ESTRO 2015

Dr Rivera talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about her involvement in the Fellowship in Anatomic delineation and Contouring (FALCON). She speaks both about the live workshops and the online platform with a goal to teach, refresh and validate the techniques of contouring.

Dr Defourny talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about the cost of radiotherapy, with the increase of healthcare expenses and the ways in which the costs of healthcare are measured. She also speaks about her own investigation into the costs of radiotherapy and the huge discrepancies between the actual costs and those calculated in the 1327 cases reviewed.

Dr Poortman talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO about some of the conference highlights and successes. He also speaks about ESTRO providing a great opportunity for medical professionals to discuss their work, their ways of mutual understanding and collaboration.

Dr Lievens talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about the increased costs of healthcare expenses. She discusses the need to evaluate the way in which we allocate our resources in an optimal way to benefit every cancer patient. She also discusses how to improve the access to treatments and how to increase quality and guarantee the full potential of the novel treatments being developed.

Dr Schmid talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about the use of MRI in treatments of cervical cancer using brachytherapy. He talks about the issues surrounding the availability of MRI in developing countries where there is a high incidence of cervical cancer. Schmid also discusses the possible application of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) as an alternative method when MRI is not available.

Dr Vaidya talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO about his presentation of new analysis on the TARGIT-A trial. The findings showed that targeted intraoperative radiotherapy plus lumpectomy is non-inferior to external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in preventing breast cancer recurrence.

Dr Huddart talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about patients receiving radiotherapy as treatment for bladder cancer and how the majority of patients are now able to manage their cancer with regular treatments. He also discusses his focus on the technical improvement of bladder radiotherapy using online imaging.

Dr Brindle talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about a new development in metabolic imaging technique with magnetic resonance. This new technique can be used to detect treatment response and to guide patient therapy.

Dr Rossi talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about her investigation into the comparison of coplanar and Non-coplanar beam plans as treatment for prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). She also discusses the use of CyberKnife system as a more effective method to deliver Non-coplanar beams, a technique which could improve rectal sparing.

Prof Durante talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about the radiobiology of particles. He discusses the physical and biological difference between photons and charged particles. When they release their energy in the tumour, they help to kill radio resistant and very hypoxic tumours.

Dr Bartlett talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum. He discusses the results of the final phase of the HeartSpare study using multi-centre implementation of the voluntary breath-hold technique; a technique for reducing heart dose in left breast radiotherapy. Results were positive with reproducible application in a multi-centre setting using this equipment free technique.

Prof Jereczek talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about advances in radiation oncology. She also discusses her presentation at ESTRO on the advances in focal radiation as treatment for prostate cancer; treating the dominant lesion instead of the whole prostate.

Dr Tofegaard talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum about his presentation on how to improve MLC tracking. He discusses his study using a simulator to generate the results of a of the Varian TrueBeam to see if making adjustments could improve effectivity.

Dr Rinati talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about his work on the use of microdiamond dosimeters developed at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, which are commercial devices that measure the dose delivered to the patient in radiotherapy treatment.

Dr Russo talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about how physicists accurately measure a dose inside small beam dosimetry. She also discusses stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) techniques.

Dr Casaresa talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about the development of tumour control probability (TCP) models for prostate cancer patients. Though the tumour control probability (TCP) model is still in an early stage, Dr Casaresa discusses his aims for improvement and development.

Dr Høye talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about a radiochromic dosimeter that has recently been developed. This can read dose distribution in 3 dimensions. She also discusses how she faced the challenges that arose, such as dose rate dependence

Dr Vásquez talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum in Barcelona about how Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) treatment results are proving fundamental for local control in paediatric patients, especially with ewing sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma.