Programme and Presentations
UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2019
Friday 22nd March 2019
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1LT
| ABSTRACT | SLIDES | |||
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| 08:30 | Registration | |||
| 09:00 | Welcome | Ann Henry, Leeds | ||
| 09:10 | Molecular Imaging in Prostate Cancer – Current Status and Future Prospects |  |
Andy Scarsbrook, Leeds | |
| 09:40 | Biofocussed prostate cancer RadioTherapy (BiRT) | |
Annette Haworth, Australia | |
| 10:20 | Coffee; Exhibition/Poster viewing | |||
| 10:50 | Optimal fractionation in HDR brachytherapy | |
Gerard Morton, Canada | |
| 11:30 | Minimising and managing morbidity in LDR brachytherapy | |
Mira Keyes, Canada | |
| 12:10 | Patient contamination in prostate LDR brachytherapy | |
Sarah Aldridge, London | |
| 12:30 | Lunch; Exhibition/Poster viewing | |||
| 13:30 | Proffered papers – Clinical | Chairs: Annette Haworth and Gerard Morton |
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| 14:15 | Breakout sessions | |||
| Physics: Verification/Uncertainties Theme | Chair: Peter Bownes, Leeds | |||
| Differences in dosimetry, planning and equieffective doses for prostate brachytherapy | |
Annette Haworth, Australia | ||
| In-vivo dosimetry in clinical practice | |
Joshua Mason, Victoria Coleman, Leeds | ||
| Proffered papers – Physics | ||||
| Clinical: Toxicity Theme | Chair: Sree Rodda, Leeds | |||
| Screening for and managing radiation bowel toxicity | |
John Staffurth, Cardiff | ||
| Medical management of sexual dysfunction | Ian Eardley, Leeds | |||
| Management of psycho-sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment | |
Lorraine Grover, London | ||
| Abstracts | ||||
| LDR versus HDR brachytherapy boost in prostate cancer patients – a retrospective analysis |  |
Sree Rodda | ||
| Pre-operative membranous urethral length predicts early return of continence in patients undergoing salvage robotic assisted radical prostatectomy | |
Sadat Yazdouni | ||
| Outcomes from intermediate risk, Gleason 7, localised prostate cancer treated with low-dose rate brachytherapy | |
Robert Maher | ||
| Salvage High Dose Brachytherapy at the Bristol Cancer Institute – Experience and Challenges | |
Susan Masson | ||
| The Design and Development of Patient-based Anthropomorphic Prostate Training Devices for Novice Oncologists for Trans rectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Guided Prostate Imaging | |
Andrea J Doyle | ||
| Robotic Prostate Biopsy and LDR/HDR Brachytherapy under MRI Guidance: Update from the EU-funded CoBra Project | |
Sarah Wilby | ||
| Acute urinary toxicity following HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer: comparing outcomes with CT only treatment planning versus CT and MRI | |
Emily Farrow | ||
| Patient satisfaction and patient reported outcomes (PROMS) following HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer at the Sussex Cancer Centre | |
Ashok Nikapota | ||
| 15:45 | Coffee; Exhibition/Poster viewing | |||
| 16:15 | Debate: Which is best: LDR or HDR boosting when combining with EBRT? |
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Chair: David Bottomley, Leeds Gerard Morton, Canada and Mira Keyes, Canada |
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| 17:00 | Closing remarks and presentation of prizes | Ann Henry and Peter Bownes, Leeds |
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| Evening | Conference Dinner | |||
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