Programme and Presentations
UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 2024
Portsmouth 25-26 April
Action Stations, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, PO1 3LJ
| ABSTRACT | SLIDES | |||
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| 08:00 | Registration (Tea & Coffee) | |||
| 08:30 | Welcome/Opening | Dominic Hodgson / Cdre Paul Pitcher | ||
| Invited Speakers | Chair: Yoodhvir Nagar / Wojciech Polak | |||
| 08:45 | Preliminary results of LIBERATE – focal brachytherapy for low-to intermediate risk prostate cancer: QOL and early oncological outcomes | Andrew See, Icon Group, Australia | ||
| 09:10 | Update on Prostate Brachytherapy Guidelines from the EAU |  |
Philip Cornford, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals | |
| 09:35 | Brachytherapy with SpaceOAR | |
Roberto Alonzi, Mount Vernon | |
| 10:00 | One-minute Poster Pitches | Chair: Tony Palmer | ||
| Outcomes for patients with prostate cancer treated with External beam radiotherapy with High dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) boost at the Dorset Cancer Centre |  |
Aun-Kyaw Sun, Ben Masters | ||
| Comparison of pre and post implant LUTS with implant dosimetry to determine cause of increase in post implant complications | |
Sara Hodkinson, Jennifer Beeby, Ben Medford | ||
| Development of a commissioning protocol for micro silica bead thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLDs) for use in high dose rate brachytherapy. | |
William Hamblyn, Amani Chowdhury, Gerry Lowe, Peter Hoskin | ||
| The impact of needle reconstruction uncertainties on TRUS prostate plan parameters | |
Jennifer Wilson | ||
| RTT-led follow-up using patient-reported outcome measures following HDR-brachytherapy for prostate cancer | |
Sarah Stead, Lauren Oliver, Richard Walshaw, Chinnamani Eswar, Isabel Syndikus, R Hunter | ||
| Development of a self TWOC service for out Brachytherapy service. | |
Claire Johnson, Alice Gamble | ||
| A Quality Improvement Project for prescribing for local anaesthetic trans-perineal prostate biopsies: outcomes from 944 patients. | |
Tomas Austin, Joshuah Hill, Sean Pellow, Sally Deverill, Matt Crockett, Dominic Hodgson | ||
| A 3D Printed Phantom for Training in Ultrasound Guided Prostate Brachytherapy | |
Siobhan Gorman, Sreelish Kariyarambath, Peter Gribbin | ||
| Environmental Sustainability in Brachytherapy: A UK study | |
Gerry Lowe, Amanda Tate, Priya Narga‑Martin | ||
| MRI registration with the Transrectal ultrasound in LDR Prostate Brachytherapy | |
Prabakar Sukumar, Helen Winter | ||
| Comparative analysis of pre-operative LDR Treatment Planning based on MRI and US prostate volume studies | |
Inna O’Hea, Wojciech Polak, Sarah Wilby, Harry Gibbard | ||
| Development of a Prostate Tissue Mimicking Material and Reusable Phantom for MRI Biopsy and Brachytherapy | |
Sarah Wilby, Antony Palmer, Wojciech Polak | ||
| Possibility of salvage re-irradiation of perineal prostate cancer nodule following prostate low dose rate brachytherapy (LDR-BT). | |
Mark Long | ||
| An analysis of LDR prostate brachytherapy outcomes in a single centre over 18 years | |
Bowen J, Mirza S, Al-Eryani K, Berman B, O’Hea I, Hodgson D | ||
| 10:15 | Tea & Coffee/Exhibition and Poster Viewing | |||
| Proffered Presentations | Chair: Peter Hoskin/ Ann Henry | |||
| 10:45 | Can low dose rate brachytherapy be considered a treatment option for patients with prostate cancer with intermediate or high risk features? | |
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Rebecca Morgan, Poole General Hospital |
| 10:55 | QOL outcomes in patients receiving Low dose rate brachytherapy boost with EBRT for unfavourable intermediate and high risk prostate cancer: A single institution experience. | |
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Mansoor Qayoumi, Cork University Hospital |
| 11:05 | Analysis of Survival Following Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Boost for Prostate Cancer at the Royal Surrey Hospital: A Comparison with the Androgen Suppression Combined with Elective Nodal and Dose Escalated Radiation Therapy (ASCENDE-RT) Trial | |
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Metawe Mohamed, Royal Surrey Hospital |
| 11:15 | HDR brachytherapy boost in Gleason 9-10 prostate cancer | |
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Heather Tovey, University Hospital of Leicester |
| 11:25 | High dose-rate salvage brachytherapy in prostate cancer with isolated seminal vesicle relapse | |
Milan Anjanappa, Mount Vernon | |
| 11:35 | Reirradiation Options for Previously Irradiated Prostate cancer (RO-PIP): Feasibility Study Investigating Toxicity Outcomes Following Reirradiation with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) vs. High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy (HDR-BT) | |
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Jim Zhong, Leeds Cancer Centre |
| 11:45 | Using ProKnow to set up an inter Trust database of post implant dosimetry for prostate iodine-125 implants. | |
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Daniel Emmens, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells |
| 12:00 | Lunch/Exhibition and Poster Viewing | |||
| Debate | Chair: Philip Cornford / Yoodhvir Nagar | |||
| 13:00 | SABR vs LDR brachytherapy | |
Julia Murray, Royal Marden, Ann Henry, Leeds Cancer Centre | |
| Proffered Presentations | Chair: Dominic Hodgson / Sarah Wilby | |||
| 13:45 | Commissioning for HDR prostate Brachytherapy: Early Clinical Experience | |
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Rissa Cunningham, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ |
| 13:55 | MRI-guided Needle Placement Robot for Prostate Brachytherapy | |
Taimur Shah, Imperial College London | |
| 14:05 | Innovative Approaches to Prostate Biopsy Decision-Making: A Machine Learning and Optimisation Framework | |
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Sara Saadatmand, University of Portsmouth |
| 14:15 | Predictive factors in US-MRI fusion prostate biopsy: a review of 2347 case. | |
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Harry Gibbard, Portsmouth |
| 14:25 | Tea & Coffee/Exhibition and Poster Viewing | |||
| Invited Speakers | Chair: Dominic Hodgson / Tony Palmer | |||
| 14:55 | ORIGIN: Optical fibre sensors for in vivo dosimetry | |
Sinead O’Keefe, University of Limerick | |
| 15:20 | Salvage brachytherapy: do we have consensus? | |
Peter Hoskins, Mount Vernon & Christie Cancer Centre | |
| 15:45 | Update on Prostate Biopsy Guidelines from the EAU | |
Philip Cornford, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals | |
| 16:00 | Drug Loaded Spacers for LDR Prostate Brachytherapy | |
Andrew Wang, UT Southwestern Medical Centre | |
| 16:25 | Meeting Close and Handover | Dominic Hodgson | ||
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