Brachytherapy Education Workshop
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Developing a Brachytherapy Curriculum | Fairview Ballroom
Moderator:
Bethany M. Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin
Panelists:
How Should Curriculums Be Developed?
Jennifer M. Croke, MD, MHPE
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Development of Physicist Brachytherapy Training Standards
Christopher Deufel, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Development of Physician Brachytherapy Training Standards
Mira Keyes, MD, FABS
BC Cancer
Resident’s Perspective on Creating Brachytherapy Training Standards
Bailey Nelson, MD
University of Cincinnati
What is the Role of Industry in Brachytherapy Education?
Neil Taunk, MD
University of Pennsylvania
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Barrigel: Breaking Down the Barriers to Brachytherapy
Panelists:
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS, FABS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Adaptiiv: 3D Printed Brachytherapy Applicators
Join industry experts as they share their experiences designing and creating 3D printed brachytherapy applicators
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
300 in 10 Experiences | Fairview Ballroom
Moderator:
Daniel G. Peteriet MD, FABS
Monument Health
Panelists:
Lauren Andring, MD
MD Anderson
Jonathan Cantalino, DO, MS
MedStar Health Georgetown University Hospital
Andrew M. Farach, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Jay Shiao, MD
University of Kansas
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Round Table Discussion: Building a Roadmap for Brachytherapy Education | Fairview Ballroom
Moderator:
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Opening Reception | Fairview Terrace
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Physics and Nursing Sub-Committee of the Education and Training Council Meeting | Stanley
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Content & Communications Council Meeting | Cambie
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Global Brachytherapy Council Meeting | Granville I
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Industry Partner Showcase | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast Club: Physics Updates (A “journal club” style overview of important papers/topics over the past 2 years to get you up to speed on what’s happening) | Fairview Ballroom
Jennifer Steers
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8:00 am – 8:20 am
Daily Keynote: Walking Forward Cancer Research for American Indians | Parq Salon DEF
Daniel G. Petereit, MD, FABS
Monument Health
8:20 am – 9:20 am
Prostate Session I: Mono, bi- or tri-? When do We Add External Beam or Androgen Deprivation to Brachytherapy? | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Martin King, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Panelists:
Monotherapy: Pushing the Limits
Jay Ciezki, MD,
Cleveland Clinic
Bimodality: Can we Add EBRT and Avoid ADT?
Alfonso Gomez Iturriaga, MD
Cruces University Hospital
Trimodality: When Do We Add ADT and When Can We Avoid it?
Marisa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering
8:20 am – 9:20 am
Scientific Session: GYN Proffered Papers I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Parul N. Barry, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Lucas Mendez, MD
London Health Science Centre
8:20 am – 8:29 am
Updated Trends In Brachytherapy Utilization In The United States From 2004 To 2020
8:29 am – 8:38 am
Starting Interstitial, Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy In Botswana: Initial Experience In A High Volume, Low Resource Centre
8:38 am – 8:47 am
Clinical Implementation Of MRI-only Treatment Planning (MRTP) Workflow For Gynecological HDR Brachytherapy
8:47 am – 8:56 am
Definitive Radiation For Advanced Cervix Cancer Is Not Associated With Vaginal Shortening - A Prospective Vaginal Length And Dose Correlation
8:56 am – 9:05 am
Gastrointestinal And Genitourinary Toxicity Following High Dose Rate Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy With 21 Gray In 3 Fractions For Endometrial Cancer
9:05 am – 9:14 am
Including Religion & Spirituality To Improve Patient-physician Communication For Gynecologic Brachytherapy Patients
9:20 am – 10:20 am
Scientific Session: Prostate Proffered Papers I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Joelle Helou, MD, MSc
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Chad Tang, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:20 am – 9:29 am
Health-related Quality Of Life After Combined External Beam And Either High Dose Rate (HDR) Or Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy: Does The Rectal Dose From The LDR Brachytherapy Make A Difference?
