Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology: Current Practice and Future Direction 2024

Course Description and Intended Audience

Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology: Current Practice and Future Direction is a comprehensive course designed to explore contemporary cancer treatment through a balanced and multidisciplinary approach. The course format will incorporate didactic lectures, panel discussions, and poster sessions to provide attendees with an engaging and informative learning experience.

The course will cover a wide range of cancer treatment regimens, including those for prostate, breast, GYN, lung, head and neck, and GI cancers. Course faculty will delve into important advancements in radiation oncology, such as adaptive radiation therapy, artificial intelligence, and GRID therapy. Additionally, there will be a section dedicated to important practice updates to ensure attendees are up to date with the latest changes in radiation oncology.

This course is designed for radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents, radiation biologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, oncologists working in related specialties, radiation therapists, radiation oncology nurses, oncologic surgeons, radiation oncology administrators, diagnostic radiologists, and all other health professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology.

Course Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Identify potential toxicities associated with SBRT and stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
• Analyze the technical and clinical challenges related to GRID therapy
• Review MRI and PET Imaging in prostate cancer including potential imaging pitfalls
• Evaluate toxicities associated with radiotherapy for gynecologic cancers

Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.