Programme and Presentations

UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2013

14th June 2013

The Goodwood Hotel, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0PX, UK

    ABSTRACT SLIDES  
08.15 Registration – Tea & Coffee    
08.45 Welcome & Agenda     R Laing; S Langley (UK)
  Session 1
Best Treatment/Practice for Localised High Risk Prostate Cancer: Oncological and Functional Outcomes
 (PSA+20, Gleason 8-10, T2c+)
    Chair: J Money-Kyrle (UK)
09.00 HDR Brachytherapy   Nikos Tselis
09.15 LDR Brachytherapy   B Moran (USA)
09.30 Radical Surgery   S Machtens (Germany)
09.45 EBRT and Role of Hormones     M Zelefsky (USA)
10.00 Discussion      
10.30 Tea & Coffee    
  Session 2
Focal Therapy
    Chair: S Machtens (Germany)
11.00 The Role of mpMRI in Prostate Cancer Detection/Focal Therapy     A Kirkham (UK)
11.20 Focal Brachytherapy: UK experience   S Langley (UK)
11.40 Focal Brachytherapy: USA experience     M Zelefsky (USA)
12.00 Panel Discussion and Q&A      
12.15 Abstract Presentations      
  Oral and Poster      
  MRI – Ultrasound Fusion Targeted Biopsies (M-U FTB) using Varian Brachytherapy Software   Rick Popert
  Comparison of Day-0 Ultrasound Real-time Dosimetry with Day 0 and Day 30 CT-based Dosimetry for Permanent Prostate Implants using 125I Single Seeds-Initial Study   Louise Fahy
  Outcome of Patients Treated with Salvage Brachytherapy for Local Failure after Initial External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Galway Experience   Jamsari Khalid
  Dosimetry Modeling for Focal LDR Prostate Brachytherapy   Bashar Al-Qaisieh
  Poster      
  The Use of Failure Mode Effect Analysis to Enhance Quality in Prostate Seed Brachytherapy   Colin Kelly
  Simple Positional Optimisation Allows Optimal Treatment Delivery to Larger Prostate Glands   David Wood
  Lean Principles in HDR Prostate Brachytherapy Significantly Reduces Procedure Time   Michelle Boyle
  Cone Beam vs. Conventional CT in I125 Prostate Brachytherapy   Patrick Leydon
  Can a Mentored Training Program Help Overcome the Learning Curve for Prostate Seed Brachytherapy? Initial Experience at a Single Irish Centre   Paul J Kelly
  An Update on Urinary Engrailed-2 (EN2), a Novel Biomarker for Detection of Prostate Cancer and its Correlation with Tumour Volume and Pathological Stage   Saqib Javed
  Prostate Brachytherapy – Equal Access for All?    Caroline Manetta
  A Report on the Initial Experience of the BARD ‘Prolink Brachytherapy System’ in the Treatment of early stage Prostate Cancer   Stephen Thompson
  Median Lobe Resection followed by Delayed Permanent Seed Prostate Brachytherapy: A Retrospective Analysis of Urinary Toxicity   Kasia Owczarczyk
13.00 Lunch    

 

Session 3     Chair: R Laing (UK)
14.00 Challenging Cases (submitted by panel and audience)

Audience Questions and Discussion

    Panel: B Moran (USA); 
M Zelefsky (USA); 
S Machtens (Germany); 
P Hoskin (UK); 
S Khaksar (UK)
14.45 LDR Brachytherapy or EBRT in Early Disease     M Zelefsky (USA)
15.00 Brachytherapy in Modern US Healthcare
    B Moran (USA)
15.20 HDR – Results and Future Studies in Monotherapy  
P Hoskin (UK);
Nikos Tselis
15.55 Prize for Best Abstract & Closing Remarks     R Laing; 
S Langley (UK)
16.00 Meeting Close    

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