9:29 am – 9:38 am
Long Term Rectal Patient-reported Quality Of Life Outcomes Among Patients Treated With Pd-103 Ldr Prostate Brachytherapy
9:38 am – 9:47 am
Prostate Brachytherapy With Cs-131: Long Term Results Compared To Published SBRT Data
9:47 am – 9:56 am
The Performance Of Multiparametric MRI In Identification Of Intraprostatic Tumor Deposits After Local Prostate Radiation Therapy
9:56 am – 10:05 am
Comparison Of Perioperative & Subacute Postoperative Complications Between LDR & HDR Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer
9:20 am – 10:20 am
Gyn Session I: Simplifying & Improving Efficiency in Complex Brachytherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Kevin Albuquerque, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Panelists:
Simplifying Complex Perineal Template Brachytherapy
Eric Leung, MD
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Efficient Use of Advanced Hybrid Cervical Applicators
Scott Glaser, MD
City of Hope
AI-Assisted Contouring/Needle Reconstruction
Alexandra Rink, PhD
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Preparing for Acute Complications
Kristin Bradley, MD
University of Wisconsin
10:20 am – 10:50 am
Refreshment Break | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
10:50 am – 11:50 am
Skin Session I: Optimizing Skin Brachytherapy: Patient Selection, Technique and Delivery | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Tiffany Phillips, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Panelists:
Appropriate Patient Selection for Skin Brachytherapy
Michael Kasper, MD
Christine E. Lynn Cancer Center at Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Choosing the Right Technique for Skin Brachytherapy
Parag Sanghvi, MD
University of California, San Diego
Dosimetry Considerations: Physics Perspective
Joel Poder, MSc
St George Hospital Cancer Care Centre
Practical Clinical Considerations: Therapist's Perspective
Mackenzie Smith, MRT(T)
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
10:50 am – 11:50 am
Breast Session I: Breast Brachytherapy Review and Update | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderator:
Simona Shaitelman, MD, EdM
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Panelists:
APBI (and Brachytherapy Specifically) is the Preferred Option for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University
ABS APBI Guidelines Update 2023
Bethany M. Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin
Eliminating Barriers to Breast Brachytherapy
Bridget Quinn, MD, PhD
VCU Health
Ultra-Short Course Breast Brachytherapy
Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, MD, PhD
Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Center
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Resident Lunch Symposium | Mentoring and Clinical Education - What Works and How Can the ABS Help | Parq Salon AB
Sponsored by Theragenics
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch Symposium: GYN Applicators: Find your Best Fit! | Fairview Ballroom
Sponsored by Varian
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Miscellaneous Session I: Opportunities for Organ Preservation with Brachytherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Moderators:
Andrew M. Farach, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Michael T. Folkert, MD, PhD
Northwell Health
Panelists:
Rectal Cancer
Te Vuong, MD, FRCP
Jewish General Hospital
Bladder Cancer
Andrew M. Farach, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Esophageal Cancer
Nitika Thawani, MD
Dignity Health Cancer Institute
Repeat Breast Conservation Therapy with Breast Brachytherapy
Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, MD, PhD
Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Center
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Physics Session I: Improved Access to Brachytherapy Through Practical Program Implementation | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Deidre Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM
BC Cancer Agency
Christopher Tien, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Panelists:
A Practical Quality Assurance Program
Deidre Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM
BC Cancer Agency
Hardware Commissioning
Susan Richardson, PhD
Swedish Cancer Institute
TPS and Software Commissioning
Samantha Simiele, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Miscellaneous Session II: Ingenuity in Brachytherapy Applicators | Parq Salon DEF
