Thursday
11:30 – 12:30
Registration, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
12:30 – 12:45
Welcome Address
Y24-G-45
SASRO President
Kathrin Zaugg, Stadtspital Triemli Zürich
Local organizer
Matthias Guckenberger, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
12:45 – 14:30
Scientific Session: Prostate Cancer & pelvic malignancies
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Fernanda Herrera, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
Oskar Matzinger, Hôpital Riviera Chablais
Hypo-fractionated RT the new standard of care for PCa? (30′)
David Dearnalay, The Institute of Cancer Research London
Scientific presentation 1 - Clinical ( 12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Urethra-sparing prostate cancer SBRT: 18-months results from a once-a-week vs. every-other-day randomized phase II trial
Giorgio Lamanna, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève
Scientific presentation 2 - Clinical ( 12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Thermo-Radiotherapy in bladder cancer is a promising option in patients unfit for cystectomy or chemo-radiotherapy
Emanuel Stutz, Kantonsspital Aarau
Scientific presentation 3 - Physics ( 12′ + 3′ Q&A)
How can a limited number of proton fractions be optimally used in combined proton-photon treatments?
Silvia Fabiano, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Scientific presentation 4 - Physics ( 12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Early evaluation of prostate positioning and movement during External Beam Radiation Therapy using a transperineal 4D ultrasound system
Marc Pachoud, Riviera-Chablais Hospital
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee break, poster viewing, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
15:00 – 16:45
Scientific session: Breast Cancer & thoracic malignancies
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Frank Zimmermann, Universitätsspital Basel
Jan Unkelbach, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Value of RT in multimodality treatment for locally advanced NSCLC (30′)
Miklos Pless, Kantonsspital Winterthur
Scientific presentation 1 - Clinical (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Does a boost dose improve local control for certain subgroups of early breast cancer patients older than 50 years ?
Conny Vrieling, Clinique des Grangettes
Scientific presentation 2 - Clinical (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
CT radiomics to predict outcome in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Matea Pavic, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Scientific presentation 3 - Physics (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Lung feature tracking in 4D-MRI using a scale-invariant feature transform method
Emma Colvill, Paul Scherrer Institute
Scientific presentation 4 - Biology (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
DNA-PK regulates the radiosensitivity of MET-addicted cancer cell lines via a novel MET phosphosite
Jonas Koch, Inselspital Bern
Industry perspective Elekta (15′):
MR/RT a new paradigm for Precision Radiation Medicine
Audrey Planquelle
17:00 – 18:00
Heads of technicians
Y24-G-55
17:00 – 19:00
SRO general assembly
Y24-G-85
19:45
Speakers Dinner
Restaurant Uniturm at Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich
Friday
08:30 – 09:20
Update 2018: everything a RadOnc needs to know: tumors above diaphragm
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Nicolaus Andratschke, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Gianfranco Pesce, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Head and Neck Cancer (20′)
Jean Bourhis, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Thoracic malignancies (20′)
Ludwig Plasswilm, Kantonsspital St.Gallen
08:30 – 09:20
Update 2018: everything an RTT needs to know
Y24-G-85
Chairs:
Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Frederique Cavelaars, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
An overview of image guidance methods in Radiotherapy (20′)
Helen Summers, Clinica Luganese
A comparison of immobilisation and postioning methods in stereotactic radiation treatments (20′)
Maddalena Rossi, Netherlands Cancer Institute Amsterdam
08:30 – 09:20
Update 2018: everything a Medical Physicist needs to know in RT planning
Y24-G-55
Chairs:
Gerd Lutters, Kantonsspital Aarau
Daniel Frauchiger, Radio-Onkologie Berner Oberland AG
Developments in commercial treatment planning systems (20′)
Antonella Fogliata, Instituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS
Research directions Radiotherapy planning (20′)
Jan Unkelbach, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
09:20 – 09:30
Break
Lichthof
09:30 – 10:15
Honorary members
Y24-G-45
Laudatio for the honorary member
