ISRS Educational Course "SRS/SRT in Management of Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors, Genitourinary, Gynecological, and Abdominal Cancers; Medical Physics for Radiosurgery."
Preliminary Program (subject to change!)
June 1 (Thursday)

Registration (8.00 – 8.45)

Greetings (8.45 – 9.00)


Session I (9.00 – 10.20): Management of Brain Metastases: Overview

Moderators: Kaspars Auslands (Riga, Latvia); Maris Mezeckis (Sigulda, Latvia)

Intracranial Metastases of Solid Cancers: Overview

Speaker: Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)

Current Role of WBRT in Management of Brain Metastases

Speaker: Arpad Kovacs (Debrecen, Hungary)

SRS/SRT of Brain Metastases: What We Have to Learn from Randomized Trials

Speaker: Elitsa Encheva (Varna, Bulgaria)

Discussion


Plenary Lecture I (10.20 – 10.50): Radiobiological Basis of SRS for Brain Metastases

Moderators: Kaspars Auslands (Riga, Latvia); Maris Mezeckis (Sigulda, Latvia)

Speaker: Anna Odložilíková (Brno, Czech Republic)


Coffee Break (10.50 – 11.10)


Session II (11.10 – 12.30): SRS of Brain Metastases: Special Issues

Moderators: József Dobai (Debrecen, Hungary); Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)

Radiosurgical Options for Large Brain Metastases

Speaker: Selcuk Peker (Istanbul, Turkey)

SRS of Critically Located Brain Metastases

Speaker: Andrius Radziunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)

SRS of Brain Metastases in Patients with Poor Performance Status

Speaker: Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)

Discussion


Plenary Lecture II (12.30 – 13.00): SRS Combined with Immunotherapy for Brain Metastases

Moderators: József Dobai (Debrecen, Hungary); Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)

Speaker: Mikk Saretok (Tallinn, Estonia)


Group Photo / Lunch (13.00 – 14.00)

Satellite Symposium of ZAP Surgical (14.00 – 15.00): Vault-Free, Cobalt-Free Radiosurgery: A New Frontier of World-Class SRS

Moderator: Maris Skromanis (General Manager, Radiosurgery Center Sigulda)

Speaker: David Miles (European Director of Business Development, ZAP Surgical)


Satellite Symposium of Elekta (15.00 – 16.00)

Moderator: Vlad Puzankoff (Elekta)

Automated SRS with Leksell Gamma Knife

Speaker: Helena Sandström (Elekta)

Transforming Treatment Approaches for Very Large Intracranial Lesions: The Potential of Adaptive and Staged Radiosurgery

Speaker: Andrius Radziunas (Head of Functional Neurosurgery Unit and Gamma Knife Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kauno Klinikos Hospital)


Coffee Break (16.00 – 16.20)

Session III (16.20 – 17.40): Management of Brain Metastases: Surgery + SRS

Moderators: Selcuk Peker (Istanbul, Turkey); Andrius Radziunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Role of Surgery for Brain Metastases in the Era of Radiosurgery

Speaker: Kaspars Auslands (Riga, Latvia)
Radiosurgery for Tumor Resection Cavity after Removal of Brain Metastases
Speaker: Selcuk Peker (Istanbul, Turkey)
Preoperative SRS before Resection of Large Brain Metastases
Speaker: József Dobai (Debrecen, Hungary)
Discussion

Discussion on Real Clinical Cases: Neurosurgical Indications (17.40-18.40)

Speakers and Moderators: Selcuk Peker (Istanbul, Turkey); Andrius Radziunas (Kaunas, Lithuania); József Dobai (Debrecen, Hungary); Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)


Closing Remarks for the First Day (18.40 – 18.45)

June 2 (Friday)
Registration (8.00 – 8.30)

Plenary Lecture III (8.30 – 9.00): SRS/SRT of Renal Cancer

Moderators: Aleksandra Napieralska (Gliwice, Poland); Zane Rudusha (Riga, Latvia)

Speaker: Arpad Kovacs (Debrecen, Hungary)


Session IV (9.00 – 10.20): SRS/SRT for Abdominal Cancers
Moderators: Aleksandra Napieralska (Gliwice, Poland); Zane Rudusha (Riga, Latvia)
SRS/SRT of Liver Cancers
Speaker: Enis Ozyar (Istanbul, Turkey)
SRS/SRT of Pancreatic Cancers
Speaker: Ferenc Lakosi (Kaposvár, Hungary)
Irradiation of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Speaker: Marina Sokolovska (Kiev, Ukraine)

