Conference
Friday Afternoon, April 17, 2009
   
1:20 PM John Meyer
Welcome and Information
 
SESSION I
Advances in IMRT / IGRT Planning
   
  Keynote Address
1:30 PM James Purdy University of California, Davis
  • ADVANCES IN THE PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF RADIOTHERAPY: NEW EXPECTATIONS, NEW STANDARDS OF CARE
   
2:10 PM Advances in IMRT/IGRT Planning
   
  Paul Keall, Moderator
   
  Daniel Low Washington University, St. Louis
• 4D IMAGING AND 4D TREATMENT: A NEW ERA OF RADIOTHERAPY.
   
  Jean Pouliot University of California, San Francisco
• IMAGING DURING TREATMENT: HOW WELL ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES WORKING? WHAT CHANGES CAN WE EXPECT?
   
  Paul Keall Stanford University
  • TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOCATING AND HITTING MOVING TARGETS: WATCH OUT FOR THESE PITFALLS, LOOK FORWARD TO THESE ADVANCES.
   
  Discussion: Drs. Purdy, Keall, Pouliot and Low
   
  Break
   
Clinical Treatment Planning I
   
4:00 PM Patrick Kupelian, Moderator
   
  Laura Dawson Princess Margaret Hospital, University of  Toronto
• IGRT AND THE NEW PRACTICE OF RADIOTHERAPY: WHAT TO KNOW (AND USE) FROM A DECADE OF INVESTIGATION.
   
  Patrick Kupelian MD Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando  
• ADAPTIVE IGRT: PROSTATE TREATMENT AS A MODEL FOR RADIOTHERAPY PRACTICE.
   
5:00 PM The Buschke Lecture
  Theodore Lawrence University of Michigan
• RADIATION ONCOLOGY: INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL GAINS.
   


 
Saturday Morning, APRIL 18, 2009
   

SESSION II
Advances in IMRT / IGRT Delivery
   
  James Purdy, Moderator
   
  1: Helical Tomotherapy
   
8:15 AM Patrick Kupelian MD Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando  
  • TOMOTHERAPY – PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR ADVANCED RADIOTHERAPY.
   
  Allen Chen University of California, Davis
 

•TOMOTHERAPY APPLICATIONS; A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO CARE.

   
  2: LINAC- Based Guidance and Delivery
  C. Clifton Ling Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  •EVOLVING LINAC-BASED IGRT SYSTEMS: A WINDOW TO THE FUTURE OF RADIOTHERAPY.
   
  David Shepard Swedish Hospital and Cancer Center, Seattle
  •THE NEXT ADVANCE IN IMRT ARRIVES: VOLUME MODULATED ARC THERAPY.
   
  3: CyberKnife
  Sonja Dieterich Stanford University
  •THE CYBERKNIFE IN CLINICAL USE: CURRENT ROLES, FUTURE EXPECTATIONS.
   
 

Roundtable Discussion:  Drs. Purdy, Kupelian, Chen, Ling, Shepard, and Dieterich
WHAT MORE DO WE NEED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY OF RADIOTHERAPY?

   
  Break
   
  Clinical Treatment Planning II
Advanced Imaging in the Clinic
   
  Quynh-Thu Le, Moderator
   
10:30 AM Quynh-Thu Le Stanford University
  • PTV RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHARYNGEAL CANCER IRRADIATION– ADVANCED IMAGING IN PRACTICE.
     
  Richard Hoppe Stanford University
  • CURRENT THERAPY PLANNING FOR THE LYMPHOMAS.
     
  Edward Graves Stanford University
  • IMPORTANT NEW ROLES FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING.
   
12:00 PM Lunch
   
Saturday Afternoon, APRIL 18, 2009
   
SESSION III
Clinical Treatment Planning III
Management of Tumor Motion: Recommendations for Practice
   
  Laura Dawson, Moderator
   
1:00 PM Billy Loo Stanford University
  Brian Kavanagh University of Colorado
  • STRATEGIES FOR THORACIC CANCERS: CASES SHOWING MOTION MANAGEMENT, MARGINS, VOLUMES AND DOSES.
   
  Laura Dawson Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto
  • HOW I TREAT UPPER GI TUMORS.
   
  Break
   
Symposium: Proton Radiotherapy
Proton Treatment Planning and Delivery
   
  Radhe Mohan, Moderator  
     
2:30 PM Radhe Mohan MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • INTRODUCING THE ERA OF PROTONS: IS IT A BETTER RADIOTHERAPY IN PRACTICE?
   
  Thomas Bortfeld Massachusetts General Hospital
  • PROTON DELIVERY – FOR NOW OR LATER?:  A COMPARISON OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED TECHNOLOGIES.
   
  Clinical Advances with Proton Radiotherapy
   
  Thomas Delaney, Moderator
   
  Thomas Delaney Massachusetts General Hospital
  • PROTON THERAPY IN THE CLINIC: A SPECIALTY ITEM OR AN EMERGING STANDARD OF CARE?
   
  Shiao Woo MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • FROM IMRT WITH PHOTONSTO PROTONS – WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN FOR THE CLINICIAN?  PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AT THE MD ANDERSON.
   
  The Vaeth Lecture
4:45 PM James Cox MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • PROTONS, PARTICLES, AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE OF RADIOTHERAPY.
   
   
Sunday Morning, APRIL 19, 2009
   

SESSION IV
Panel: Controversies in Adopting New Technologies
   
8:45 AM Luther Brady, Introduction  
   
  Keynote Address
  Soren Bentzen University of Wisconsin
  • HOW FAR CAN WE GO WTIH NEW RADIOTHERAPY TECHNOLOGIES?
   
  Paul Wallner and Wade Aubry, Moderators
   
9:15 AM Paul Wallner  
  • TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: METHODOLOGIES AND THE ASTRO INITIATIVES
   
  Michael Steinberg University of California, Los Angeles 
  • PAYMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PAST AND PRESENT REALITIES AND FUTURE UNCERTAINTIES.
     
  Andre Konski Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
  • COST EFFECTIVENESS METHODOLOGIES AND IMPLICATIONS IN AN ERA OF VALUE-BASED PURCHASING.
   
  Discussion and debate of submitted questions:
Drs. Aubry, Wallner, Steinberg and Konski
   
  Break
   
Symposium:  Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
 
  Robert Timmerman and Iris Gibbs, Moderators
   
  Thoracic Cancers
10:45 AM Robert Timmerman University of  Texas Southwestern
  • LUNG CANCER SBRT: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLINICAL CAUTIONS FOR PATIENT SELECTION, SET-UP, AND THERAPY.
   
  Prostate Cancer
  Christopher King Stanford University
  • THE STANFORD TRIAL OF HYPOFRACTIONAED RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER.
   
  Mack Roach III University of California, San Francisco
  • CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN HYPOFRACTIONATED PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY: ASSESSMENT AND ADVICE TO THE PRACTITIONER.
   
  Pancreas and other GI Tumors
  Daniel Chang Stanford University
  • SELECTING RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR GI CANCERS – WHAT ARE THE INDICATIONS FOR SBRT?
   
  Keynote Address
  Brian Kavanagh University of Colorado
  • THE EXPANDING ROLES OF SBRT AND HYPOFRACTIONATION: TOWARD A NEW PRACTICE OF RADIOTHERAPY.
   
1:00 PM Conference Adjourned