Programme

Date: 13th – 15th September 2023

Networking Dinner is planned on Thursday 14th September 2023 at 20.00.

13th September
14:00Introduction
Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD
Prof. Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD
Prof. Janusz Ryś, MD, PhD (Head of National Research Institute of Oncology, Cracow)
14:30 – 15:00Feasibility and Benefits of Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Prof. Krzysztof Składowski, MD, PhD (Head of National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)
15:00 – 15:15Future Perspective of Interventional Radiotherapy in H&N Cancer
Prof. Vratislav Strnad, MD, PhD
15:15 – 15:25Interdisciplinary Cooperation in H&N Cancer: View of the Surgeon
Prof. Francesco Bussu, MD, PhD
15:25 – 15:35Interdisciplinary Cooperation in H&N Cancer: View of the IRT expert
Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD
15:35 – 15:45Interdisciplinary Cooperation in H&N Cancer: View of the EBRT expert
Dr Dominika Wojton-Dziewońska, MD
15:45 – 15:55Interdisciplinary Cooperation in H&N Cancer: View of the IMPT expert
Dr Tomasz Skóra, MD, PhD
15:55 – 16:25Nasal Vestibule Malignancies – a Revolution in Motion
Prof. Francesco Bussu, MD, PhD
16:25 – 16:45Panel Discussion
16:45 – 17:00Break
17:00 – 17:20Role of the Physicist in the Multidisciplinary Team
Frank Andre Siebert, MSc (online TBC)
17:20 – 17:40Basics of Brachytherapy Physics
Victor Gonzalez, MSc
17:40 – 18:00New Developments in H&N Brachytherapy Physics
Marta Szlag, MSc, PhD
18:00 – 18:30Panel Discussion
14th SeptemberAway workshop
08:00Bus trip to Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Gliwice (ca. 1.5 h)
10:00 – 10:15CT and MR Imaging in H&N Cancers
Radiologist (National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)
10:15 – 10:30PET/CT Imaging in H&N Cancers
Dr Andrea d’Amico, MD, PhD
10:30 – 10:453D-Printing in your Department – Step-by-Step Manual
Grzegorz Bielęda, MSc, PhD (online)
10:45 – 11:00Methods of Teaching Brachytherapy: Experience of BrachyAcademy Dr Elena Dizendorf, MD, PhD
11:00 – 11:30Break
11:30 – 13:00Visit in Gliwice Brachytherapy Department (workshop in groups – 45 min each)
Group 1 – Planning in Brachytherapy: Artur Chyrek, Marta Szlag
Group 2 – Individual Moulds Lab: Piotr Wojcieszek, Ewelina Gruszczyńska
13:00 – 15:00Break
15:00Bus trip back to Cracow (ca. 1.5 h)
15th September
08:30 – 08:45Ocular Interventional Radiotherapy
Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD
08:45 – 09:30Personalized HDR for Re-irradiation in H&N Recurrences: With or Without Surgery – Discussion
Prof. Vratislav Strnad, MD, PhD
Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD
Prof. Francesco Bussu, MD, PhD
Dr Marta Urbańska-Gąsiorowska, MD, PhD
09:30 – 11:00Tumour Board Simulation (plus online faculty)
Cases 1 – 4 (local presenters)
11:00 – 11:30Break
11:30 – 12:00History Repeating – from LDR to Now
Prof. Gyorgy Kovacs, MD, PhD
12:00 – 12:20Results of HDR Brachytherapy
Dr Adam Chicheł, MD, PhD
12:20 – 12:40Results of PDR Brachytherapy
Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD
12:40 – 13:00Salvage Brachytherapy in H&N Cancers
Prof. Vratislav Strnad, MD, PhD
13:00 – 13:30From a Planning CT to Radiation Delivery
Ewelina Gruszczyńska, MSc, PhD
13:30 – 14:00Break
14:00 – 14:30Intensity Modulated Interventional Radiotherapy – Physical Aspects
Victor Gonzalez, MSc
14:30 – 15:00Parameters, Histograms, Doses – Panel Discussion
Physics faculty plus Luca Tagliaferri, Piotr Wojcieszek & Vratislav Strnad
15:00 – 15:30How do we see our Imaging? – an Introduction to the Application
Panel Discussio
n
15:30 – 16:00Application Techniques
– Open approach (Neck / Recurrences): Dr Marta Urbańska-Gąsiorowska, MD, PhD
– Interstitial Implant Technique: Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD
– Contact Brachytherapy: Surface Moulds and Endocavitary Applications: Prof. Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD
16:00Closing Remarks