Kathrin Zaugg, Stadtspital Triemli Zürich
Buchvorstellung Strahlenmedizin
Dominic Studer, Universität Zürich
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break, poster viewing, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
10:45 – 12:00
Nurse session 1
Y24-G-55
Chairs:
Daniel Zwahlen, Kantonsspital Graubünden
Giovanni Presta, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Was muss die Pflege über Strahlenbiologie wissen? (25′)
Eugenia Vlaskou Badra, Inselspital Bern
Palliative care Nursing: A well-known topic in modern times? (25′)
Prof. Dr. André Fringer, Co-Leiter MSc und Forschung & Entwicklung Pflege am Departement Gesundheit (ZHAW)
Komplementärmedizin während der Radiotherapie (25′)
Claudia Witt, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
10:45 – 12:00
RTT session 1
Y24-G-85
Chairs:
Benjamin König-Nettelmann, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Geraldine Risse, HFR Freiburg – Kantonsspital
Overview: Modern techniques of IGRT and motion compensation and how to apply them in clinical practice (30′)
Judit Boda-Heggeman, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Scientific presentation 1 - Technicians (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
2D vs. 3D positioning results for 4D treatments
Lydia Lederer, Paul Scherrer Institute
Scientific presentation 2 - Technicians (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Post-operative radiotherapy and Breath hold technique for right breastchest wall plus regional lymph-nodes single experience at IOSI
Stefano Leva, The Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI)
Scientific presentation 3 - Technicians (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Can surface guided radiation therapy be used to setup DIBH breast cancer patients to reduce imaging?
Amanda Moreira, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
10:45 – 12:00
Radiotherapy in the (oligo)metastatic setting
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Raymond Miralbell, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Raphaël Moeckli, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
Overview: Combining radiotherapy with systemic treatments in oligo-metastatic disease (30′)
Dirk De Ruysscher, Maastricht University
Scientific presentation 1 - Clinical (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Definitive radiotherapy of PSMA-PET-positive oligo-metastatic recurrent prostate cancer: a single-center experience
Stephanie Kroeze, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Scientific presentation 2 - Clinical (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Impact of regular MRI follow-up after radiotherapy to the surgical cavity in patients with 1 to 3 brain metastases
Nicolas Bachmann, Inselspital Bern
Scientific presentation 3 - Physics (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Pre-treatment and in vivo measure of the leaf open times from the exit fluence in tomotherapy
Mathieu Schopfer, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
12:00 – 12:45
Clinical Innovations in Radiotherapy, lunch symposium Varian
Y24-G-45
Immunotherapy in combination with Radiotherapy
Patrick Kupelian, UCLS/Varian, Paolo Alto USA
HyperArc: Preliminary clinical experience of the first patients treated
Filippo Alongi, Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Italy
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch break, poster viewing, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
13:45 – 15:00
Scientific session: CNS tumors and head and neck cancer
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Damien Weber, Paul Scherrer Institut
Thomas Zilli, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Overview: Radiotherapy for multiple brain metastases - value of SRS and
WBI (30′)
Francesca Caparrotti, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Scientific presentation 1 - Clinical (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Fully Automated Segmentation of the Brain Resection Cavity for Radiation Target Volume Definition in Glioblastoma Patients
Evelyn Herrmann, Inselspital Bern
Scientific presentation 2 - Biology (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Tumor reoxygenation and image-guided SBRT for the treatment of hypoxic tumors
Ivo Grgic, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Industry perspective Brainlab (15′)
Complex Multifocal Planning and IGRS Requirements
Manuel Todorovic, Universität Hamburg-Eppendorf
13:45 – 15:00
Nurse session 2
Y24-G-55
Chairs:
Urs Meier, Kantonsspital Winterthur
Susanne Sester, Universitätsspital Bern
Neue Substanzen bei Kombinationstherapien (30′)
Tamara Rordorf, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Linda Morgan, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Sinn und Unsinn in der palliativen Wundpflege (45′)
