Wednesday, 23 August 2017

The Force Awakens: Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)

Venue: Lecure Theatre B, Level 7, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Presenters: Professor David Ball MB BS, MD, FRANZCR, Associate Professor Shankar Siva PhD MBBS FRANZCR

SABR is a high-precision, advanced radiotherapy technique which may transform the way we approach cancer treatments in the future.

Victorian researchers have led international clinical trials in the field and been involved in developments seen in lung and other cancer.

Join us to find out the latest on SABR and its use in combination with immunotherapies.

Associate Professor Shankar Siva, PhD MBBS FRANZCR is a staff radiation oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He is an Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a NHMRC ECF Fellow. He leads the stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) program at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and is a committed clinical and translational researcher.

Professor David Ball MB BS, MD, FRANZCR is a radiation oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Director of the Lung Tumour Stream across the Parkville VCCC partners. He has devoted most of his professional life to improving outcomes for patients with lung cancer. With physics and raidotherapy colleagues, he introduced the SABR technique to Australia. He has over 200 publications in the peer reviewed literature.



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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/9303-the-force-awakens-stereotactic-ablative-body-radiotherapy-sabr

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