Radiobiology Lecture Schedule
Clinical & Experimental Radiobiology
February 13-17, 2012 ~ Toronto, Canada
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Faculty biographies.
Please note the different locations for each day:
Monday ~ Room 114, Best Institute (112 College Street)
Tuesday ~ Room 114, Best Institute (112 College Street)
Wednesday ~ Room B149, Earth Sciences Centre (33 Willcocks Street)
Thursday ~ Room 114, Best Institute (112 College Street)
Friday ~ Room 131, Banting Institute (100 College Street)
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| DAY | TIME | NUM | LECTURE TITLE | FACULTY SPEAKERS | CHAPTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:45-9:00 | Introduction to Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology course | Brad Wouters | n/a | |
| Monday | 9:00-9:45 | 1 | Importance of radiobiology in the clinic | Robert Bristow | 1 |
| Monday | 9:45-10:30 | 2 | Hallmarks of cancer | Marianne Koritzinsky | Cell * |
| Monday | 10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
| Monday | 10:45-11:30 | 3 | Radiation induced damage and the DNA damage response | Robert Bristow | 2 |
| Monday | 11:30-12:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Robert Bristow, Marianne Koritzinsky | ||
| Monday | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| Monday | 1:00-1:45 | 4 | Molecular basis of cell death | Brad Wouters | 3 |
| Monday | 1:45-2:30 | 5 | Cell survival - in vitro and in vivo | Albert van der Kogel | 4 |
| Monday | 2:30-2:45 | Break | |||
| Monday | 2:45-3:30 | 6 | Quantifying cell kill and cell survival | Michael Joiner | 4 |
| Monday | 3:30-4:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Brad Wouters, Albert van der Kogel, Michael Joiner | ||
| Tuesday | 9:00-9:45 | 7 | LET and RBE | Richard Hill | 6 |
| Tuesday | 9:45-10:30 | 8 | Particles in radiotherapy | Michael Joiner | 24 |
| Tuesday | 10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
| Tuesday | 10:45-11:30 | 9 | Dose response relationships in radiotherapy - TCP, NTCP, therapeutic ratio | Soren Bentzen | 5 |
| Tuesday | 11:30-12:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Richard Hill, Michael Joiner, Soren Betzen | ||
| Tuesday | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| Tuesday | 1:00-1:45 | 10 | The linear-quadratic approach to fractionation | Michael Joiner | 8 |
| Tuesday | 1:45-2:30 | 11 | The LQ-model in practice - introduction to calculations | Michael Joiner | 9 |
| Tuesday | 2:30-2:45 | Break | |||
| Tuesday | 2:45-3:30 | 12 | The LQ-model workshop - examples of calculations | Michael Joiner and Soren Bentzen | 9 |
| Tuesday | 3:30-4:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Michael Joiner, Soren Betzen, Brad Wouters | ||
| Wednesday | 9:00-9:45 | 13 | Modified fractionation schedules (and limits) | Soren Bentzen | 10 |
| Wednesday | 9:45-10:30 | 14 | Tumor growth, stem cells, and response to irradiation | Richard Hill | 7 |
| Wednesday | 10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
| Wednesday | 10:45-11:30 | 15 | Dose rate effect - intro to RB concepts | Albert van der Kogel | 12 |
| Wednesday | 11:30-12:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Soren Bentzen, Richard Hill, Albert van der Kogel | ||
| Wednesday | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| Wednesday | 1:00-1:45 | 16 | Clinical radiobiology of brachytherapy | Gerard Morton | 12 |
| Wednesday | 1:45-2:30 | 17 | The volume effect in radiotherapy | Albert van der Kogel | 14 |
| Wednesday | 2:30-2:45 | Break | |||
| Wednesday | 2:45-3:30 | 18 | Stereotactic body radiotherapy | Laura Dawson | n/a |
| Wednesday | 3:30-4:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Gerard Morton, Albert van der Kogel, Laura Dawson | ||
| Thursday | 9:00-9:45 | 19 | The oxygen effect | Marianne Koritzinsky | 15 |
| Thursday | 9:45-10:30 | 20 | Hypoxia and tumor microenvironment | Brad Wouters | 16 |
| Thursday | 10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
| Thursday | 10:45-11:30 | 21 | Clinical efforts to modify tumor hypoxia | Michael Milosevic | 17 |
| Thursday | 11:30-12:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Marianne Koritzinsky, Brad Wouters, Michael Milosevic | ||
| Thursday | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| Thursday | 1:00-1:45 | 22 | Examples of tumour and stromal targets to modify radiation response | Stanley Liu | 21 |
| Thursday | 1:45-2:30 | 23 | Pathogenesis of normal tissue side effects | Shun Wong | 11, 13 |
| Thursday | 2:30-2:45 | Break | |||
| Thursday | 2:45-3:30 | 24 | Retreatment tolerance of normal tissues | Shun Wong | 19 |
| Thursday | 3:30-4:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Stanley Liu, Shun Wong | ||
| Friday | 9:00-9:45 | 25 | Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy | Anthony Brade | 18 |
| Friday | 9:45-10:30 | 26 | Biological response modifiers in tumors - approaches and concepts | Marianne Koritzinsky | 21 |
| Friday | 10:30-10:45 | Break | |||
| Friday | 10:45-11:30 | 27 | Biological response modifiers in tumors - clinical implementation | Anthony Brade | 21, 22 |
| Friday | 11:30-12:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Anthony Brade, Marianne Koritzinsky | ||
| Friday | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |||
| Friday | 1:00-1:45 | 28 | Predictive biomarkers and patient individualization | Robert Bristow | 23 |
| Friday | 1:45-2:30 | 29 | Radiation-induced malignancies | David Hodgson | 25 |
| Friday | 2:30-3:00 | Tutorial and Question period | Robert Bristow, David Hodgson | ||
* This information updated 31-Jan-2012: Required reading for the lecture on Monday at 9:45 AM is an article from the March 2011 issue of Cell: The Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation (Douglas Hanahan and Robert Weinbert). This article may be found online on the Cell website.