Sebastian Probst, Université dé Genève
13:45 – 15:00
RTT session 2
Y24-G-85
Chairs:
Jacob Cottreau, Zentrum für Radiotherapie Rüti
Chris Winter, Kantonsspital Graubünden
From RTT to Physician Assistant (25′)
Magriet Kwint, Netherlands Cancer Institute Amsterdam
Scientific Presentation 1 - Technicians (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
Evaluating prostate EBRT treatment techniques and their robustness
Sabine Visser, Lindenhofspital Bern
Scientific Presentation 2 - Technicians (12′ + 3′ Q&A)
A new technique for robust volumetric modulated arc therapy treatment planning of craniospinal irradiation
Madalyne Chamberlain, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Industry perspective OPASCA
Efficient patient management through automation: Improvement of the quality of care and active involvement of the patient in the clinical workflow
Dr. Felix Heinemann, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break, poster viewing, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
15:30 – 16:20
Update 2018: everything a RadOnc needs to know 2: below diaphragm
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Günther Gruber, Hirslanden
Antonella Richetti, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Abdominal malignancies (20′)
Frank Zimmermann, UniversitätsSpital Basel
Pelvic malignancies (20′)
Daniel Aebersold, Inselspital Bern
15:30 – 16:20
Update2018: everything a MP needs to know in RT delivery and QA
Y24-G-55
Chairs:
Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Samuel Peters, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Treatment Delivery and Quality Assurance (20′)
Michael Fix, Inselspital Bern
State of the art and current developments in image-guided radiotherapy (20′)
Raphael Möckli, Centre du Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
15:30 – 16:20
Update 2018: everything a RadioBiologist needs to know
Y24-G-85
Chairs:
Kathrin Zaugg, Stadtspital Triemli Zürich
Oliver Riesterer, Kantonsspital Aarau
1x20 is not equal to 10x2: Radiobiology of fractionation (20′)
Martin Pruschy, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Novel Radiosensitizers and Radioprotectors (20′)
Yitzhak Zimmer, Inselspital Bern
15:30 – 17:00
General Assembly der IG Nurse
Y22-F-62
16:30 – 17:30
Poster walk
Y24-G-55, Y24-G-45, Y24-G-85
Y24-G-45 (16:30 - 17:30): Clinical
Y24-G-85 (16:30 - 17:30): Physics
Y24-G-55 (16:30 - 17:00): Biology
Y24-G-55 (17:00 - 17:30): Technicians
17:30 – 18:30
SASRO general assembly
Y24-G-85
19:00 – 00:45
Friday social event
MS Panta Rhei, Bürkliplatz Zürich
19:00 meeting point on the MS Panta Rhei, Bürkliplatz Zürich
19:30 departure MS Panta Rhei from Bürkliplatz Zürich
Join us by a boattrip on the lake zurich and enjoy great company and a fine dinner
22:00 return MS Panta Rhei at Bürkliplatz Zurich
After dinner party on the MS Panta Rhei at the dock
00:45 goodbye and sleep well
Saturday
08:30 – 10:15
Changes ahead - the Role of the Radiation Oncology in 2025 in multidisciplinary Cancer Care
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Matthias Guckenberger, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Daniel Aebersold, Universitätsspital Inselspital Bern
Developments in global cancer care and implications for Switzerland (25′)
Rolf Stahel, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
The vision for Radiation Oncology in future cancer care (25′)
Umberto Ricardi, University of Turin
Debate: Immune-modulatory RT is the future of RO (25′)
Eric Deutsch, Institute for Systems Biology Paris
Debate: Immune-modulatory RT - more hype than fact (25′)
Suresh Senan, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
10:00 – 11:00
Meeting Generation X-Ray
Y24-G-85
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break, poster viewing, industrial exhibition
Lichthof
10:45 – 12:00
Future Technologies in 2025 for Radiation Oncology
Y24-G-45
Chairs:
Jean Bourhis, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Peter Manser, Universitätsspital Bern
How artificial intelligence will change the practice of radiation Oncology (25′)
Andre Dekker, MAASTRO Clinic
Developments that will bring Protons ahead (15′)
Tony Lomax, Paul Scherrer Institut Villigen
What is the value of MRI-Linacs (15′)
Nicolaus Andratschke, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
What is the potential of Flash-beam Radiotherapy (15′)
Marie-Catherine Vozenin, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
12:00 – 12:15
Goodbye address
Y24-G-45
Matthias Guckenberger, UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Kathrin Zaugg, Stadtspital Triemli Zürich
Jean Bourhis, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
12:15 – 13:00
Farewell
Medizinerhof und Gallerie