Moderators:
Subhakar Mutyala, MD, MPH
Arizona Oncology
Puja S. Venkat, MD
UCLA
Panelists:
Brachytherapy for Extrapelvic Malignancies
Albert Chang, MD, PhD
UCLA
3D Printed HDR Brachytherapy Applicators
John David, MD
Tampa General
Penile Cancer Applicators
Aurelie Garant, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
3D Printing for Eye Plaques
Firas Mourtada, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Physics Session II: Improved Access to Brachytherapy Through Physics Education and Training | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Sonja Dieterich, PhD, MBA
UC Davis
Daniel J. Scanderbeg, PhD
University of California San Diego
Panelists:
Remote Education
Benjamin Li, MD
Rayos Contra Cancer
Remote Chart Rounds, Contouring, and Planning
Anuja Jhingran, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Scientific Session: Physics Proffered Papers I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Mark J. Rivard, PhD, FABS
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Yiwen Xu, PhD
British Columbia Cancer Agency
3:30 pm – 3:39 pm
To Measure Or Not To Measure? Investigating The Dosimetric Impact Of Measured Vs Reconstructed Needle Depths During Intraoperative US-guided Prostate HDR
3:39 pm – 3:48 pm
AAPM GEC-ESTRO TG-342: Update On The Robot-assisted Brachytherapy
3:48 pm – 3:57 pm
Realtime Ir-192 Source Localization Employing Spatio-temporal Sensing Along Brachytherapy Catheter
3:57 pm – 4:06 pm
Simultaneous Catheter And Multi-criteria Optimization For HDR Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy With The Venezia Applicator
4:06 pm – 4:15 pm
Introducing A Robotic 3D Ultrasound System For Improved Seroma Visualization And Implant Guidance In Partial Breast Brachytherapy
4:15 pm – 4:24 pm
Prediction Of Individualized Brachytherapy Dose For Cervical Cancer Patients Using 3D Cascade UNet
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Special Session I: Opportunities for Advancing Brachytherapy Education | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Jennifer M. Croke, MD, MHPE
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Panelists:
What’s the Role of Nursing in Brachytherapy Education
Kayla Kafka Peterson, RN
UCLA
How to Mentor Millennials in Procedural Education
Michael R. Folkert, MD, PhD
Northwell Health
GEC-ESTRO Lessons Learned from Teaching IGABT for Cervical Cancer
Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Innovations in Teaching Brachytherapy
Lauren Colbert, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Melissa Joyner, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Session: Miscellaneous Proffered Papers I | Parq Salon DEF
Moderators:
Andrew Farach, MD
Houston Methodist
Arjit Baghwala, MSc, DABR
Houston Methodist
4:30 pm – 4:39 pm
Development Of A Novel Dosimetry Software For Patient-specific Intravascular Brachytherapy Treatment Planning On Optical Coherence Tomography Images
4:39 pm – 4:48 pm
Development Of Risk Stratification Tool For Predicting Vaginal Bleeding And Improving Safety During Gynecologic Hdr Implant Removals
4:48 pm – 4:57 pm
MRI-guided Intraluminal High Dose Rate Brachytherapy In The Management Of Malignant Biliary Tract Obstruction: A Preliminary Analysis
4:57 pm – 5:06 pm
I-125 Eye-plaque Seed Economics: To Re-use Or To Not Re-use? Firas Mourtada
5:06 pm – 5:15 pm
BrUOG 291: Phase II Trial Of Five-fraction Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) Using Non-invasive Image-guided Breast Brachytherapy (NIBB) (NCT01961531)
5:15 pm – 5:24 pm
Efficacy And Pattern Of Failure In High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy For Penile Cancer: Single-institution Experience
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Scientific Session: Physics Snap Orals I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Douglas Hoover, PhD
London Regional Cancer Program
Samantha Lloyd, PhD
British Columbia Cancer Agency
4:30 pm – 4:35 pm
3D Printed Phantom To Determine Minimum Curvature Radius Of HDR Afterloader
4:35 pm – 4:40 pm
Multicentre Deployment Of A Monte Carlo Model-Based Dose Calculation For LDR Brachytherapy
4:40 pm – 4:45 pm
A 3-D Printed Platform For Preclinical In Vitro Studies Incorporating Clinically Relevant HDR And External Beam Therapy Workflows
4:45 pm – 4:50 pm
HDR Prostate Brachytherapy In-vivo Source Tracking: To Interrupt Or Adapt?
