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Development of new planning and image-guidance strategies to minimise organ motion induced dose degradations for locally advanced prostate cancer
2021.03.10 |
| Date | Wed 24 Mar |
| Time | 14:00 — 16:00 |
| Location | Online via Zoom |
On Wednesday 24 March at 14.00, Kia Busch defends her PhD dissertation "Development of new planning and image-guidance strategies to minimise organ motion induced dose degradations for locally advanced prostate cancer".
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men and around half of all Danish prostate cancer patients have locally advanced disease where irradiation of lymph nodes and seminal vesicles is indicated. One of the most commonly used treatment modalities for this disease is external beam radiotherapy, but it is also possible to use proton therapy, which will reduce the dose to the healthy tissue and can therefore increase the quality of life for the patients. A challenge using proton therapy is the increased sensitivity towards organ motion. This dissertation has therefore focused on developing new planning and image-guidance strategies to minimise the effect of organ motion for locally advanced prostate cancer.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place online. Please read the attached press release for more information.
PhD student Kia Busch
Mail: kia.busch@oncology.au.dk
Phone. +45 26507743