Icon Legend

This session is not in your schedule.

This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.

63 Views

Physician

Resident

NewPractitioner

Session: ADVANCED MODALITIES. Cardiac Toxicity in Thoracic Radiation Oncology: Heart of the Matter or Doesn’t Matter?

2 - Treatment Planning Techniques, Dose Constraints, and Advanced Modalities to Reduce the Risks of Cardiac Toxicities

Friday, March 15, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET

Location: Grand Ballroom VI-VIII

Speaker(s)

Charles B. Simone, II, MD, FASTRO, FACRO

Professor and Chief Medical Officer
New York Proton Center/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

PDF Slides

Disclosure(s):

Charles B. Simone, MD, FASTRO, FACRO, II: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Understand how different radiation treatment modalities can be used to optimize dose to the heart
Understand how treatment planning techniques and beam orientations can be selected to minimize cardiac irradiation dose
Understand dose constraints and thresholds associated with increased risks of radiation-induced cardiac toxicities

This talk with discussion treatment planning techniques, planning dose constraints, and the use of advanced radiation therapy modalities to reduce the risks of cardiac toxicities.