Lung Cancer/Thoracic Malignancies

Practical Radiation Oncology

PRO 06 - Prevention and Management of Toxicity in Organs at Risk (OAR)

Moderator(s)

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  Christopher Hays Pope, MD

  CARTI
  Little Rock, AR

This session will focus entirely on issues related to the Organs at Risk (OAR) in the setting of thoracic radiation. Discussion will center on protecting the OARs and managing acute and late toxicities. Each speaker will focus on a different clinical situation. The clinical situations to be discussed will be 1) conventionally fractionated lung treatment, 2) stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of peripheral lung lesions, and 3) SBRT for central/ultra-central lung lesions. Each speaker will discuss dose constraints, planning techniques and technical solutions (e.g., gating, breath hold, tumor tracking etc.) to help decrease the dose to all critical OARs. Each speaker will also discuss management of acute and late toxicity related to the treatment of lung cancer.

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM – 3:47 PM ET

  Introductions
  

  Speaker: Christopher Hays Pope, MD – CARTI
• 3:47 PM – 4:07 PM ET

  Lung OAR: Conventional Fractionated Treatment
  

  Speaker: Julianna Bronk, MD, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 4:07 PM – 4:27 PM ET

  Lung OAR: Central and Ultracentral SBRT
  

  Speaker: Matthew Ning, MD, MPH – MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 4:27 PM – 4:47 PM ET

  Lung OAR: Perpherial Lung SBRT
  

  Speaker: Shane Mesko, MD, MBA, MD, MBA – Scripps Cancer Center
• 4:47 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Questions and Answers
  

  Speaker: Christopher Hays Pope, MD – CARTI