4:50 pm – 4:55 pm
A Magic Gel Formulation Adapted To The Requirements Of Dosimetry For Complex-shaped Low-dose Rate Brachytherapy Devices
4:55 pm – 5:00 pm
Prostate Brachytherapy Optimization With 4-pi Catheter Selection And Catheter Complexity Reduction
5:00 pm – 5:05 pm
Monte Carlo Based Hetergeneous Dose Calculations For Cesium-131 Implants Treating Recurrent Head And Neck Cancer
5:05 pm – 5:10 pm
Quantitative Dosimetric Analysis Of The Impact Of Needle Material On HDR Prostate Plans
5:10 pm – 5:15 pm
Color vision for improved ultrasound visualization of brachytherapy needles
5:15 pm – 5:20 pm
On The Use Of A Gyn Applicator For The Registration Of An Emt-enabled Afterloader And Ct Scan In Interstitial Gyn Brachytherapy
5:20 pm – 5:25 pm
Comparison Of HDR Brachytherapy MCO Planning Using Dosimetrical Versus Radiobiological Criteria For The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Join us for ABS After Hours: Cocktails and Conversation | Rooftop Park Terrace
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Research & Development Council Meeting | Stanley
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Diversity & Inclusion Council Meeting | Granville I
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Industry Advisory Council Meeting | Burrard
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Standards Quality and Safety Council Meeting | Parq A
7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Registration | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:30 am – 5:45 pm
Industry Partner Showcase | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast Club: GU Updates (A “journal club” style overview of important papers/topics over the past 2 years to get you up to speed on what’s happening. | Fairview Ballroom
Chad Tang, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:00 am – 8:15 am
Business Meeting | Parq Salon DEF
8:15 am – 8:30 am
Daily Keynote: Improving Global Access to Radiotherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Mary Gospodarowicz, MD, FRCPC
University of Toronto
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Prostate Session II: All Isotopes Are Not Created Equal but Does One Stand Out? | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC, FABS
BC Cancer Agency
Panelists:
Palladium 103: Is There Really an Advantage Over Iodine?
Steven Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cesium 131
Ryan P. Smith, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Iodine 125: It's All a Matter of Dose
Richard Stock, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
8:30 am – 9:30 am
RadioPharm Session I: Implementation of Radiopharmaceuticals in the Radiation Oncology Clinic | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderator:
Susan Richardson, PhD
Swedish Cancer Institute
Panelists:
Physics Perspective on RadioPharm Implementation
Jacqueline E. Zoberi, PhD
Washington University
MD Perspective on RadioPharm Implementation
Neil Taunk, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Cutting Edge Research
Emily Weg, MD
University of Washington
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Refreshment Break | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Socioeconomic Session I: Defining Value in Brachytherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Panelists:
Modeling Value
Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Gyn Expert- EBRT vs SBRT
Puja S. Venkat, MDProstate Expert- EBRT vs SBRT
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Value and New Payment Models
Peter F. Orio, III, DO, MS
Brigham and Women's Hospital
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Scientific Session: GYN Proffered Papers II | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Aman Taggar, MD, MS
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Ashley Weiner, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00 am – 10:09 am
Automating Brachytherapy Treatment Planning For Cervical Cancer Using Neural Network Dose Predictions
10:09 am – 10:18 am
