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Advanced Gynaecology – Brachytherapy Workshop

30 Jun 2025 - 1 Jul 2025

Members: £720Non-Members: £650-£935

Event overview

Led by Dr Hoda Al Booz, Dr Pauline Humphrey, Dr Joshua Mason and Dr Patricia Baird.

Designed for clinical oncologists, radiographers and physicists, this multidisciplinary workshop offers hands-on teaching, lectures, and breakout sessions for specific groups. We aim to provide access to contouring HR-CTV for clinicians and planning for physicists.

Join leading experts in the field for in-depth discussions on brachytherapy and its challenges. We recommend that one representative from each discipline at your centre attends this workshop to maximise the benefits of this collaborative learning experience. There will be opportunities for you to work as a multidisciplinary team, as well as in your specialised groups across the two-days.

14 CPD points will be awarded on completion of this course. Please note this event will not be available to view on-demand post event.

Delegates are required to bring a laptop to participate in the live breakout sessions.

Learning objectives

Develop skills in the indication of intracavitary (IC) and interstitial (IS) brachytherapy in cervix cancer
Gain practical skills for performing and delivering IC/IS brachytherapy for clinicians/radiographers/physicists
Receive training in delineation of HR-CTV MR/CT, treatment planning and assessment of dose plans

Who should attend

Clinical oncologists
Radiographers
Physicists

We recommend that one clinical oncologist, one radiographer and one physicist from your centre attends this workshop.

Registration fees

Registration type	Fees
RCR member consultants and Fellows	£720
Non-member consultants	£935
Non-member allied healthcare professionals*	£650
Registration:	Book now

Please refer to the eligibility criteria below, if you’re still unsure which rate you’re eligible for please contact - [email protected].

RCR Members Consultant and Fellows - Consultants with an active RCR membership.

Non Member Consultants - Consultants who don't have an active RCR membership.

*Non Members AHP - Allied healthcare professionals who don't have an active RCR membership. This includes radiographers and physicists. Please clearly state your job title when you register for this event.

Programme

Day 1: Monday 30th June 2025

09:00

Registration and welcome refreshments

09:30

Welcome and introductions

Dr Hoda Al-Booz

09:45

Interstitial brachytherapy in a nutshell

Dr Alexandra Taylor

10:15

Indications of IS brachytherapy

Dr Muzamil Asif

10:45

Senior C. Oncology Registrar perspective: Challenges to learn IC/IS brachytherapy in the UK as a trainee

Dr Patricia Baird

11:15

Break and Networking

11:35

Limitations of IS brachytherapy

Dr Gemma Eminovicz

12:05

Ultrasound guided insertions in Gynae brachytherapy

Dr Pauline Humphrey & Dr Ciarna Brooker

12:35

Imaging and treatment aim, Planning target insertion and Setting preparation

Dr Elizabeth Mullen

13:05

Lunch & Networking

13:55

Multi-Disciplinary Teams - Phantom Needle Insertion

Chaired by Dr Hoda Al-Booz

Dr Alexandra Taylor

Dr Benjamin Taylor

Dr Elizabeth Mullen

15:25

Break and Networking

15:45

Breakout sessions

Breakout 1: Clinicians

- Target Volumes

- Plan evaluation

- Complications

- Questions

Chaired by Dr Muzamil Asif

Dr Patricia Baird

Breakout 2: Radiographers

- Radiographers' perspective of interstitial brachytherapy

- Logistic of delivery of interstitial brachytherapy

- Radiographer involvement in setting up interstitial service at your trust.

Chaired by Dr Pauline Humphrey

Dr Ciarna Brooker

Breakout 3: Physicists

- Physics perspective of interstitial needles

- Practical considerations and challenges associated with interstitial brachytherapy planning

Dr Andrew Brown

Dr Joshua Mason

17:00

Close - Day 1

19:00

Course Dinner & Networking

Day 2: Tuesday 1st July 2025

09:00

Registration and welcome refreshments

09:30

Welcome and introductions

Dr Hoda Al-Booz

09:45

Practicalities of insertion and complications

Dr Benjamin Taylor

10:15

Patient management during interstitial brachytherapy

Dr Pauline Humphrey

10:45

Current consensus and practical constraints of gynae brachytherapy

Dr Shaymaa Hosni

11:15

Break and Networking

11:30

End to end setup of an interstitial brachytherapy service at your centre

Dr Gore Anupama

12:00

Image registration

Dr Andrew Brown & Dr Joshua Mason

12:30

HR-CTV target delineation for MR and CT

Dr Gemma Eminovicz

13:00

Difficult cases

Dr Hoda Al-Booz

13:30

Lunch & Networking

14:15

Breakout sessions

Breakout 1: Phantom needle insertion

Chaired by Dr Gemma Eminovicz

Dr Muzamil Asif

Dr Elizabeth Mullen

Dr Patricia Baird

Breakout 2: Physicists/Radiographers

- Applicator Reconstruction

- Set up registration

Dr Andrew Brown & Dr Joshua Mason

Breakout 3: Radiographers - Discussion

Chaired by Dr Pauline Humphrey

Dr Ciarna Brooker

15:45

Break & Networking

16:00

Breakout sessions

Breakout 1: Clinicians/Radiographers

- Target Volumes

- Plan evaluation

- Complications

- Questions

Chaired by Dr Alexandra Taylor

Dr Hoda AL-Booz

Breakout 2: Physicists/Radiographers

- Treatment planning

- Treatment delivery

Dr Andrew Brown & Dr Joshua Mason

Breakout 3: Radiographers - Discussion

Chaired by Dr Pauline Humphrey

Dr Ciarna Brooker

17:00

Conclusion and close

Dr Hoda Al-Booz

17:15

Event close

Speaker faculty

As Bristol’s Gynae Brachytherapy lead, Dr Booz developed the service
from conventional to MRI-planned interstitial Brachytherapy. Her regular
involvement in GEC ESTRO’s clinical trials has placed Bristol on the
world map for advanced Brachytherapy techniques. De Booz set up and has led the BGOC annual course since 2014, recently accredited by the RCR.

As a Visiting Professor at Ain-Shams University, Egypt, Dr Booz set-up the
Brachytherapy service, including theatres, training and guidelines.

She currently chairs BGCS quarterly complex radiotherapy meeting,
discussing complex gynae cases and since 2022 she has been elected as the BGCS Clinical Oncology Council Representative and selected to the RCR Consensus steering group.

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As Bristol’s Gynae Brachytherapy lead, Dr Booz developed the service
from conventional to MRI-planned interstitial Brachytherapy. Her regular
involvement in GEC ESTRO’s clinical trials has placed Bristol on the
world map for advanced Brachytherapy techniques. De Booz set up and has led the BGOC annual course since 2014, recently accredited by the RCR.

As a Visiting Professor at Ain-Shams University, Egypt, Dr Booz set-up the
Brachytherapy service, including theatres, training and guidelines.

She currently chairs BGCS quarterly complex radiotherapy meeting,
discussing complex gynae cases and since 2022 she has been elected as the BGCS Clinical Oncology Council Representative and selected to the RCR Consensus steering group.

Location

The Royal College of Radiologists
63 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3JW

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