Free & Non-profit Online Course for Participants from Egypt
01. 05. - 31. 08. 2023. The course stays open 3 months!
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Accredited by Accreditation Council of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine: 10 h of CME/CPD
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Course curriculum
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Disclaimers, Conditions, and Conflicts of Interest
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Welcome Address by the EGOS President. El-Said Abdel-Hady
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Introduction by the Course Director. Neamat Hegazy
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Course Overview: Rationale & Practical Tips. Primoz Petric
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Pre-Course Survey (takes approximately 5 minutes)
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INSTRUCTION
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Pre-course Quiz
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Anatomy and staging. Basel Refky
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Radiologic anatomy of cervical cancer. Hebatallah Hassan
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Pathogenesis and Pathology. Amany Hassan
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Epidemiology with emphasis on Egypt. Mohamed Abouelfetouh
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Clinical examination and drawings. Neamat Hegazy
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Alexandria University Center, Alexandria University. Neamat Hegazy
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National Cancer Institute NCI, Cairo University & Shefa Alorman Hospital. Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelhakem
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Kasr Al Ainy Hospital, Cairo university. Radwa Hamdy
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Nemrock Gyn Brachytherapy Unit - 4 Years Experience; Kasr Al Ainy University Hospital. Moustafa Al Daly
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Ain Shams University. Ghada Refaat & Christine Reda
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Menoufaia University. Mohamed Abouelfetouh
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Cervix cancer chemoradiotherapy: overview. Ina J Schulz
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From 3D CRT to IMRT. Kari Tanderup
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Chemotherapy: Neoadjuvant, Concurrent, and Adjuvant. Umesh Mahantshetty
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Lymphatic drainage and Selection of nodal volumes. Lavanya Gaddam
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Management of Para-aortic nodal region. Bhavana Rai
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MRI & Clinical findings: primary Tumor in the context of T-Score at Diagnosis. Primoz Petric
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Target Contouring for External Beam Radiotherapy. Li Tee Tan
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Contouring: paraaortic nodal areas. Lavanya Gaddam & Umesh Mahantshetty
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Copy of EBRT plan evaluation. Sree Laxmi KK & Raviteja M
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Contents at a glance
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- 101 lessons
- 25 hours of video content
Neamat Hegazy
Assist. Prof. of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria University; Course director (Egypt)
Assistant Prof. of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Consultant of GYN Radiation Oncology at SUN and Ayadi4040 since 2015 and cofounder and board remember of Egyptian society of gynecology since 2021. Received training as clinical fellow at Medical University of Vienna from 2010-2013 and participated in EMBRACE study. (Co-)authored many international publications including Last GEC ESTRO recommendations about CT Guided BT.
Coordinator and speaker at IAEA BT workshop held at Egypt during last December 2022.
Primoz Petric
BrachyTerra founder and Program Director
Senior consultant at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, and Clinical Associate Professor at the Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Since 2009 member of Faculty at the ESTRO course on Gynaecological malignancies. Member of Gyn GEC ESTRO Working Group and EMBRACE Study Group. Main clinical & research interests: brachytherapy and gynaecological oncology. He published numerous manuscripts and chapters in scientific journals & books. He led implementation of image guided brachytherapy at 3 institutions.
Ina J Schulz
BrachyTerra Program Director
Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz graduated in Biology at the University of
Bochum, Germany in 1983. After medical study she received her MD
from the same University in 1989 and completed her PhD in 1990. She
is staff radiation oncologist at UMCU in The Netherlands. Concerning
clinical interest she specialized in external beam radiotherapy and
brachytherapy for gynecologic primary tumors and nodal disease. With
respect to technical developments she was leading physician during
the implementations of MRI guided brachytherapy and of MR Linac at
UMCU. From April 2020 to May 2022 she was chair of GEC-ESTRO.
Christian Kirisits
BrachyTerra Program Director
Dr. Christian Kirisits, Associate Professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, is co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and also made numerous contributions to conference proceedings, as a book editor and as a faculty member at international conferences.
He performed various functions, including chairman of the European Brachytherapy GEC ESTRO Committee. He was a Coordinator of the Committee for the ICRU 89 report on Gynecological Brachytherapy and is currently one of the Coordinators of the EMBRACE I and II clinical trials.
Umesh Mahantshetty
BrachyTerra Program Director
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umesh Mahantshetty, DMRT, MD, DNB (RT) is the Director of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Visakhapatnam, India and was formerly working at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai India, where he led the GYN Radiation Oncology group. After completion of MD and Senior Residency at Tata Memorial Hospital, he has completed fellowships in brachytherapy and newer imaging at Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam NL and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. Dr. Mahantshetty coauthored the ICMR Guidelines for Cervical Cancer and international ESGO / ESTRO guidelines for Vulvar and Cervical Cancer. He was consultant to the recent ICRU 89 Report on GYN Brachytherapy and Senior Editor of various International and National Journals.
