV-based IGRT procedures while minimizing associated risks. In this session, these challenges will be described, as well as the modelling of kV and MV IGRT systems. Different strategies for the justification and optimisation of imaging procedures will be presented, including adaptive radiotherapy strategies, and clinical applications will be discussed.

Overview: This session will start with an introduction to the concept of dose paining and its development the last 25 years, before methodological challenges and solutions are presented. Illustrations of completed and ongoing dose painting trials will be given. Next, an overview of dose painting using prognostic and longitudinal imaging biomarkers will be presented, focusing on MRI- and PET-based studies, in particular the latest opportunities arising with the integrated MRI-Linac. The session will end with an overview of the technological developments the last 25 years and a prospect of the possibilities these new technologies will open for future personalized radiotherapy using dose painting.