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Our newest manuscript "Simultaneous catheter and multicriteria optimization for HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy with a complex intracavity/interstitial applicator" in Medical Physics is out! #thisisbrachytherapy #gyncsm aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Early bird registration rates for #ABG2024 Hobart close 20th December. Head over to abg.org.au to register.

Australasian Brachytherapy Group looking forward to this launch - best of simulation based education with some help from AI.

#ABG2024 early bird registration closes Wed 20th December. Go to abg.org.au Great line up of speakers we are so pleased to welcome Drs Pandit and Sapkota from Kathmandu to our Global BT session.They practice brachytherapy at the foot of the Himalayas. Australasian Brachytherapy Group

42 days till #ABG2024 Hobart. Short checklist: Registration via leishman.eventsair.com/agb-asm-2024/r… flights, and accommodation 😃. Great guest speakers, and program. Catch up with our brachy fraternity. Australasian Brachytherapy Group #Thisisbrachytherapy

ABG2024 Varian workshop opens with some big statements. Education and training are the biggest impediments to expansion of safe services. Contact BT is the most important development for years Varian

ABG2024 Elekta workshop welcomes Aphiyut Udomphon, Compliance Lead & Line Leader - brachytherapy specialist showcasing Elekta applicators and how to use them effectively and efficiently Elekta Elekta ANZ Maarten ter Mors

#ABG2024 Hobart. Opening address by Dr Stan Gauden - convenor of ABG2004 Hobart returns to reflect on where we have come from and where we are going Elekta Varian

#ABG2024 Gynae session Ming-Yin Lin chairing session, Rad Onc fellow Julianne O'Shea 🇮🇪presenting audit on PMC hybrid implants using ultrasound guidance and planning Peter Mac Radiation Oncology

#ABG2024 Hobart. Sincere thanks to Dr Emily Flower who could not attend but sent a recording of her presentation on the effect of SIB on BT doses. Impact may be different to current understanding.

#ABG2024 Professor Juanita Crook poses the question LDR vs HDR brachytherapy for patients with intermediate risk prostate cancer why aren’t we doing more?

#ABG2024 Dr David Chang David Chang chairing the urology session featuring Prof Sarat Chander Sarat Chander showcasing HDR BT in complex situations Peter Mac Radiation Oncology

#ABG2024 Hobart Rad Onc fellow Kelvin Yu Kelvin Ken Yu 🇵🇭 presenting on behalf of Peter Mac Radiation Oncology urol/brachy team, the intricacies of salvage treatment. His fellowship has been so rewarding for us all. Sad to say goodbye.

#ABG2024 Hobart Angelo Tzovaras presenting proof of concept on the potential of 3D ultrasound to guide gynae brachytherapy. Perhaps IGABT can be more accessible in a regions with low resources. Peter Mac Radiation Oncology Onyinye Balogun MD, MSc Pearly Khaw

#ABG2024 Hobart Sylvia Hanna and colleagues representing ONJCancerCentre novel techniques, brachy training, using MRI-sim. Exemplary work. Carminia Lapuz Adeline Lim

#ABG2024 Plenary session with Professor Beth Erickson. The tale of the sculpted pear, a journey through the decades of wants and wishes and dreams. This should be mandatory in every brachy curriculum to understand our progress. 🙏 American Brachy Elekta

#ABG2024 Global BT session. Humbling, and inspirational session from Kathmandu Cancer Center simit Subhas Pandit, MD the breadth of brachy done reminds us of what is possible.

#ABG2024 Hobart Physics session Huge thank you to Professor Xun Jia for zooming in and giving us a pragmatic primer on AI in brachytherapy. Virtual planner demonstrated but for now humans are still needed😅

New article alert (vol. 195) Brachytherapy for rhabdomyosarcoma: Survey of international clinical practice and development of guidelines Raquel Dávila Fajardo et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.rado… thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-…

One of the strategies to keep brachytherapy viable is to inform the wider community about what we do. The Peninsula Prostate Support Group invited David Chang and myself to talk about ultrasound guided HDR prostate BT. A really enjoyable evening. Peter Mac Radiation Oncology Australasian Brachytherapy Group