Programme and Presentations

UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2022

Friday 14th October 2022

Møller Institute, Churchill College, Storey’s Way, Cambridge CB3 0DE

    ABSTRACT SLIDES  
08:00 Registration/Poster & Exhibition Viewing      
08:30 Welcome     Christof Kastner; Diane Whitney;
Deborah Gregory, Cambridge
SESSION 1: Focal Brachytherapy Session Chairs: Christof Kastner; Diane Whitney, Cambridge
08:40 Opportunities in Brachytherapy to Deliver Focal Treatment  Ben Vanneste, Gent, Belgium & Maastricht, Netherlands
09:00 A Clinical Experience with Focal Brachytherapy    Andrew See, Melbourne, Australia
09:20 Best Use of the Optimiser in HDR Planning, and Implications for Workflow    Gerry Lowe; Victoria Newton, London
09:40 Discussion    
09:50 Tea & Coffee/Poster & Exhibition Viewing
SESSION 2: HDR Session Chairs: Ben Vanneste, Netherlands; Gerry Lowe, London
10:00 HDR Guidelines    Jenny Nobes, Norwich
10:15 HDR Salvage Data    Imtiaz Ahmed, Southend
10:35 The Development of the Prostate Brachytherapy Service at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital    Vicki Currie, Norwich
10:50 Discussion    
11:00 Tea & Coffee/Poster & Exhibition Viewing
SESSION 3: Combination Treatment SessionChairs: Deborah Gregory; Katie McHugh, Cambridge
11:20 LDR Boost    Stephen Morris, London
11:35 HDR Boost  Ann Henry, Leeds
11:50 Discussion    
SESSION 4: Oral Abstracts Session Chair: Christof Kastner, Cambridge
12:00 Auto-segmentation in LDR prostate BT: an analysis of the effective impact of image/segmentation protocol-based domain shift analysis on the performance of deep learning-based prostate segmentation from MRI architecture nn-Unet   Alqarni M, Jones E, Mullassery V, Morris S, Guerrero Urbano T, King A
  Multisector dosimetric analysis of the prostate gland for the determination of optimal positions for in-vivo dosimeters in LDR prostate brachytherapy Houlihan OA, Esteve S, McLaughlin O, Workman G, Byrne M, Prise KM, Hounsell AR, Mitchell DM, Jain S
  The Impact of Environmental Sustainability Issues on Brachytherapy Practice Lowe G, Newton V
  A retrospective study looking at Rectal and Urethral dose delivered following Low Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy with and without a pre-rectal hydrogel (SpaceOAR) Sarveswaran G, Zuber S, Emmens D, Hodgkinson S, Brulinski P, Edwards A
  MRI-based planning in prostate low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy – a retrospective volumetric and dosimetric comparison with the traditional 2-step transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) based technique Turner P, Poder J, Chin Y, Beydoun N, Malouf D, Bucci J
Poster Abstracts
  Independent DVH QA test of a Brachytherapy Treatment Planning System Esteve S
  Paperless process of a Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Department Farrell R, Esteve S, Andrews G, McAteer C, Byrne M, O’Hara B
  An Interactive Database for LDR brachytherapy Workflow Management and Audit O’Hea I, Wilby S, Polak W, White R, Palmer A
  Implementation of an Independent Dose Calculation Software for Prostate Brachytherapy Plan Checks Wilson J, Gibson J
12:30 Lunch/Poster & Exhibition Viewing
SESSION 5: Diagnostic Session Chairs: Stephen Langley, Guildford; Andy Robinson, Cambridge
13.30  Role of Prostate MRI in Diagnosis and Treatment Planning    Tristan Barrett, Cambridge
13.50  Techniques and Technologies for MRI-based Transperineal Diagnostics  Christof Kastner, Cambridge
14.05  ‘Trexit’ PrecisionPoint LATP Biopsies    Rick Popert, London
14.20  Vector Biopsies    Peter Fletcher, Cambridge
14.30  Outcomes of the CoBra Project for Robotic MRI-guided Prostate Brachytherapy and Biopsy  Sarah Wilby, Portsmouth
14.50  Discussion    
15.00  Tea & Coffee/Poster & Exhibition Viewing
SESSION 6: Combination Treatment Session Chairs: Deborah Gregory; Katie McHugh, Cambridge
15.15  Rules Based Treatment Planning: Improved Seed Placement, Post Implant Dosimetry, and Ease of Delivery  William Keough, Edinburgh
15.30  Post-Implant Dosimetry for LDR  Katie McHugh, Cambridge
15.45  Survival of LDR Brachytherapy Patients in the UK    Stephen Langley, Guildford
16.20  Discussion    
16.30  Closing Remarks    Christof Kastner

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