This session will review the recent literature on radiation for upper and lower GI cancers. Specific cancers that will be addressed are esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, and biliary tract cancer. Trials that utilize radiotherapy will be discussed.

It is imperative that the radiation oncology professional remain current in the state-of-the-art techniques.

Gynecological radiation oncology is a specialized part of radiation oncology due to the need for Brachytherapy and chemotherapy integration. Failure to stay informed leads to lower quality of care by practicing clinicians.

There are at least 50 histologic sub-types of soft tissue sarcoma.

There is a large volume of new data continuously being released about the optimal management of prostate cancer.


Q&A Session for Gastrointestinal with Dr. El Naqa, Dr. Kavanaugh, Dr. Hall, and Dr. Lee

 

This activity will focus on the current state of the art of MR guided radiation therapy. Specifically I will aim to present an overview of different technologies that are used for MR guidance. Finally opportunities and challenges of MR guidance will be presented.

This course is designed to provide clinicians in practice and trainees with a comprehensive review and update of the clinical practice parameters across most sub-disciplines of radiation oncology, including sarcomas and the use of radiation therapy for palliative purposes.

There are many recent advances in image-guided radiotherapy, some of it is being established such KV CBCT and some are being introduced to the such as MR or PET and some are in research phase such as optics and acoustic technologies including the introduction of new treatment devices that allow b

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