Satellite Symposium

Sheraton Hotel, St. John's Newfoundland

Saturday July 18, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Dr Arjun Sahgal

Radiation Oncologist, Sunnybrook and Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto

Fellowship:  University of California

 

 

                                                             

 

    Recent Papers in IJROBP:

 

   Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy is Effective Salvage Therapy for Patients with Prior Radiation of Spinal Metastases

Sahgal A., Chou D., Ames C., Ma L., Huang K., Xu W., Chin C., Weinberg V., Chuang C., Weinstein P., Larson D..

 

   Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastases: A Critical Review of the State of the Art

Sahgal A., Larson D., Chang EL                                                            

 

    Elekta Symposium Topic:

 

    Technology for Spine SBRT and Dosimetric Consequences of Error

 

Objectives:

1. To appreciate the technologies of immobilization and image guidance required for spine SBRT.

2. To appreciate the potential for intra and inter-fractional errors for spine SBRT.

3. To gain a perspective on the dosimetric consequences of small errors on cord dose for spine SBRT

       The symposium will include updates for Elekta linac and Gamma Knife users.