SEETRO is the Regional Congress for RTTs (Radiation Technologists / Radiation TherapisTs) in the South and East European region, in cooperation with the wider European RTT community.
The initiative for this Congress as a regional cooperation between countries came out as a positive feedback from the ESTRO / IAEA Train the Trainers project called: „Best Practice in Radiation Oncology – A Course to Train RTT Trainers“. South and Eastern European countries that participated in this initiative developed a series of locally organised courses, which in time through collaboration between these countries grew and finally resulted in a collaborative Regional concept of professional meeting. The first Regional Congress of RTTs (Radiation Technologists/Radiotherapists) was held in Belgrade (Serbia) in 2013, and was a huge success. Two years later it was followed by the SEETRO 2015 that was held in Zagreb (Croatia), widening the number of participants to eight countries. Last year, Sofia (Bulgaria) was the host of SEETRO 2017 which grew to 13 participating countries and covered a considerable number of scientific and professional topics. We believe that through the next Congress and many to come, we will carry on with the enthusiasm, cooperation and professional development that has so far proven to be a great experience.
JOIN US IN 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Below you can find the programme for the 4th SEETRO Congress.
PROGRAMME SEETRO 2019
ADVANCED PRACTICE IN RADIOTHERAPY- roles and responsibilities of the RTT’s
Friday, 4.10.
11.00 – 13.30 Registration
13.30 – 14.00 Opening ceremony
14.00 – 14.30 Keynote Jaka Jakopič: sportsman, writer and cancer survivor
QUALITY ASSURANCE, SAFETY
14.30 – 15.40
Chair: A.Oklješa Lukič (SL)
Chair: V. Karadža (HR)
14.30 – 14.50 M. Mlekuž (RTT): Segment gradient based technique for craniospinal irradiation with VMAT(SI)
14.50 – 15.10 A. Polšak (MF): Review of biggest radiotherapy accidents and what can we learn from them(SI)
15.10 – 15.40 M. Vejda (VARIAN): Varian Strategy and Portfolio News
15.40 – 16.10 COFFE BREAK
PATIENT CARE (RT of children, claustrophobic patients, information to patients, psychology)
16.10 – 17.20
Chair: I.Čurić (RS)
Chair: I. Payanova (BG)
16.10 – 16.40 Yohei Watanabe – Global Product Manager Radiation Oncology, Siemens Healthineers:
New world of CT simulation – scientific update
16.40 – 17.00 M. Coffey (Adjunct Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – The RTT
role in patient care (IRL)
17.00 – 17.20 V. Žager Marciuš (PhD RTT): The role of radiation therapists
in patients with claustrophobia in radiotherapy (SI)
17.20 – 17.50 E. Barini (ELEKTA): Elekta Unity driving MR/RT
18.00 WELCOME DRINK
Saturday, 5.10.
EDUCATION, TEACHING
9.00 – 10.30
Chair: V. Žager Marciuš (SL)
Chair: M. Leech (IR)
9.00 – 9.20 E. Alukič (RTT): University radiography courses in Slovenia (SI)
9.20 – 9.40 J. Stevanović (RTT): Improvment of university student skills by simulation exercise (RS)
9.40 – 10.00 M. Coffey (Adjunct Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – Educating the RTT of the future (IRL)
10.00 – 10.30 C. Huang (VARIAN): A Shared Vision for the Future of Adaptive Care
10.30 – 10.50 COFFE BREAK
SRS, SRT, SBRT (protocols, imobilisation,verification)
10.50 – 12.10
Chair: D. Ciprić (HR)
Chair: M. Coffey (IRL)
10.50 – 11.10 Đ.Harmicar (RTT): New possibilities and indications in intracranial
metastatic diseases – neuroradiosurgery (SRS)(HR)
11.10 – 11.30 A. Şafek (RTT): Motion management in prostate SBRT (TR)
11.30 – 11.50 G. Firtina (RTT): Motion management for lung cancers using
cyberknife robotic radiosurgery device (TR)
11.50 – 12.10 S. Gašpar (RTT): “Calypso extracranial tracking” system in radiosurgery (HR)
12.10 – 13.10 LUNCH
IMAGING IN PLANING PROCESS (CT, MR, PETCT,setup and imobilisation)
13.10 – 14.30
Chair: A. Kostovski (BA)
Chair: M. Jeraj (SL)
13.10 – 13.40 M. Leech (Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – Positioning and immobilisation – the key to
a quality treatment plan and a successful treatment (IRL)
13.40 – 14.00 A.Jovanovska, I.Payanova, A.Hristova (RTT): Aplication of PET/CT in radiothetapy treatment planning
for linear accelerator halcyon (BG)
14.00 – 14.20 E. Erge (RTT): The superiority of 4D CT imaging to conventional CT imaging (TR)
IMAGING IN TREATMENT PROCESS (IGRT, CBCT, 4D CBCT, UZ, protocols)
14.30 – 16.20
Chair: A. Safek (TR)
Chair: D. Dostal (SL)
14.30 – 14.50 R. Ljubijankić, E. Kuduzović (RTT): Ultrasound urinary bladder volume control
during radiotherapy of gyneco urological cancers (SI)
14.50 – 15.10 I. Ranić, K. Šnjarić (RTT): Proper radiotherapy treatment preparation
for prostate cancer patients (HR)
15.10 – 15.30 E. Al-Khazae, M. Han (RTT) : Comparison between two different techniques of patient positioning
for prostate cancer image-guided radiation (HR)
15.30 – 15.50 A. Petković, V.Bišof, J. Bibić (RTT) : Determination of prostate margins in clinical practice (HR)
15.50 – 16.20 M. Wenke (RaySearch): Machine Learning & Analytics at RaySearch
16.20 – 16.40 COFFE BREAK
MODERN TECHNIQUES IN RADIATION THERAPY
16.40 – 18.00
Chair: J. Stevanović (RS)
Chair: L. Ilijev (BG)
16.40 – 17.00 D. Drljača (RTT): Implementation of VMAT/SIB with extended volumes in
gyn malignancies, RTT`S role (BA)
17.00 – 17.20 A. Kostovski (RTT): Practical implementation of DIBH radiotherapy in treatment
of left sided breast carcinoma, RTTS point of view (BA)
17.20 – 17.40 H.S Yaman (RTT): Optical surface tracking system (TR)
17.40 – 18.00 D. Cvijić, P. Zebec (RTT): Is it possible to reduce radiation dose to the heart
on left-sided breast cancer patients using existing equipment? (SI)
20.00 OFFICIAL DINNER
Sunday, 6.10.
WORKSHOPS (Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana)
On site live demo presentations – from 9.30am – 12am:
- M. Jeraj (RTT): Breast radiotherapy – special techniquess (PA breast support and motion management with ABC) (SI)
- L. Madureira, R. Postma: CIVCO Frameless Stereotactic Radiotherapy
- S. Baldwin, T. Swayne: Qfix Encompass Frameless SRS Solution
- M. Vejda, C. Huang: HyperArc workshop