Varian User Group Meeting – Vitesse™ real-time planning for HDR brachytherapy

The focal point of the users meeting will be Vitesse™ real-time planning for HDR brachytherapy. Vitesse allows ultrasound-guided brachytherapy to be performed accurately and quickly in the operating room. With Vitesse, users can create and review the plan as the needles are inserted, allowing you to adjust their depth and positions to improve dose coverage and normal tissue sparing. By eliminating the need for CT, Vitesse enables the user to reduce the time to first fraction with less patient movement—users go from image capture to approved treatment plan in one integrated experience.

6th Oncentra Brachy User Group Meeting… Focus on Gynaecological Brachytherapy DownUNDER

The 6^th Oncentra Brachy Users Group meeting will focus on GYN brachytherapy practices with Oncentra Brachy in Australia and New Zealand. You will be updated on our newest applicator, current practices and evidence based recommendations for treating GYN with Brachytherapy, a trip down memory lane to see the evolution of GYN planning, recent medical affairs data, commissioning practices , tips and tricks for planning GYN treatment’s with Oncentra Brachy and some interesting case studies. More details to follow.

Welcome Reception, The Winery, Surry Hills

Welcome Address

Welcome address, Claire Dempsey, ABG ASM Convenor

Bronwyn Matheson, ABG President

A randomised trial of non-selective versus selective adjuvant therapy in high risk apparent stage 1 endometrial cancer.

STATEC trial (A/Prof Alison Brand – Director of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital and Chair of ANZGOG

Morning Tea

3D dose distribution uncertainties when combining EBRT with brachytherapy in cervical cancer

Dr Bradley Pieters, Head of Brachytherapy Department at the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

Lunch

Afternoon Tea

Advancing techniques and technology in modern brachytherapy

Dr Bradley Pieters, Head of Brachytherapy Department at the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

What’s new in the world of brachytherapy

Dr Mira Keyes

ABG Annual General Meeting

Conference Dinner

Student Workshop: Preparing for brachytherapy exams

Simon Downes and Susan Richardson

Welcome (Claire Dempsey, ABG ASM Convenor)

Seed Masterclass

Presentation 1 – Dr David Malouf, Urologist

Presentation 2 – Dr Mira Keyes, University of British Columbia

Presentation 3 – Dr Mira Keyes, University of British Columbia

Prostate brachytherapy and the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry

Prof Jeremy Millar

Radiation Oncologist, Alfred Health Radiation Oncology

Morning Tea

LDR partial breast brachytherapy with CBCT and surface-map guidance

Dr Susan Richardson

Focal Irreversible Electroporation as salvage treatment for prostate cancer: A prospective pilot study FIRE

A pilot study evaluating focal irreversible electroporation as treatment for participants with recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy. FIRE study,

Dr John Chang

Urology Fellow, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Lunch

The Great Debate (SBRT IS THE NEW BRACHYTHERAPY)

A/Prof Jarad Martin, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

VS

Dr Joseph Bucci, St George Hospital

Afternoon Tea

The role of MRI and PSAM PET in prostate cancer management

Dr Mira Keyes

Focal therapy for prostate cancer

Dr Bradley Pieters, Head of Brachytherapy Department at the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

Presentations and Wrap Up