Vienna, Austria

ESTRO 2025

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Programme

58 Sessions
Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
Brahms
Azadeh Abravan, United Kingdom;
Kari Tanderup, Denmark
Will climate change impact cancer care? How big is the carbon footprint from radiotherapy? What can I do to make radiotherapy more sustainable? If you think these questions are important, we welcome you to join this symposium to get more insights. You will learn about potential disruptions in radiotherapy treatment continuity caused by extreme weather events and their potential effects on patient outcome. Also, health care – including radiotherapy – is a source of carbon footprint. This symposium will give you an overview of the most important contributors to the radiotherapy carbon footprint as well as an introduction to effective mitigations strategies. Finally, there will be a discussion about why and how the healthcare system can transform towards sustainability – e.g. through value-based healthcare, innovative solutions, research and education.
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Interdisciplinary
Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
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Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
Schubert
Laia Humbert-Vidan, USA;
Stine Korreman, Denmark
Artificial intelligence is transforming radiation oncology, driving advances in fields such as medical imaging, tumor segmentation, and decision support. This session brings together experts at the forefront of AI applications, showcasing the latest innovations in these fields. Kareem Abdul Wahid will open the session with insights into how data science competitions accelerate AI advancements in radiation oncology, with a focus on the HNTS-MRG 2024 Challenge for MRI-guided tumor segmentation. He will discuss how benchmarking competitions accelerate the development of deep learning models, highlighting key takeaways on architecture choices, ensembling strategies, and training methodologies. Matteo Maspero will then explore the role of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) in synthetic CT (sCT) generation from MRI. He will explain how incorporating physical priors enhances AI model performance, discuss applications in quantitative MRI and radiotherapy planning, and examine future potential for expanding physics-informed models in medical imaging. Expanding the discussion to broader applications, Ana Maria Barragan Montero will provide a comprehensive overview of foundation models in radiotherapy, discussing their advantages over traditional architectures like UNet. She will explore applications in medical imaging, multimodal models, and address critical challenges in model trustworthiness, reliability, and sustainability. Finally, Florian Putz will showcase the emerging role of large language models (LLMs) in radiation oncology, from decision support and automated documentation to multimodal AI-powered research tools. He will highlight LLM integration with oncology information systems, workflow automation, and privacy-preserving AI solutions for clinical applications. This symposium provides a cohesive journey from data-driven AI innovations to foundational AI principles and real-world clinical applications. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how the latest AI advancements are transforming radiation oncology and shaping its future.
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Physics
AI in RT
Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
Lehar 1-3
Charles Mayo, USA;
Núria Jornet, Spain
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Physics
Breast / Dosimetry & QA / Lung / Reirradiation / Soft Tissue
Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
Haydn
Erica Bennett, Ireland
The role of the radiation therapist (RTT) is continually evolving with technological developments and in response to the complexities of care that cancer patients need and deserve. Combined treatment regimens and the ability to safely escalate radiation doses means the patient pathway requires multidisciplinary expertise. This session reviews our RTT changing scope of practice and how we, as experts in our field, can drive our professional development and recognition. The transformation from a newly graduated clinical RTT to roles that encompass expanded and advanced practice requires knowledge, personal growth, support and leadership. The 4 speakers will share insights into our evolving scope covering applications in management, research, and explore opportunities for the future direction of our RTT practice. This engaging session will be interactive: the audience are encouraged to ask questions and share their own experiences within the panel discussion.
Panel Discussion
RTT
Tuesday
May 06
09:15 - 10:30
Strauss 3
Izabela Zarębska, Poland;
Mateusz Spałek, Poland
This symposium will explore the critical role of radiotherapy in palliative oncology care. Topics will focus on the potential and challenges of radiotherapy in the end-of-life care in the context of clinical trials. In addition, speakers will dive into the literature and discuss the interplay between palliative radiotherapy and immunotherapy. This session will include an insight in the advances in techniques and technologies in the setting of palliative radiotherapy as well as value-based healthcare. Finally, we will discuss the results of the BONY-M trial. This is a must-attend session that will provide a state-of-the-art overview of patient-centered management of advanced cancer.
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Clinical
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Mahler
Konrad Stawiski, Poland;
Uulke van der Heide, The Netherlands
Quality improvement in radiation oncology is driven by balancing tumor control, side effects and quality of life. In this symposium four lectures will address the fundamentals of implementation science and discuss how randomized trials can be used as a tool to improve radiotherapy and implement quality assurance programs. To improve quality in radiotherapy, lessons can be learned from Lean thinking as introduced first in the car industry. The final presentation will address the new financial reality for health care spending globally and build the case for investing in radiotherapy.
Symposium
Interdisciplinary
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Brahms
Aleksandra Napieralska , Poland;
Symposium
Interdisciplinary
Breast
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Strauss 1-2
Giulio Francolini, Italy;
Wojciech Kamzol, Poland
Symposium
Clinical
Urology
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Schubert
Kristoffer Moos, Denmark;
Robert Jeraj, Slovenia
Symposium
Physics
SBRT
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Lehar 1-3
Christoph Bert, Germany;
Lucy van Werkhoven, The Netherlands
Summation of doses is required in several treatments of radiation oncology. The Symposium will give an overview for some of these namely combined treatment of brachytherapy and photons, the setting of re-irradiation, and adaptation. These speakers will each introduce the relevant issues, the current procedures in daily clinical practice incl. the main methods/tools in use. An overarching topic is deformable image registration software, which is needed in each case. Current advances, assessment of uncertainties and an outlook on registration approaches will wrap up the session.
Symposium
Physics
Dosimetry & QA / GI / Gynaecology / Reirradiation
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Haydn
Elena Fidarova, Austria;
Philipp Scherer, Austria
Highly skilled and sufficient workforce is crucial for quality and safe radiotherapy, but many regions of the world are facing staff shortages due to various reasons. RTTs are particularly affected, especially because in many countries worldwide, the profession of RTT is not recognised and there is lack of education and training programmes. Therefore, comprehensive and innovative workforce recruitment and retention strategies are of paramount importance. Moreover, targeted interventions at workplace aimed at enhancing job satisfaction, resilience, mental and physical health are vital components in reducing staff turnover and ensuring service continuity. The speakers in this session will discuss existing challenges and share best practices and solutions, mainly within the context of European region.
Pitch Session
RTT
Tuesday
May 06
11:00 - 12:15
Strauss 3
Felix Mottaghy, Germany;
Philippe Pereira, ;
Stefanie Corradini, Germany
Symposium
Clinical
Tuesday
May 06
12:25 - 13:30
Strauss 1-2
Anna Kirby, United Kingdom;
Debate
Interdisciplinary
Breast / Dosimetry & QA / SBRT / Urology
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