Prospective Assessment Of Interstitial Needles With Transrectal Ultrasound In Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy
10:18 am – 10:27 am
3D-Printed Vaginal Individualized Applicator (via) Simplifies Needle Insertion, Guides Needle Distribution, Facilitates Procedure Efficiency And Optimizes Dosimetry For Gynecologic Interstitial Brachytherapy
10:27 am – 10:36 am
A Randomized Cross-over Study Of A Hydrogel Packing System Compared To Standard Packing During Image-guided High-dose Rate Brachytherapy Boost For Cervical Cancer
10:36 am – 10:45 am
Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Model Applicators For Treatment Planning Of Multi-institutional Cervical Cancer Cases: Removing Needles In Intracavitary-interstitial Techniques
10:45 am – 10:54 am
"Honeycomb" Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Applicator
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Special Session II: Advancing Brachytherapy Access Through Clinical Research | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Marisa Kollmeier, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Panelists:
Single Institution: Sunnybrook Experience with GU Research
Gerard C. Morton, MD, FRCPC
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
EMBRACE Perspective on Multi-Institution Research
Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Conducting Brachytherapy Trials Through Cooperative Groups
Neal B. Desai, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ensuring Brachy QA on Clinical Trials
Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
UC San Diego Health
Lessons Learned from ASCENDE-RT
W. James Morris, MD, FRCPC
BC Cancer Agency
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Presidential Address, Induction of ABS 2023 Fellows and Swearing in of 2023-2024 Board of Director’s | Parq Salon DEF
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch Symposium: An Update on Clinical Data, Optimal Patients, and Evaluation of Rectal Spacing in Prostate Cancer, Presented by Neil Taunk MD, University of Pennsylvania | Fairview Ballroom
Sponsored by Boston Scientific
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Plenary Session (top four abstracts) | Parq Salon DEF
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Sole Interstitial Multicatheter Brachytherapy - GEC-ESTRO Phase 3 Non-inferiority Trial: Sub-analysis Of 10-year Results Reflecting Current Astro Recommendations For Patient Selection.
Author: Vratislav Strnad, MD
Discussant; Simona F. Shaitelman, MD
HDR Monotherapy For Low And Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Update Of A Randomized Trial
Author: Gerard Morton, MD, FRCPC
Discussant; Alvaro Martinez, MD, FABS
Autoplanning Software For 3D Printable Interstitial Gynecological Brachytherapy Templates
Author: Michael Kudla, MSc
Discussant; Christopher Deufel, PhD
Bowel Function Evaluation After Radiotherapy Dose Escalation: Early Results From The Morpheus Randomized Phase II-III Trial
Author: Aurelie Garant, MD
Discussant; Remi Nout, MD, PhD
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Henschke Award | Parq Salon DEF
2023 Recipient Dr. Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
Sponsored by Best Medical
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Refreshment Break | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Physics Session III: Delivering the Right Care Through Advances in Technology | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Luc Beaulieu, PhD
CHU De Québec - ULaval
Samantha Simiele, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Centerr
Panelists:
Auto-planning (Knowledge-Based Planning)
Shirin A. Enger, PhD
McGill University
Artificial Intelligence/Big Data
Xun Jia, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Innovations in Applicators
Adam M. Cunha, PhD
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Socioeconomic Session II: The Value of Short-Course Brachytherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Melissa Joyner, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Panelists:
The Value Proposition of Short-Course Breast Brachytherapy?
