Breast Radiotherapy in 2019: Challenges and Solutions

10 April 2019

Society of Chemical Industry, London

Organised by IPEM's Radiotherapy Special Interest Group

In the majority of radiotherapy centres, the most common anatomical site treated is breast. There are a wide range of breast radiotherapy techniques in the UK, with significant variation in patient set-up, volume definition, and treatment. Since simple, effective and well-established breast techniques are used as standard, there has perhaps been less development in this area compared with that for other anatomical sites.

This meeting aims to give opportunities for radiotherapy departments to describe their breast radiotherapy techniques from scanning through to treatment, in particular how changes to practice have been managed and developed,how efficiencies have been achieved; or, indeed, what potential developments have been rejected because they do not improve on current practice.

The meeting aims to discuss issues including but not limited to:
- Clinical criteria for breast cancer radiotherapy
- Patient immobilisation and scanning; PTV definition (e.g. traditional field-based, or volumed)
- Treatments of: whole breast; supra-clavicular fossa and axilla; boost treatments (electron and photon); simultaneous integrated boost; internal mammary chain
- Use of: tangential fields; field-in-field; IMRT; VMAT; DIBH / EEBH
- Efficiencies in planning/treatment: e.g. automation/scripting; “single-isocentre” technique
- Imaging during treatment

Educational Aims
- To provide a multi-disciplinary forum for discussing the wide range of breast techniques in current use
- To open opportunities for future collaboration and dialogue between radiotherapy departments

Anticipated Learning Outcomes
- Understanding of a range of breast radiotherapy techniques
- Assurance that current practice is best option, OR consideration of new practice as a result of seeing another department’s techniques

Target Audience
Radiotherapy physicists; clinical dosimetrists; pre-treatment and therapeutic radiographers; breast oncologists

Please note there is a £20 discount on these prices if booked up to 6 weeks in advance.
Full prices apply from 27th February 2019
Registration deadline: 27th March 2019

Conference Resources 
The provisional programme and abstracts will be available here in late February.
Presentation slides will be available after the event here (IPEM Members only - login required)

Venue
This conference will take place at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) in London, 15 mins walk or less from the following tube stations: Victoria, Hyde Park Corner, Sloane Square, Knightsbridge. 
Full address: SCI, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS. 
For a map and travel information, visit the SCI website here. 

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Contact/Queries
If you have any queries, please email the IPEM conference team or tel: 01904 550598.