Friday, 4.09.2026, 11:00-15:30
Total duration: 3 hours 30 minute
Target audience: Radiation oncology residents and early-career radiation oncologists
Format: Case-based lectures, live voting, multidisciplinary tumour board, hands-on contouring and faculty feedback
Workshop Coordinators: Daniela Martin, Ștefănel Vlad
Faculty: Marius Maxin, Răzvan George Curcă, Alex Tîpcu
The Romanian Society for Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology invites you to participate in the workshop: Indications and Target Volumes in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: When, Why, and How?
The workshop follows the clinical workflow of a radiation oncologist:
Should we irradiate? → Why should we irradiate? → Which volumes should be treated? → How should they be delineated?
The same clinical cases will be used throughout the workshop, from the initial vote to the tumour board, contouring session and final vote. This will allow participants to evaluate how the theoretical discussions and practical exercises influence their clinical decisions.
• select appropriate indications for radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy;
• distinguish between whole-breast irradiation, partial-breast irradiation and omission of radiotherapy in selected patients;
• determine when a tumour-bed boost is indicated and accurately delineate the boost volume;
• establish indications for postmastectomy radiotherapy after upfront surgery and neoadjuvant systemic therapy;
• select regional nodal volumes according to the initial disease stage, pathological response and type of axillary surgery;
• understand the implications of sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection and axillary lymph node dissection for radiotherapy planning;
• delineate the breast, tumour bed, chest wall and regional nodal clinical target volumes;
• recognise areas of uncertainty and justify individualised treatment decisions in a multidisciplinary setting.
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Time |
Duration |
Session |
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11:00–11:05 |
5 min |
Welcome, workshop objectives and instructions for live voting |
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11:05–11:20 |
15 min |
Opening clinical cases and baseline voting |
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11:20–11:45 |
25 min |
Breast-conserving surgery: indications, target volumes and tumour-bed boost |
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11:45–12:10 |
25 min |
PMRT after upfront surgery and neoadjuvant systemic therapy |
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12:10–12:35 |
25min |
Regional nodal irradiation according to axillary surgical management |
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12:35–13.00 |
25 min |
Interactive tumour board |
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13:00 –14:00 |
60 min |
Lunch |
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Hands-on |
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14:00–15:00 |
60 min |
Hands-on target volume delineation |
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15:00–15:15 |
15 min |
Faculty review and structured contouring feedback |
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15:15–15:25 |
10 min |
Repeat voting and discussion of changes in clinical decisions |
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15:25–15:30 |
5 min |
Final conclusions and take-home messages |
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