eContouring for Head and Neck Cancer

This activity reviews principles for effectively treating oropharyngeal cancers with radiation therapy. The activity will include a brief didactic session highlighting key principles for contouring definitive and adjuvant oropharyngeal cases and will help participants determine appropriate elective nodal coverage and delineate target volumes. Contours for oropharynx cancers and dose fractionation regimens are reviewed.

Cases Covered:

Case 1: Post-op Tonsil 
Case 3: Definitive ChemoRT with Contralateral Node Negative Tonsil
Case 2: Definitive ChemoRT for Bilateral Node Positive, Base of Tongue

The content was originally presented and recorded as a live webinar on May 7, 2025.

This activity is available from September 3, 2025, through September 2, 2027.

Target Audience

This course is designed to meet the interest of radiation oncologists and radiation oncology residents.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this live activity, participants should be able to:

  • Accurately delineate and create treatment volumes for oropharynx cancers.
  • Appropriately designate elective nodal coverage for oropharyngeal cancers.
  • Explain various de-escalation strategies and techniques and appropriately implement appropriate elements into their clinical practice and contouring.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
09/03/2025
Course expires: 
09/02/2027
Cost:
$179.00
Rating: 
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Planners

Salma Jabbour, MD, FASTRO, is employed by Rutgers Cancer Institute and receives funding from Merck & Co., Inc, Beigene, Radialogica, IMX Medical, Dechert LLC, AstraZeneca. She serves in a leadership position with the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (IJROBP)

Manisha Palta, MD, is employed by Duke University and receives research funding from Merck and Varian Medical Systems. She is a consultant for Varian Medical Systems, Voxelmetric and Syntaxtx and serves on an advisory board for Varian Medical Systems.

Faculty

Jared Robbins, MD, is employed Duke University School of Medicine and received honoraria from Western Regional Dental Experience, Castle Bioscience and Arizona Dental Association. He served on the Advisory Board of Castle Bioscience.

The person(s) above served as the developer(s) of this activity. 

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

 

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$179.00
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Course Fees:
ASTRO members must log in to the ASTRO website to view and receive the discounted member rate.

  • Nonmember: $179
  • Member: $119
  • Member-in-Training: $59

If you are an ASTRO member from a low or lower-middle income country, as identified by the World Bank, you can receive a 50% discount off your corresponding registration for this activity. Please email [email protected] to inquire about the discount.
 

Policies:
No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the activity by the expiration date.

Participants using ASTRO Academy activities to satisfy the requirement of a Continuing Certification (MOC) program should verify the credit number and type and availability dates of any activity before making a purchase. No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for participants who have purchased activities that do not align with their MOC requirement.

The activity and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website until September 2, 2027, regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the activity, participants will no longer have access to the activity or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove an activity before its expiration date.

Required Hardware/software

One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.