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Sep 27
Workshop

Workshop 02 - Moving Beyond the Basics: Implementation of a Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Program

01:00pm - 05:30pm PT
Radiation and Cancer Biology

MODERATOR(S)

Jacqueline Zoberi, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine

Neil Taunk, MD, MS - University of Pennsylvania

Bridget Koontz, MD, FASTRO - East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

session DESCRIPTION

Radiopharmaceuticals are an increasingly utilized therapeutic option for the treatment of malignancies. This session will focus on clinical indications, difficult cases, medical physics considerations, development of standard operating procedures for clinical implementation, billing, and safe theranostic delivery practices. Specifically, Radium-223, Lutetium-177 dotatate and Lutetium-177 PSMA-617 will be discussed. The session will include didactic presentation from physician experts from radiation oncology, nuclear medicine, medical oncology and medical physicists, with question and answer sessions to discuss practice implementation in various clinical settings (i.e. academic hospital vs community practice, nuclear medicine vs radiation oncology). The purpose of the session is to increase physician, physicist, and administration understanding on how to effectively and safely conduct a radiopharmaceutical program at their respective institutions.

learning objectives

  1. Discuss the relevant principles of physics, pharmacology and radiobiology for radiopharmaceutical therapies (RPTs).
  2. Identify clinical indications for RPTs that are currently approved for clinical use.
  3. Identify logistical steps and common challenges in implementing RPT use in their own practice.

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits: 4.50

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