He has been the Secretary of Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS) since 2013 and part of Executive Committees of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) and GYN Oncologists of India (AGOI) since many years. He delivered numerous lectures at various national and international scientific forums and has been actively involved as faculty of ESTRO School for GYN Radiation Oncology and Advanced Technologies courses, IAEA training Activities and is Director of AROI – ESTRO Course in India.
He has approximately 200 publications in peer reviewed journals and text book chapters. He was involved in some practice-changing research. In January 2021, he was labelled as “world expert” by Expertscape for being in the top 0.1% scholars in the field of Uterine Neoplasms in the past decade.
Dr Amr Abdelaziz
Professor of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria University
He received his medical degree from the Alexandria University and trained in radiation oncology at Alexandria University Hospitals, department of Radiation Oncology. From 1994–1998 he served as a fellow in Stanford University; Department of Radiation Oncology. From 1998-present, he served as professor in Alexandria University, department of Clinical Oncology. He is a founder of SUN oncology center since 2008.
Dr Alaa Kandil
Professor of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria School of Medicine, ,MBBCH, MMRT,M.D.
Chairman, Clinical Oncology Department. Alaa Kandil has started his oncology profession 1982 where he was appointed as a full time resident in the department of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear medicine after which he obtained his Master degree (general Grade, Excellent). His training included dealing with all types of malignancies with radiation and medical oncology programs. Shortly after, he had a 3 months training at ST Luke's, Hospital, Guilford and the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England. 1989, Dr Kandil went to Stanford university, California, USA where he had all the work of his Doctorate degree thesis done and his thesis (drug resistance, interaction between chemotherapy & hyperthermia) was defended back home in 1991 and he passed his exams to obtain his Doctorate degree and been appointed as a lecturer in his University. 1993, Dr Kandil joined the Department of Oncology at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital (Tertiary Care Center), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for 8.5 years. Dr kandil is full professor at the department of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, Alexandria School of Medicine (2003 till present). Dr Kandil has over 50 publications in international journals and a great deal of experience in managing malignancies of the breast, head & neck, lymphomas and gynecological malignancies. Most recently he is involved in a large screening program for breast cancer in Alexandria, Egypt with the Suzan Mubarak Regional Center.
Dr. El Said Abdel Hady
Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, PhD, FRCOG
Professor El Said Abdel Hady, PhD (Manchester), FRCOG, Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Former Dean of Mansoura School of Medicine, President of Horus University in Egypt (HUE), President of Egyptian Gynaecological Oncology Society (EGOS).
Dr. Yousri A Rostom
Professor of Clinical Oncology, PhD, Alexandria University
Chair of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Alexandria University. He got his Master, MD and PhD degrees in Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine from Alexandria University and obtained the Certificate of “Highly Specialized Training in Radiotherapy & Oncology” (Attestation de Formation Specialisée Approfondie de Oncologie Radiotherapique) October 1999, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France. Professor Rostom is an experienced clinician and researcher, and his work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the prestigious Alexandria University Encouragement Award for Medical Sciences in 2007. Prof. Yousri is a fellow of ‘Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud’, Lyon, France, and a fellow of ‘Centre Antoine-la Cassagne Contre le Cancer’, Nice, France. He was General Manager of One Day Service Centre (One Day Surgery& Outpatient Clinics Centre) in Alexandria University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, since 5th of January 2015 till 9th April, 2017. Professor Yousri is highly regarded in the field of clinical oncology. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to speak at many international conferences. He is also a member of several professional societies, including American society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), Egyptian Cancer Society (EGS), and he was the General Secretary of Alexandria Society for Cancer Patient Care. and many other social and medical societies till July 2022. Professor Yousri Rostom is the “Chair of Alexandria Oncology Foundation Of Cancer Patient Care.” since January 2023.
Dr Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelhakem
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University
Head of Radiation Oncology Department Gharbia Cancer Society (GCS) ▪ Head of Radiation Oncology Department Shefaa Elorman Hospital In Luxor ▪ Working in the field of Brachytherapy since the year 2010 and IGBT since the year 2017 ▪ Member of the Egyptian and Cancer Society. ▪ Member of ESTRO ▪ Member of ESMO ▪ Participated in the GEC-ESTRO teaching course Utrecht 1-5 November 2015
Dr.Moustafa Al Daly
Assistant Professor of clinical oncology
Head of RTH department at Aswan cancer center. Kasr Al Ainy university hospital , Cairo ,Egypt. Participated in establishing HDR Brachytherapy unit, intrested in Gyn, GU and H&N subsites for both treatment and Education.
