Sustainability in Radiation Oncology (23 April 2027)

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Course directors: J.-F. Daisne (Iridium Netwerk) + Y. Lievens (UZ Gent)

14:00 – 14:15	Introduction	J.-F. Daisne and Y. Lievens
	Environmental sustainability
14:15 – 14:40	Impact of climate change on health, cancer and healthcare systems	K. Lichter (Dartmouth Cancer Center, USA)
14:40 – 15:05	Impact of Healthcare system (more specifically cancer care) on climate	K. Tanderup (Aarhus University, DK)
15:05 – 15:30	The ecological impact of radiotherapy. How do we measure? How to mitigate? How to develop resilience?	D. Ali (CRTT Versailles, FR)
15:30 – 15:45	Break
	Economic sustainability
15:45 – 16:10	From cancer incidence to radiotherapy needs and access	J. M. Borras (University of Barcelona, SP)
16:10 – 16:35	Radiotherapy costs: provider vs. payer perspective	Y. Lievens (UZ Gent, BE)
16:35 – 17:00	A primer to cost-effectiveness and health technology assessment	H. Blommestein (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL)
17:00 – 17:05	Conclusion and take-home messages

– NEW course as from academic year 2026-2027 –

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FORMAT
The courses are currently held online. In order to increase participation and for attendance to be tracked, participants need to be connected with microphone + camera. If there are no technical problems, the session will be recorded.

PRESENCE
Junior members are required to attend at least 5/7 teaching courses each year, attendance is registered at each session.

PRESENTATIONS
The presentations for the courses will be available on the BeSTRO-website before the course, where they are available exclusively to members. The courses will be recorded and these recordings will also be available on the website after the course

EVALUATION
The educational committee at BeSTRO evaluates the content and organisation of the courses on a yearly basis. After each teaching course, a survey is sent out to all participants in order to provide the educational committee with the necessary feedback to improve the teaching program.