Programme

Date: 13th – 15th September 2023

13th September
14:00 Introduction
Luca Tagliaferri, Piotr Wojcieszek
14:30 – 15:00 Feasibility and Benefits of Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Prof. Krzysztof Składowski, MD, PhD (Head of National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)
15:00 – 15:15Pathological Report in H&N Cancers
Prof. Janusz Ryś, MD, PhD (Head of National Research Institute of Oncology, Carcow)
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 Anna Mucha-Małecka, MD, PhD
15:45 – 15:55Interdisciplinary Cooperation in H&N Cancer: View of the IMPT expert
Dr Tomasz Skóra, MD, PhD
15:55 – 16:40Panel Discussion
16:40 – 17:00Coffee Break
17:00 – 17:20Role of the Physicist in the Multidisciplinary Team
Frank Andre Siebert, MSc
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 Gliwice (ca. 1.5 h)
10:00 – 10:20CT and MR Imaging in H&N Cancers
Dr Justyna Rembak Szynkiewicz, MD, PhD
10:20 – 10:40PET/CT Imaging in H&N Cancers
Dr Andrea d’Amico, MD, PhD
10:40 – 11:003D-Printing in your Department – Step-by-Step Manual
Grzegorz Bielęda, MSc, PhD
11:00 – 11:15Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45Visit 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, Grzegorz Bielęda
12:45 – 13:45Lunch
14:00Bus trip back to Cracow (ca. 1.5 h)
16:00Guided Walking Tour – Cracow (or free time if no money)
19:00Networking Dinner

15th September
08:30 – 08:45Ocular interventional radiotherapy
Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD
08:45 – 09:00Perioperative Personalized HDR for Re-irradiation in H&N Recurrences
Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD
09:00 – 10:00Tumour Board Simulation (plus online faculty)
Cases 1 – 4 (local presenters)
10:00 – 10:30Intensity Modulated Interventional Radiotherapy – Physical Aspects
Frank Andre Siebert, MSc
10:30 – 11:00From a Planning CT to Radiation Delivery
Grzegorz Bielęda, MSc, PhD
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30Parameters, Histograms, Doses – Panel Discussion
Physics faculty plus Luca Tagliaferri & Piotr Wojcieszek
12:30 – 13:00Dermoscopy in the H-Zone of the Face
Prof. Grażyna Kaminska Winciorek, MD, PhD
13:00 – 13:30Application Techniques
Open approach (Neck / Recurrences): Dr Marta Urbańska-Gąsiorowska, MSc, PhD
Interstitial Implant Technique: Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD
Contact Brachytherapy: Surface Moulds and Endocavitary Applications: Prof. Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD
13:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 14:30History Repeating – from LDR to Now
Prof. Gyorgy Kovacs, MD, PhD
14:30 – 14:45Results of HDR Brachytherapy
Dr Adam Chicheł, MD, PhD
14:45 – 15:00Results of LDR Brachytherapy
Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD
15:00 – 15:15HDR Brachytherapy Reirradiation in H&N Cancers
Prof. Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD
15:15 – 16:00Panel Discussion
16:00Closing Remarks & Diplomas

Faculty:

Dr Luca Tagliaferri, MD

Prof. Francesco Bussu, MD, PhD

Prof. Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD

Prof. Gyorgy Kovacs, MD, PhD

Frank Andre Siebert TBC (physicist)

Victor Gonzalez, MSc TBC (physicist)

Marta Szlag, MSc, PhD (physicist)

Grzegorz Bielęda, MSc, PhD (physicist)

Dr Artur Chyrek, MD, PhD

Dr Adam Chicheł, MD, PhD

Prof. Krzysztof Składowski, MD, PhD

Prof. Grażyna Kaminska Winciorek, MD, PhD

Dr Marta Urbańska-Gąsiorowska, MD (local)

Dr Anna Mucha-Małecka, MD, PhD (local)

Dr Tomasz Skóra, MD, PhD (local)

Online:

Prof. Ashwini Budrukkar

Prof. Nadeem Abbasi

Gliwice:

Dr Justyna Rembak Szynkiewicz, MD, PhD

Dr Andrea d’Amico, MD, PhD