Discussion


Plenary Lecture IV (10.20 – 10.50): Adaptive SBRT For Abdominal Cancers
Moderators: Aleksandra Napieralska (Gliwice, Poland); Zane Rudusha (Riga, Latvia)

Speaker: Enis Ozyar (Istanbul, Turkey)


Coffee Break (10.50 – 11.10)

Session V (11.10 – 12.30): Radiosurgery of Prostate Cancer

Moderators: Ferenc Lakosi (Kaposvár, Hungary); Elitsa Encheva (Varna, Bulgaria)

Radiosurgery of Prostate SRT: Technical and Technological Aspects

Speaker: Aleksandra Napieralska (Gliwice, Poland)
Radiosurgery of Primary and Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Results
Speaker: Marcin Miszczyk (Gliwice, Poland)
Radiosurgery of Prostate Cancer: Complications and their Avoidance
Speaker: Elitsa Encheva (Varna, Bulgaria)
Discussion

Plenary Lecture V (12.30 – 13.00): International Study on Radiosurgery of Prostate Cancer: Interim Report of the ISRS Working Group on Prostate Radiosurgery

Moderators: Ferenc Lakosi (Kaposvár, Hungary); Elitsa Encheva (Varna, Bulgaria)

Speaker: Maris Mezeckis (Sigulda, Latvia)


Lunch (13.00 – 14.00)

Satellite Symposium of Sigulda Radiosurgery Center (14.00 – 15.00): Prostatectomy against Radiosurgical Ablation: Pros and Cons

Moderators: Maris Skromanis (General Manager, Radiosurgery Center Sigulda)

Opinion of a Surgeon
Speaker: TO BE CONFIRMED
Opinion of a Radiation Oncologist
Speaker: Maris Mezeckis (Sigulda, Latvia)
Discussion

Satellite Symposium of Golden Anchor (15.00 – 16.00): The Usage of Golden Anchor Fiducial Markers for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy of Extracranial Pathology

Moderator: Maris Skromanis (General Manager, Radiosurgical Center Sigulda)

Speaker: Eva Reine (Product Specialist, Mediconsult MS, Riga, Latvia)


Coffee Break (16.00 – 16.20)

Plenary Lecture VI (16.20 – 16.50): Irradiation of Gynecological Cancers

Moderators: Enis Ozyar (Istanbul, Turkey); Arpad Kovacs (Debrecen, Hungary)

Speaker: Ferenc Lakosi (Kaposvár, Hungary)



Discussion on Real Clinical Cases: Somatic Indications (16.50-17.50)

Speakers and Moderators: Enis Ozyar (Istanbul, Turkey); Arpad Kovacs (Debrecen, Hungary); Ferenc Lakosi (Kaposvár, Hungary); Marcin Miszczyk (Gliwice, Poland)


Closing Remarks for the Second Day (17.50 – 17.55)

June 3 (Saturday)

Plenary Lecture VII (8.30 – 9.00): Imaging for Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Moderators: Mihály Simon (Debrecen, Hungary); Anna Odložilíková (Brno, Czech Republic)

Speaker: Kätlin Tiigi (Tallinn, Estonia)

Plenary Lecture VIII (9.00 – 9.30): Technologies for SRS and SRT: Comparison of Advantages and Limitations

Moderators: Mihály Simon (Debrecen, Hungary); Anna Odložilíková (Brno, Czech Republic)

Speaker: Mihály Simon (Debrecen, Hungary)


Plenary Lecture IX (9.30 – 10.00): SRS of Movable Targets

Moderators: Mihály Simon (Debrecen, Hungary); Anna Odložilíková (Brno, Czech Republic)

Speaker: Indra Surkova (Sigulda, Latvia)


Plenary Lecture X (10.00 – 10.30): Proton and Heavy Ion Therapy: Current Status and Future Perspectives of Clinical Applications

Moderators: Mihály Simon (Debrecen, Hungary); Anna Odložilíková (Brno, Czech Republic)

Speaker: Kristaps Palskis (CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland)


Closing Lecture (10.30 – 10.50): ISRS, Its Current Activities, and Future Projects

Moderator: Maris Skromanis (General Manager, Radiosurgical Center Sigulda)

Speaker: Vladislav Buryk (Sigulda, Latvia)


Closing Remarks / Certification (10.50 – 11.00)

Venue: Cultural center SIGULDAS DEVONS
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