Chirag Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Sarcoma
Arash Naghavi, MD, MS
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Gynecological
Sushil Beriwal, MD, FABS
Allegheny Health Network
Prostate
Daniel J. Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Special Session III: Contouring Workshop - Prostate and GYN | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Lara Hathout, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Panelists:
Prostate Cases I & II
William McLaughlin, MD
University of Michigan/Providence Cancer Center
GYN Case I
Kathy Han, MD, MSc
Princess Margaret Hospital
GYN Case II
Junzo P. Chino, MD
Duke University Medical Center
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Scientific Session: Miscellaneous Snap Orals I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
John David, MD
University of South Florida
Lin Wang, MSc
Northwell Health System
4:45 pm – 4:50 pm
Streamlining Brachytherapy Or Waste Management In 60 Seconds: The AI Solution
4:50 pm – 4:55 pm
Novel 3D Printed Universal Conical Holder For Eye Plaque Quality Assurance
4:55 pm – 5:00 pm
Trends In Abnormal Occurrences In HDR Brachytherapy In The Past 20 Years
5:00 pm – 5:05 pm
Stent Placement Plus Radioactive Seeds Implantation For The Treatment Of Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis
5:05 pm – 5:10 pm
A Novel 3d Printing Method For An Eye Plaque “Dummy” For Ocular Melanoma Brachytherapy
5:10 pm – 5:15 pm
Endoluminal High Dose Rate Brachytherapy For Esophageal Cancer
5:15 pm – 5:20 pm
Ocular Brachytherapy With I-125 An Increasingly Important Option In Ocular Melanoma: A Case Series From A Low Middle Income Country, Latin American Experience
5:20 pm – 5:25 pm
The Impact Of A Positive Covid-19 Test On The Timeliness Of Radiation In Patients Receiving Brachytherapy
5:25 pm – 5:30 pm
Explainable Artificial Intelligence To Characterize Receipt Of Brachytherapy Boost In Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Through The COVID-19 Era
5:30 pm – 5:35 pm
Ultra-accelerated Perioperative High Dose Rate Brachytherapy For Early Breast Cancer, Preliminary Results From A Phase II Trial
5:35 pm – 5:40 pm
Commissioning Of Three-Dimensional In Vivo Dosimetry For 177Lu-PSMA Targeted Molecular Radiotherapy Using Quantitative SPECT/CT
5:40 pm – 5:45 pm
Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) For Recurrent Brain Metastases: Initial Clinical Experience
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Advocacy Council Meeting | Stanley
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Education Council Meeting | Cambie
7:00 am – 8:00 am
ABS/Retro COSMOS | Burrard
7:30 am – 12:50 pm
Registration | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:00 am – 12:50 pm
Industry Partner Showcase | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
7:30 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast Club - GYN Updates (A “journal club” style overview of important papers/topics over the past 2 years to get you up to speed on what’s happening) | Granville I
Sarah Hamilton, MD
BC Cancer Agency
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Daily Keynote: Brachytherapy During Times of War - Experience in Ukraine | Parq Salon DEF
Panelists:
The Situation with Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy in Ukraine
Ruslan Zelinskyi, PhD, President of the Ukrainian Association of Medical Physicists
Brachytherapy During War: A Case Study
Zoia Shepil, MD and Serhii Brovchuk, PhD, Kyiv Regional Oncology Dispensary
A Call for Action and How to Help Ukraine
Nataliya Kovalchuk, PhD, Stanford Radiation Oncology, founder of Help Ukraine Group (HUG)
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Scientific Session: Miscellaneous Snap Oral II | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Arjit Baghwala, MSc, DABR
Houston Methodist
Puja S. Venkat, MD
UCLA
8:30 am – 8:35 am
A Feasibility Study: Insertion Of Inert Alpha Dart Seeds In Orthotopic Rectal Mice Models
8:35 am – 8:40 am
Interstitial Brachytherapy For Organ And Function Preservation In Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Long Term Outcomes
8:40 am – 8:45 am
TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY, TOLERABILITY AND OUTCOME OF CONCURRENT CHEMO-RADIATION WITH HDR INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY IN ADVANCED IN-OPERABLE CARCINOMA ESOPHAGUS
8:45 am – 8:50 am
