Conference Schedule

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

PM
1:00   Registration
2:00   Session I -  Welcome and Introduction

         Bhudatt Paliwal, PhD

Personalizing Cancer Care 2009: Promise and Reality

Paul M. Harari, MD

Theragnostic Approach to Personalized Multimodality Cancer Care

Søren Bentzen PhD, DSc

3:00   Session II -  New Horizons in Radiation Oncology
Moderator: Søren Bentzen, PhD, DSc

Imaging Based Biological Target Volumes and Dose Painting

Robert Jeraj, PhD

Early Detection Precision Guidance and Radiation Therapy

Minesh Mehta, MD

5:00   Engage the Pioneers: Honorary Roundtable
Moderators: Kian Ang, MD, PhD and Paul M. Harari, MD

Jack Fowler, PhD, DSc

Eric Hall, PhD, DSc

Rodney Withers, MD, DSc

6:00   Honorary Reception in Rigadoon Room

Monday, September 14, 2009

AM

7:30   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00   Session III - Molecular Targeting and Radio-sensitization
Moderator:  Paul M. Harari, MD

Combining Anti-angiogenic Agents with Radiation

Kevin Kozak, MD, PhD

Molecular Radio-sensitization of CNS Tumors

Jann Sarkaria, MD

Radiation/Drug Strategies for GI Malignancies

Theodore S. Hong, MD

Understanding Resistance to Molecular Targeting Agents

Deric Wheeler, PhD

Radiation Response Modulation by HDAC Inhibitors

Prakash Chinnaiyan, MD

10:00   Break

10:15   Session IV - Dose, Volume Effect and Modeling
Moderator: Donald Herbert, PhD

The New Biology and Bernard's Dilemma

Donald Herbert, PhD

Modeling Uncertainty in Radiation Therapy

Rock Mackie, PhD

Imaging of Hypoxia, Proliferation and Underlying Signaling Pathways

Albert van der Kogel, PhD

An Update of Dose/Volume/Toxicity Models

Joseph Deasy, PhD

Dose/Volume Effects for RT-induced Heart Disease in Patients with Breast Cancer

Lawrence Marks, MD

PM
Noon   Lunch

1:30   Session V - Escalation of Effective dose
Moderator: Kristin Bradley, MD

Hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer ­ Rationale, Outcomes and Clinical Trial Considerations

Mark Ritter, MD, PhD

Dose Escalation for Inoperable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Jarrod Adkison, MD

Hypofractionation: New Estimate of α/β for Prostate Tumors

Jack Fowler, PhD, DSc

2:30   Session VI - Technological Advances, SBRT, Adaptive Strategies in IGRT
Moderator: Deepak Khuntia, MD

The Next Frontier in Radiation Therapy: Biological Modulation

James Welsh, MD

Temporal Conformality, Sequential Imaging and Tumour Dynamics

John Fenwick, PhD

Online Replanning for adaptive RT

Allen Li, PhD

3:15   Break

3:30   Session VII - Proffered Papers
Moderator: Rupak Das, PhD

5:30   Adjourn

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

AM
7:30   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00   Session VIII - Target Delineation, Localization and Real Time Motion Management
Moderator: Greg Richards, MD

Motion Management Strategies

Bhudatt Paliwal, PhD

4D Cone Beam Motion Assessment and Tumor Delineation

Guang-Hong Chen, PhD

TomoTherapy Dose Painting Delivery: Robust to Regular Respiratory Motion

Michael Kissick, PhD

9:00   Session IX - Site Specific Tailoring of Radiation Oncology: From Structures to Treatment
Planning and Delivery Tools
Moderator: Steve Howard, MD, PhD

Breast Radiation in the IMRT Era: Target Delineation Now Matters

George Cannon, MD

Study of Sliding Window IMRT and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)

Dinesh Tewatia, MSc

Hippocampal Sparing During Whole-brain Radiotherapy: Opportunities to Preserve Neurocognition

Vinai Gondi, MD

10:00   Break

10:15   Session X - Particle Therapies: Significance, Fiscal and Clinical Impact
Moderator: Richard Steeves, MD

State-of-the-Art in Proton Therapy

Jatinder Palta, PhD

Novel Proton Radiotherapy Systems

Rock Mackie, PhD

11:15   Session XI - The Emerging Role of Targeted Brachytherapy
Moderator: Prakash Shrivastava, PhD

Lung Brachytherapy

Deepak Khuntia, MD

3D Brachytherapy Treatment of Cervix

Kristen Bradley, MD

Radionucleides

Bruce Thomadsen, PhD

PM
12:15   Conference Summary

12:30   Adjourn