Session

Overview: The US government has launched the Cancer Moonshot program in 2016, aiming to “reduce the cancer death rate by half within 25 years and improve the lives of people with cancer and cancer survivors.” The program emphasis, that it “invests heavily in opportunities to speed delivery of cancer drugs and vaccines to prevent and treat cancer”. Radiation Oncology or Radiotherapy are not mentioned. In this debate, we will hear four proposals from four esteemed colleagues, describing a Cancer Moonshot program for Radiation Oncology, following ESTRO`s vision “Optimal Health for All”. The programs aim at transformative breakthroughs in Radiation Oncology, to substantially reduce cancer death rate and improve quality of life. The esteemed colleagues have a different professional background – one Radiation Oncologist, one medical Physicist, one Radiobiologist and one RTT. However, it is obvious that such an ambitious goal can only be achieved together, including our ESTRO society. All colleagues aim to convince the ESTRO conference participants to dedicate one Billion Euros over a period of 15 years to realize their vision of a Radiation Oncology Cancer Moonshot program.