Outcomes With High Dose Rate Brachytherapy In Reirradiation Of Head And Neck Cancers
8:50 am – 9:00 am
Case Report On Novel 3D-Printed Surface Brachytherapy Applicators For The Scalp In A Rural Setting
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) For Recurrent Brain Metastases: Initial Clinical Experience
9:05 am – 9:10 am
Accuracy And Safety Of 3d-printed Non-co-planar Template Assisted 125I Seed Implantation For Recurrence In Situ Following Radiotherapy In Patients With Head And Neck Squamous Carcinoma
9:10 am – 9:15 am
Improving Treatment Quality In Multi-Catheter Breast Brachytherapy By Decision-tree Based Treatment Adaption And Implementation Of Patient Immobilization
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Miscellaneous Session III: Brachytherapy 2025 | Parq Salon DEF
Moderators:
Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pranshu Mohindra, MD, MBBS
Case Western
Judges:
Onyinye Balogun, MD
Weill Cornell Medical
Christopher Deufel, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
Timothy Showalter, MD
The University Of Virginia
Shark Tank Teams:
Team 1: Incorporating a digital conversational agent to educate cancer patients on brachytherapy and assess its impact on patient satisfaction/understanding
Arpan Prabhu, Santanu Samanta, Gary Lewis
Team 2: Biological treatment plan optimization of combined brachytherapy and EBRT
Elliot Abbott, Adam Turner, David Brachman
Team 3: Automated intraoperative live-planning and dose visualization
Andre Karius, Vratislav Strnad, Christoph Bert
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Prostate Session III: High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy: An Evolving Modality | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Daniel J. Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health
Panelists:
Evolution of HDR
Juanita M. Crook, MD, FRCPC, FABS
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Prescription Dose is Just the Beginning
Gerard C. Morton, MD, FRCPC, FABS
Sunny Brook Odette Cancer Centre
Incorporating Advanced Imaging to Boost the DIL
Deidra L. Batchelar, PhD, FCCPM
BC Cancer Agency
9:30 am – 10: 30 am
GYN Session II: Challenging GYN Cases | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderator:
Parul N. Barry, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Panelists:
GYN Tumors Involving Bladder/Bowel
Kathy Han, MD, MSc
Princess Margaret Hospital
Vaginal Cancer
Remi Nout, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Reirradiation
Alina Sturdza, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Oligometastasis
Junzo P. Chino, MD
Duke University Medical Center
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Refreshment Break | Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Scientific Session: Prostate Proffered Papers II | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Mark Corkum, MD, MSc
The Ottawa Hospital
Jack Zheng, MD
BC Cancer Agency
11:00 am – 11:09 am
High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy as Monotherapy in the treatment of Localize Prostate Cancer
11:09 am – 11:18 am
Doppler Ultrasound Changes Of The Neurovascular Bundle During High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy
11:18 am – 11:27 am
Biochemical Prostate Cancer Cure After Ultra Hypofrationned Radiotherapy Combined With Hdr Brachytherapy
11:27 am – 11;36 am
Mature Toxicity And Effectiveness Outcomes Associated With Three Treatment Schedules Of High-dose-rate Brachytherapy Monotherapy For Favorable-risk Prostate Cancer
11:36 am – 11:45 am
Salvage High-dose-rate Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer Local Recurrence - Toxicity And Efficacy Comparison Of Two Fractionation Schedules
11:45 am – 11:54 am
A Prospective Study Of MR-assisted Salvage HDR Prostate Brachytherapy With Intra-prostatic Boost
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
GYN Session III: Global Access to GYN Brachytherapy | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Alina Sturdza, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Panelists:
Improving Access to GYN Brachytherapy - Tata Experience
Supriya Chopra, MD
Tata Memorial Centre
Improving Access to GYN Brachytherapy - Ghana Perspective
Aba Scott
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
Improving Access to GYN Brachytherapy - Botswana/UPenn Partnership
Megan Kassick, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania
