RCR session at NCRI 2017

When: 
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Venue address: 
Arena and Convention Centre, Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 4FP
CPD credits: 
5

The Royal Collge of Radiologists run a session at the NCRI Cancer Conference on Tuesday 7 November, as part of their larger conference programme.

CPD credits are allocated by NCRI, and the number indicated is an estimate based on attending the RCR session at NCRI only. 

The NCRI Cancer Conference runs from 5-8 November at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool, please visit their dedicated website to book to attend. 

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Programme

Tuesday 7 November 2017

TimeTitleSpeaker
 

Session 1: Proton
Chaired by Dr Anthony Zietman, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 

11:00Who should we be treating with Protons - The model-based approach
 
Dr Cai Grau, Aarhus University, Demark
 
11:30Certainties and uncertainties in proton therapyProfessor Gilles McKenna, Head of Department, Molecular Resistance to Treatments Group, Department of Oncology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford
 
12:00-12:30George Edelstein Lecture: The clinical use of protons in UK: Establishing an evidence based framework
 
Dr Adrian Crellin, NHS England National Clinical Lead Proton Beam Therapy, Chair Proton Overseas Programme Clinical Reference Panel, NIHR National Speciality Lead Radiotherapy
13:00-14:00Session 2: Proffered paper session
 Session 3: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Radiotherapy

Dr James O’Connor, CRUK Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Radiologist, University of Manchester, and 
Dr Ananya Choudhury, Consultant and Honorary Reader, Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust 

16:30

MR-image guided radiotherapy

Professor Bas Raaymakers, Utrecht, Netherlands

 

17:05Clinical applications of mpMRI
 
Dr Roberto Alonzi, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
17:40Functional MRI for assessment of response to radiotherapy
 
Prof Nandita de Souza, Institute of Cancer Research
18:15-18:30Questions 

Contact us

For any queries relating to this event please contact

Professional Learning and Development
The Royal College of Radiologists
63 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London 
WC2A 3JW

email: conf@rcr.ac.uk

Tel: 020 7406 5942

Booking

To book a place on the NCRI Cancer Conference, please visit the NCRI website directly

Venue

Venue information

Arena and Convention Centre

Kings Dock
Liverpool Waterfront
Liverpool
L3 4FP
United Kingdom