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Radiation Oncology
52 Inside News
The Faculty of Radiation Oncology Lung
Interest Cooperative (FROLIC) special
interest group met face-to-face at the
College Annual Scientific Meeting in
2015 and TROG ASM in 2016. The group
has conducted a Patterns of Care Survey
on Radiation Therapy Practice in Lung
Cancer which has been published in
the Journal of Medical Imaging and
Radiation Oncology (JMIRO). FROLIC
also held a successful interdisciplinary
workshop in 2015 on Advanced
Technologies in the Radiation Therapy
Treatment of Locally Advanced Non-
Small Cell Lung Cancer. As a result of
this workshop, consensus guidelines
have been recently published in JMIRO.
The FROLIC Executive is pleased
to announce the inclusion of a lung
contouring workshop at the 2016
College Annual Scientific Meeting
(ASM). Participants in the workshop will
be asked to contour two lung cancer
cases—a locally advanced lung cancer
case and a SABR lung case—prior
to the ASM. During the workshop,
participants will have the opportunity to
compare their contours with those of the
experts in the field to validate and/or
improve their contouring skills. Radiation
oncologists, Dr Shankar Siva and Dr Pat
Dwyer will be joined by dual trained
radiologist/nuclear medicine physician
Dr Peter Jackson, to provide evidence-
based recommendations on target
volume delineation and tips on Organs
at Risk (OAR) contouring.
The lung contouring workshop will be
held on Saturday 15 October, from
8.30-10am.For more information visit
Participant numbers are strictly limited.
The FROLIC Executive will also be
organising an educational workshop
in 2017, titled ‘Targeted treatment
for advanced lung cancer’. Topics
will include stereotactic radiotherapy
and immunotherapy in the setting of
advanced lung cancer. Further details
will be available in future editions of
Inside News. Members are also working
on establishing a SABR registry, which
will include SABR treatment of lung
cancers and pulmonary oligometastases.
The next face-to-face meeting will be on
Friday 14 October 7.00-7.55 am in Room
9 of the Gold Coast Convention and
Exhibition Centre at the College ASM.
I would like to encourage all FROLIC
members to participate in the Targeting
Cancer Fun Run to show off our superior
fitness as a special interest group.
The fun run will be held on Saturday
15 October and is open to all delegates.
For further details and to register visit
program
informed financial consent. The updated
document will soon be available on the
College website.
I encourage all radiation oncology
practices to include financial/cost
information in their informed consent
form for patients to sign before the
treatment commences.
Training and Research for
Radiation Oncology
I am very grateful that A/Prof Margot
Lehman has nominated for the role
of Chief Censor in radiation oncology
for the 2017-2019 term. This would
allow much-needed continuity for the
implementation of key recommendations
to further strengthen our training
program over the next 18 months.
The Faculty Council is very mindful of
the various challenges in the education
and training area, and is committed to
providing its full support to the Radiation
Oncology Education and Training
Committee (ROETC), as well as to the
Chief Censor and Specialty Training
Unit staff in the implementation of these
recommendations.
I am grateful to the long-standing
members of ROETC who have
completed their time after many years
of enormous commitment: Dr Melissa
James, Dr Rahul Mukherjee and Dr
Apsara Windsor.
The Faculty remains committed to
fostering a culture of research in
radiation oncology. A Research Planning
Forum was held on 26 July, with the aim
of developing a College-wide research
strategy. For further information on this
initiative, please refer to the article on
page 17 in this edition.
If you have any feedback or
comments on any of the above,
please email Sonja Cronjé, Senior
Executive Officer, Faculty of
Radiation Oncology on
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For further information on FROLIC
visit
organisation/special-interest-
groups/frolic
FROLIC Update
Resources
Patterns of Care Survey on Radiation Therapy
Practice in Lung Cancer .
com/doi/10.1111/1754-9485.12475/full
Consensus guidelines .
com/doi/10.1111/1754-9485.12501/full