Programme and Presentations
UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2016
Friday 27th March 2015
THE TOWER – A GUOMAN HOTEL . LONDON, E1, 4 ****
| ABSTRACT | SLIDES | |||
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| 08.45 | Tea/Coffee; Posters; Exhibition | |||
| 09.20 | Welcome & introductions | Mr Rick Popert/ Dr David Bottomley (UK) |
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| 09.30 | Celebration of 20 years since the first UK brachytherapy implant | Dr Dan Ash | ||
| PAST | ||||
| 09.45 | Brachytherapy in the US – the long term data |  |
Prof Louis Potters (USA) | |
| 10.15 | Brachytherapy in the UK – Leeds a 20 year experience | |
Dr Brendan Carey (UK) | |
| 10.45 | Update on physics aspects of brachytherapy and UK guidelines | |
Sarah Aldridge (UK) | |
| 11.00 | Tea/Coffee; Posters; Exhibition | |||
| PRESENT | ||||
| 11:30 | How I would treat… Five centres have been provided with the template biopsy mapping results, MRI scans and Ultrasound images for a patient with intermediate risk prostate cancer and will present their current approach to planning and treating this patient: Leeds; Guildford; Mount Vernon; Guy’s; Galway |
Dr David Bottomley Dr Robert Laing Dr Roberto Alonzi Prof Frank Sullivan Dr Stephen Morris |
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| 12.30 | The place of focal salvage brachytherapy in radiation failure | Associate Professor Kenta Miki (JAP) | ||
| 13.00 | Lunch; Posters; Exhibition Viewing | |||
| 13.45 | Moderated poster presentations All authors to give a three minute presentation, followed by a three minute question/answer period |
Physics abstracts chairs: Sarah Aldridge / Mr Rick Popert Clinical abstracts chairs: |
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| FUTURE | ||||
| 15.15 | New and future techniques: The French experience of Hemi-gland brachytherapy | |
Prof Jean-Marc Cosset (F) | |
| 15.45 | Tea/Coffee; Posters; Exhibition | |||
| 16.00 | UK focal brachytherapy experience from Guildford | Prof Stephen Langley (UK) | ||
| 16.30 | Targeted biopsy techniques and focused brachytherapy | Mr Rick Popert | ||
| 17.00 | The future of brachytherapy is HDR | |
Dr Roberto Alonzi (UK) | |
| 17.30 | The future of prostate imaging | |
Prof Gary Cook (UK) | |
| 18.00 | Prize presentation and close of meeting | Dr Stephen Morris |
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