Promoting High-Quality Physics for LMIC
Julie Raffi, PhD, DABR
Duke University Medical Center
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Scientific Session: Prostate Snap Oral I | Kitsilano Ballroom
Moderators:
Janna Andrews, MD
Northwell Health
Martin King, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm
Prostate Brachy 2.0: Accessible & Immersive Virtual Reality Training Curriculum For Prostate Brachytherapy
12:05 pm – 12:10 pm
Evaluating The Prognostic Significance Of Artificial Intelligence-Delineated Dominant Intraprostatic Lesion And Prostate Volume Measurements For I-125 LDR Prostate Brachytherapy
12:10 pm – 12:15 pm
Utilizing Deep Learning For Auto-segmentation In Prostate Brachytherapy With Implanted Needles
12:15 pm – 12:20 pm
Observer Preference Of AI-Generated Versus Clinically-Utilized Prostate Contours For Ultrasound-based High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
12:20 pm – 12:25 pm
Salvage Whole Gland With Focal Boost High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy For Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Prior Radiation Therapy: A Single Institutional Experience Of A Two-Fraction Approach
12:25 pm – 12:30 pm
Early Outcomes And Hormone-Free Survival Following Salvage Mars For Mri-Visible Post-Surgical Bed Recurrences And Focal Intraprostatic Recurrences Following External Beam And Following Brachytherapy
12:30 pm – 12:35 pm
Encounters For Potential Toxicity Between Prostate Radiation Therapy Modalities: A New York State Cohort Study 2015-2019
12:35 pm – 12:40 pm
Ceramides As A Potential Biomarker Of Treatment Outcome And Toxicities Of Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With EBRT And HDR Brachytherapy Boost
12:40 pm – 12:45 pm
Evaluation Of Toxicity For A Randomized Trial Of Tri-modality Therapy With Iodine-125 Brachytherapy, External Beam Radiation, And Short- Or Long-term Androgen Deprivation Therapy For High-risk Localized Prostate Cancer (TRIP Trial)
12:45 pm – 12:50 pm
Quantitative Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Combined Radiation And Implantable Magnetic Nanoparticle-induced Hyperthermia In Radiation Therapy
12:50 pm – 12:55 pm
Single Fraction High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy In Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Scientific Session: GYN Snap Oral I | Parq Salon DEF
Moderator:
Eve Lyn Marchand, MD, PhD
Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm
How Do You Do It?: Gynecologic Brachytherapy Best Practices At High Volume Institutions Within The United States And Canada
12:05 pm – 12:10 pm
Can Bench Inform Bedside? Exploring The Outcomes Gap In Locally Advanced Cervix Cancer, In A Population-based Cohort Treated With Image-guided (Chemo)radiotherapy/brachytherapy
12:10 pm – 12:15 pm
The Impact Of MRI-tracking Technology On Procedural Time For Patients Undergoing Perineal Template-based Interstitial Gynecologic Brachytherapy Implants
12:15 pm – 12:20 pm
Evaluating Outcomes And Toxicities For A Newly Implemented MRI-Based Brachytherapy Program For Cervical Cancer
12:20 pm – 12:25 pm
Gross Tumor Volume Change With MRI Guided Brachytherapy For Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
12:25 pm – 12:30 pm
Low Recurrence Rates Of Equivocal Post Treatment Pet Following HDR Brachytherapy For Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
12:30 pm – 12:35 pm
Combining Novel Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem-and-ovoids Applicators For Treatment Planning Of Multi-institutional Cervical Cancer Cases: Removing Needles In Intracavitary-interstitial Techniques
12:35 pm – 12:40 pm
Use Of Superflab During Interstitial Brachytherapy For Highly Locally Advanced Cancer Of The Gynecological Tract To Minimize Toxicity
12:40 pm – 12:45 pm
FEBE: The Female Brachytherapy Experience. Assessing PTSD Symptom Rates In Women Treated For Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer With HDR Brachytherapy
12:45 pm – 12:50 pm
A Survey Of Patient Experiences With Brachytherapy Education And Preparedness
12:50 pm – 12:55 pm
The Impact Of Race On Access To Endometrial Cancer Care And Post-radiation Vaginal Stenosis
12:55 pm – 1:00 pm
Lymphovascular Space Invasion (LVSI) In Patients With FIGO III Uterine Cancer Undergoing External-beam Radiotherapy: Implications On Survival And Response To Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy Boost