Lung Cancer

Practical Radiation Oncology

PRO 04 - (INTERACTIVE) PRO - Lung Cancer

10/20/2018
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 304

Session Type: Educational
1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
1.50 CAMPEP Credits
1.50 MDCB Credits

This event is ticketed and requires separate registration and an additional fee. Space is limited, so please register early. Please note that events and fees are subject to change.

Recent advances in radiation therapy techniques and the success of new systemic therapies, such as targeted agents and immunotherapy, have improved outcomes for many patients with lung cancer. This session will review SBRT as a treatment option for patients with operable and medically inoperable early stage lung cancer and discuss the recent data comparing lobectomy and wedge reception to SBRT and outcomes after SBRT. It will also review the current state of knowledge on neoadjuvant therapy for lung cancer and combining systemic agents, including chemotherapy, targeted agents and immunotherapy, with definitive conventional and hypofractionated radiation for NSCLC and SCLC. The faculty will also discuss ongoing and proposed studies on this topic. Following the session, attendees should be able to improve their knowledge about patient selection for SBRT and surgery and discuss how systemic therapies can affect radiation planning and treatment, toxicities and cancer outcomes, and to apply this knowledge when evaluating treatment options and making treatment decisions for their patients.

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George Rodrigues, MD, PhD, FASTRO

London Health Sciences Centre

Disclosure:
Employment
George Rodrigues Medicine Professional Corporation: President: Independent Contractor; London Health Sciences Centre: Faculty: Employee

Ownership
Demos Medical Publishing: Royalty; George Rodrigues Medicine Professional Corporation: Stock

Biography:
George Rodrigues MD PhD FRCPC FASTRO is a clinician scientist in radiation oncology at the Lawson Health Research Institute and London Health Sciences Centre. He has consulted on and provides radiation treatment for patients with genitourinary and thoracic cancers as well as brain metastases since 2001 after his graduation from the University of Toronto Radiation Oncology Residency Program. He is a former award-winning Residency Program Director and currently sits on various boards and committees for ASTRO, CARO, and NRG Oncology. He is academically appointed to the departments of radiation oncology and epidemiology/biostatistics and has several doctoral, master’s, and post-graduate trainees under his supervision. He has attained both a M.Sc. degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Thesis - Health Related Quality of Life) and a Ph.D. degree in Medicine (Thesis - Brain Metastases). His current research interests include: clinical trial design, evidence synthesis, “big-data” statistical analysis, and multisite arc-based hypofractionated radiotherapy.

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