Proton Therapy for Non-Protoneers

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Thu, 12 Oct 2017, 09:00

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Thu, 12 Oct 2017, 05:00

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The UK government has invested £250m in establishing two NHS proton therapy centres – one at The Christie in Manchester, due to open in 2018, and one at UCLH in London which is due to open in 2020. This, combined with new proton facilities in several private centres, will overhaul the way cancer is treated in the UK.

This meeting is to inform radiotherapy professionals on how they can access these new resources, which patients they should be referring and how this new service is going to impact healthcare in the future

Registration fees

BIR Plan 1 member £145
BIR Plan 2 member £110
BIR Trainee member £65
BIR Retired member £55
BIR Student member £55
Non-member £250

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09:30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	Welcome and introduction Dr Charles Kelly, Clinical Oncologist, Northern Centre for Cancer Care
10:05	A brave new world Dr Adrian Crellin, Clinical Lead for Proton Beam Therapy, NHS England
10:30	The NHS proton centres Dr Ed Smith, Clinical Director of Proton Therapy, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Yen Chang, Clinical Lead for Proton Beam Therapy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11:00	Overseas programme and case selection Dr Yen Chang, Clinical Lead for Proton Beam Therapy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11:20	NHS patient pathways and support (UK based service) Dr Ed Smith, Clinical Director of Proton Therapy, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
11:50	Refreshments
12:20	Follow up and survivorship Dr Ed Smith, Clinical Director of Proton Therapy, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
12:40	Paediatric specific issues Dr Nicky Thorp, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
13:10	Lunch
14:10	Proton planning Dr Julia Handley, Radiotherapy Physics Group Leader, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
14:45	Protons in clinical practice Dr Damien Charles Weber, Head and Chief Physician, Center for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute Switzerland
15:25	Refreshments
15:55	Trials Prof Gillies McKenna, Director, CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology
16:25	Technological advances Prof Ran Mackay, Director, Christie Medical Physics, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
16:45	Summary and final remarks
16:50	Close of event