Getting Your Ducks in a Row: Experiences Operationalizing Adaptive Radiotherapy

Adaptive radiotherapy is emerging as a treatment approach for patients with improvements in technology that allow real-time planning and consequent treatment delivery. Different imaging modalities are used, such as MR and CBCT, for image guidance. Different workflows are used in different clinics, with impact on the personnel. Understanding of the different workflows and models of care, as well as the impact in the clinic, is needed when planning an adaptive program.

Topics:

  1. "Traditional" model for online adaptive radiotherapy
    James "Jim" Mechalakos, PhD
  2. The expanding role of radiation therapists in adaptive radiotherapy
    Alex Tyler Price, MS, PhD
  3. Implementing a Physician-centric Treatment Planning Workflow for Online Adaptive Radiotherapy 
    Yi-Fang Wang, MS, PhDc
  4. Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Community: A Clinician Perspective
    Christien Kluwe, MD, PhD
  5. Q and A
    Full Panel

This activity is available from February 6, 2024, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 5, 2026. 

This activity was originally recorded at the 2023 ASTRO Annual Meeting.

Target Audience

The activity is designed to meet the interests of radiation oncologists, physicists, radiation dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and residents.  

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify different operational and models of care for adaptive radiotherapy.
  • Understand differences between different adaptive programs.
  • Identify the limitations and potential gaps in different approaches. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 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 for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
02/06/2024
Course expires: 
02/05/2026
Cost:
$149.00
Rating: 
0
  • Laura I. Cervino, PhD, is employed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
  • Michael Price, PhD, MS, is employed by Columbia University Irving Medical Center. 
  • James G. Mechalakos, PhD, is employed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 
  • Alex Tyler Price, MS, PhD, is employed by University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Price receives honoraria from ViewRay, Inc. Dr. Price serves as the Physics PI on Varian's ARTIA Pancreas and ARTIA Bladder. 
  • Yi-Fang Wang, MS, PhD, is employed by Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Wang receives compensation from Varian.
  • Christien Kluwe, MD, PhD, is employed by Vanderbilt Medical Group and the University of Texas Health System.  

  

The person(s) above served as the developer(s) of this activity. Additionally, the Education Committee had control over the content of this activity. All relevant relationships have been mitigated.

Disclosure link: 
Committee Disclosures

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

ASTRO is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology to provide SA-CME as part of Part II Maintenance of Certification. 

Available Credit

  • 1.25 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 for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$149.00
Please login or register to take this course.

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

Nonmember: $149
Member: $99
Member-in-training: $49
Student/Grad Student/PGY: $49
Postdoctoral Fellow: $49
 

Policies:
No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the course by the end of the qualification date. The qualification date for each course is listed in the course catalog on the ASTRO website under availability.

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

The course and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website until February 6, 2026, regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the qualification, participants will no longer have access to the course or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove a course before the end of its qualification period.

Required Hardware/software

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