On April 27, at the European annual Congress of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), the international scientific committee awarded a first prize, within the field of radiotherapy and dosimetry technicians, to the work presented by the dosimetrista technique Nuria Espinosa, from the Radiophysics and RadioProtection Service of the Hospital.
The clinical relevance of the award-winning work, “Strategies to maintain bladder and rectum volumes does not reduce the GTV movement for rectal cancer RT”, resides in an improvement in radiotherapy (IMRT / VMAT) preoperative for rectal cancer. The study evaluates the daily reproducibility in the position of rectal tumors according to the bladder and rectal volume control strategies. It is concluded that real-time image monitoring is required during treatment. This work is a clear example of the importance and role of technicians in the Radiotherapy process, and how scientific studies of this kind help to improve clinical practice.
More than 2,200 works presented were awarded to the prize. This first prize is a multidisciplinary work in which Dr. Josep Balart (Radiation Therapy Oncology), the technique Anna Coral (Radiophysics and Radio-protection) and the radio-physician María Lizondo (Radiophysics and Radio-protection).
