The UK SABR Consortium in collaboration with the Royal College of Radiologists are pleased to welcome Professor Shankar Siva and an expert faculty of speakers to run a pre-conference workshop focusing on primary renal cancer.
The workshop will take place at the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and will give delegates some hands-on experience, and offer specialist workshops for the whole team, radiographers, clinicians and physicists.
Workshop programme
| 09.00am | Registration, welcome refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing |
| 9.25am | Welcome and introduction Dr Clive Peedell, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 9.30am – 11.15am | Session 1: Clinical considerations for early stage renal cancer and SABR Chairs: Dr Clive Peedell and Dr Anjali Zakar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, University of Birmingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 9.30am | Natural history of early renal cancer. Who needs treatment? Speaker tba |
| 9.55am | Imaging of early renal cancer Dr Andy McNeill, Newcastle (Invited) |
| 10.15am | Technical challenges in renal SABR Professor Shankar Siva, Radiation Oncologist. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia |
| 10.45am | Target and OAR delineation Dr Rachel Pearson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Northern Centre for Cancer Care |
| 11.15am | Q&A Panel with above speakers |
| 11.30am | Refreshment break |
| 11.45am – 1.20pm | Session 2: Treatment planning and delivery Chairs: Dr Chris Dean, Lead Clinical Scientist, Barts Health NHS Trust and Marina Khan, Research & Development Lead Therapeutic Radiographer, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11.45am | Physics of renal SABR planning Dr Helen Howard, Physicist, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Dan Johnson, Lead Physicist, GenesisCare |
| 12.15pm | Treatment pathway for renal SABR – a radiographer’s perspective Julie Kilkenny, Radiographer, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Elizabeth Cooper, Royal Free Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust |
| 12.45pm | Implementing and developing a primary renal cancer SABR service – the Middlesbrough and Welsh experiences Dr Thomas Rackley, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Velindre University NHS Trust Dr Clive Peedell |
| 1.05pm | Q&A Panel with above speakers |
| 1.20pm | Lunch |
| 2.20pm – 3.50pm | Session 3: Parallel workshops |
| 1A | Clinical Chaired by the expert faculty Results of the RT QA contouring homework Patient selection Clinical trials in renal SABR |
| 1B | Physics and dosimetry Chaired by the expert faculty Review of planning homework and technical discussions |
| 1C | Radiography Chaired by the expert faculty Review of pre-treatment and treatment techniques and challenges for primary renal SABR |
| 3.50pm | Refreshment break |
| 4.10pm – 5.25pm | Session 4: Complex cases and future directions Chair: Dr Aidan Cole, Consultant Oncologist and Senior Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast |
| 4.10pm | Complex cases discussion Professor Shankar Siva, Dr Thomas Rackley, Dr Anjali Zarkar, Dr Helen Howard and Marina Khan, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
| 5.10pm | Future directions in primary renal SABR Dr Anjali Zakar & Professor Shankar Siva |
| 5.25pm | Closing remarks |
The expert faculty includes:
- Dr Anjali Zakar, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Clive Peedell, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Rachel Pearson, Northern Centre for Cancer Care
- Dr Aidan Cole, Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr Helen Howard, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Marina Khan, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Chris Dean, Barts Health NHS Trust
Early booking is recommended and note that the earlybird rate ends on Thursday 19th September.