XIV Annual Congress of Brazilian Radiotherapy Society
ASTRO Course
Curitiba – PR – Brazil
June 20th – 23rd, 2012
Scientific Program
June 20th
(Wednesday)
20:00
Overture and welcome remarks
21:00
Welcome reception
June 21st
(Thursday)
ASTRO refresher course – prostate cancer
8:00 – 8:40
Teletherapy technical recommendations by risk groups
Howard Sandler – USA
8:40 – 9:00
Questions and discussion
9:00 – 9:40
Clinical applications of brachytherapy
Yoshiya Yamada – USA
8:00 – 10:00
9:40 – 10:00
Questions and discussion
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
ASTRO refresher course – Gastrointestinal I
10:30 - 11:40
Current application of radiotherapy for cancer of
esophagus, stomach and pancreas
Albert Koong – USA
10:30 – 12:00
11:40 – 12:00 Questions and discussion
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch sattelite symposium
Advances in stereotactic radiosurgery and SBRT: a Cyberknife Approach
Ana Botero – USA
14:00 – 14:30
Conference
Radiobiology of ablative radiotherapy with hypofractionation
Robert Timmerman – USA
Round table: Multidisciplinary treatment of prostate cancer
14:30 – 14:50
Robotic Surgery. Indications and benefits
Gustavo Caserta Lemos – SP
14:50 – 15:10
Employment and duration of hormonal therapy by risk
groups
Evanius Winermann – PR
15:10 – 15:30
Radiotherapy after prostatectomy. When and how.
Howard Sandler – USA
15:30 – 15:50
HDR brachytherapy as monotherapy
Álvaro Martinez – USA
14:30 – 16:00
15:50 – 16:00 Questions and discussion
16:00 – 16:30
Session of oral abstracts presentation
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
ASTRO refrescher course – Central Nervous System Tumors
17:00 – 17:45
Current treatment of adult brain tumors
Yoshiya Yamada – USA
17:00 – 18:00
17:45 – 18:00 Questions and discussion
Technological up to date conferences
18:00 – 18:20
Emerging technology in external beam radiotherapy
Eric Klein – USA
18:20 – 18:40
Advantages of VMAT technique employment
Francisco Gongora – Spain
18:40 – 19:00
Cyberknife as SBRT technique for prostate cancer
Alan Katz – USA
18:00 – 19:00
18:40 – 19:00 Questions and discussion
June 22nd
(Friday)
ASTRO refresher course – Clinical applications of SBRT
8:00 – 8:20
Early stage lung tumors
Robert Timmerman – USA
8:20 – 8:40
Liver
Albert Koong – USA
8:40 – 9:00
Pancreas
Joseph Herman – USA
9:00 – 9:20
Spine
Yoshiya Yamada – USA
9:20 – 9:40
Prostate
Howard Sandler – USA
8:00 – 10:00
9:40 – 10:00 Questions and discussion
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
ASTRO refresher course – Gastrointestinal II
10:30 – 11:15
Rectal and anal canal cancer
Joseph Herman – USA
10:30 – 11:30
11:15 – 11:30 Questions and discussions
Conference
Benefits of high technology IMRT/IGRT on rectal and anal canal
cancer
Joseph Herman – USA
11:30 – 12:00
11:50 – 12:00 Questions and discussion
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Round table: Current topics of lung cancer
14:00 – 14:20
Current status of minimaly invasive surgery
Ricardo Sales dos Santos – SP
14:20 – 14:40
Benefits and employment of new drugs
Maikol Kurahashi – PR
14:40 – 15:00
IMRT and dose escalation in lung cancer. Risks and
benefits
Jeffrey D. Bradley – USA
15:00 – 15:20
Radiation dose restrictions for lung tissue and treatment
of actinic pneumonitis
Robert Timmerman – USA
15:20 – 15:40
Radiotherapy for oat cell tumor. When and how.
Jeffrey D. Bradley – USA
14:00 – 16:00
15:40 – 16:00 Questions and discussion
16:00 – 16:30
Session of oral abstracts presentation
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 17:30
Conference: The current treatment and challenges for locally
advanced lung cancer
Jeffrey D. Bradley - USA
17:30 – 18:00
Discussion of clinical cases - Lung cancer case discussion.
Discussants: Robert Timmerman and Jeffrey D. Bradley – USA
Round table: Security policy in radiotherapy
18:00 - 18:20
Accidents in radiotherapy and how to avoid them
Carlos Eduardo de Almeida (RJ)
18:20 - 18:40
Actions of ANVISA and CNEN for security in radiotherapy
Maria Helena Marechal (RJ)
18:00 - 19:00
18:40 - 19:00 Discussion
19:00 – 20:00
Assembly of SBRT (SBRT Members)
June 23rd
(Saturday)
ASTRO refresher course – Head and neck cancer
8:00 – 8:40
State of the Art and Advances in Chemoradiation for
Head and Neck Cancer
David Brizel – USA
8:40 – 9:00 Questions and discussion
9:00 – 9:45
Head and Neck Cancer as a Model for Functional
Imaging and Adaptive Therapy
David Brizel – USA
8:00 – 10:00
9:45 – 10:00 Questions and discussion
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
Round table: Current topics of head and neck cancer
10:30 – 10:50
Robotic surgery. Indications and benefits
Cláudio Cernea – SP
10:50 – 11:10
Current employment of induction CT and new drugs
Adriano Gonçalves e Silva – PR
11:10 – 11:30
Innovations in the Management of HPV-Positive Head
and Neck Cancer
David Brizel – USA
11:30 – 11:50
Current status of adjuvant treatment
Adriano Gonçalves e Silva – PR
10:30 – 12:00
11:50 – 12:00 Questions and discussion
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Round table: Current topics of breast cancer
14:00 – 14:20
Recent advances of conservative surgeries and
indications of nipple sparing mastectomy
Cícero Andrade Urban – PR
14:20 – 14:40
Recommendations for patients with BRCA 1/2 genes
mutations
Rafael Aliosha Kaliks Guendelmann – SP
14:40 – 15:00
Hypofractionated radiotherapy. When is indicated?
Robert R. Kuske – USA
15:00 – 15:20
Partial breast radiotherapy. Where are we?
Alvaro Martinez – USA
15:20 – 15:40
Radiotherapy of lymph nodes regions. When and how
Robert R. Kuske – USA
14:00 – 16:00
15:40 – 16:00 Questions and discussions
16:00 – 16:30
Session of oral abstracts presentation
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 – 17:30
Conference
Treatment of oligometastases – a new paradigm in radiation oncology
Álvaro Martinez – USA
17:30 – 18:30
Discussion of clinical cases - Breast cancer cases.
Discussants: Robert R. Kuske and Álvaro Martinez – USA
18:30
End and awards