Dr. Basel Refky
Assistant professor of surgical oncology
Coordinator of large number of gynecological oncology courses, workshops and educational activities, secretary of the Egyptian gynecological oncology society and the director of gynecological oncology training program in Oncology center, Mansoura university, the 1st center to be accredited for gynecological oncology training by ESGO in Africa and the Arab world.
Dr. Christine Reda Wahba
Lecturer of clinical oncology, Ainshams university
Thirteen years experience as MD in radiation oncology, pediatric radiation oncology for 6 years. Participated in IMRT, IGRT varian courses at Humanitas Research Hospital Milan and VMAT varian course at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in 2017. Interstitial Brachytherapy cadaveric hands on course at Ramaiah advanced learning center India 2022.
Li Tee Tan
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Bhavana Rai
Professor in Radiation Oncology at the Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Tertiary Cancer Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. Her areas of interest include treating gynecological cancers and palliative care. She has been actively involved in gynecological cancer research and is a collaborator with various national and international research projects including the EMBRACE studies.
Kari Tanderup
Professor Kari Tanderup, PhD, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital in Aarhus, Denmark. Her main research interests are cervix cancer radiotherapy, clinical studies, imaging, and brachytherapy technology. Within these topics she has authored 170+ papers and has supervised 10+ PhD students.
Kari Tanderup is chairing the GEC ESTRO gyn network which represents the most active core European academic centers within gynecological brachytherapy, and embraces members from Central/Eastern Europe, India, Canada and USA. Through past and on-going activities this group is internationally recognized as a leading group in gynecological image guided brachytherapy. The group has published international guidelines, which are now used worldwide. The GEC ESTRO gyn group has also initiated the EMBRACE studies. EMBRACE I is an international multicenter study on MRI guided brachytherapy in cervix cancer (1416 patients enrolled in the period 2008-2015), and this material is currently generating a wealth of clinical evidence on outcome as well as dose and effect relationships. The EMBRACE II study is benchmarking advanced EBRT (IMRT and IGRT) and BT (prescription protocol and advanced applicators) (>1400 patients enrolled in the period 2016-2021). Finally, Kari Tanderup is interested in brachytherapy technology. She coordinates international efforts to facilitate and promote in vivo dosimetry through network meetings, joint research activities, and collaboration with industry to support that improved technology can become available for patients.
Jacob Lindegaard
Jacob Christian Lindegaard (1959), consultant, MD, DMSc, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital (AUH), Denmark. Educated at Aarhus University. Preclinical research with professor Jens Overgaard. Past president of GEC-ESTRO. Since 2005 responsible for image guided adaptive brachytherapy at AUH.
Laura Motisi
Consultant at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland. After Fellowship at the University Hospital Wien, with focus on Brachytherapy for cervical cancer and helping in the EMBRACE study, she has been focused on brachytherapy treatment. Active member of ESTRO, she is a Tutor since 2016 for different Contouring Workshop in FALCON Group and also member of Breast GEC ESTRO Working Group.
Max Schmid
Maximilian Paul Schmid, radiation oncologist and head of brachytherapy at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna, part of the coordinating team of the EMBRACE studies.
Taran P Hellebust
Taran Paulsen Hellebust is a medical physicist that has been involved in GEC ESTRO gyn network since the start in 2005 and is participating in many of the activities that are run in this framework. She was part of the faculty of ESTRO gyn course until 2018. At the moment she is head of the Section for Research and Development (Department of Medical Physics) at Oslo University Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo.
Monica Serban
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Nicole Eder-Nesvacil
Nicole Eder-Nesvacil, DSc, Associate Professor at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Radiation Oncology. Since 2016 member of the faculty at the ESTRO course on advance brachytherapy physics, since 2019 member of the faculty at the ESTRO course on gynaecological malignancies. Member of the Gyn GEC ESTRO Working Group, the EMBRACE Study Group and the EMBRACE study office. Her main research interest is image-guided adaptive brachytherapy with MRI, CT and ultrasound, and evidence-based decision support.
Peter Hoskin
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Alina Sturdza
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Michael Baumgartl
Michael Baumgartl was trained as aircraft mechanic and then studied physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. After completing his studies, he was a medical physics trainee at the University Hospital Basel and attended the Master of Advanced Studies ETH programme in Medical Physics in Zurich. He has worked at the University Hospital Zurich as an SSRMP-registered medical physicist since 2018. His focus is on MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy in brachytherapy and EBRT with a MR-Linac.
Sandeep Kamal
BrachyTerra Course Coordinator
Currently serving as a resident doctor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital of Zurich Switzerland, where he has been pursuing his residency training in Radiation Oncology since 2021. Prior to this, he obtained his medical education from the Southwestern University in Cebu City, Philippines, and the National University of Singapore. In his role as BrachyTerra Course Coordinator, Dr. Kamal manages the data analytics, certification process, curriculum coordination, communication with participants and administration tasks, while training to join the faculty in the future.
