Practical Management Strategies and New Innovations in Prostate Radiotherapy 2016

Practical Management Strategies and New Innovations in Prostate Radiotherapy is organized by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and would be held during Dec 8 - 9, 2016 at Zuckerman Research Center, New York, United States of America.

This CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Conference Objectives are :
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of a radiotherapeutic approach compared to surgery in the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer.
• To provide information to the audience regarding optimal management of treatment related side effects after radiotherapy.
• To familiarize the audience with new developments in treatment planning for EBRT and brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.
• To highlight important advances in SBRT and Proton therapy in the treatment of prostate as well as discuss anticipated side effects of tumor control outcomes with these modalities.
• To discuss the role of salvage radiotherapy after primary treatment failures and expected toxicity outcomes.

The course will include coverage of the following topics :
• Comparing outcomes for surgery and radiotherapy in clinically localized prostate cancer
• Optimal management strategies to treat acute and late side effects of radiotherapy
• Tips for reducing errors and improving QA for prostate Brachytherapy
• Updates on SBRT and Proton therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer
• Salvage radiotherapy after primary treatment failures and expected toxicity outcomes
• Optimal integration of hormonal therapy with prostate radiotherapy
• New developments in External Beam Treatment Planning including MR-Treatment Planning
• Guidelines for the Radiation Oncologist contouring target and nodal regions
• Integrating imaging into treatment selection and treatment