INTERACTS (INTErventional Radiotherapy ACtive Teaching School) consensus conference on sarcoma interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) endorsed by AIRO (Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology).

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To report the results of INTERACTS (INTErventional Radiotherapy ACtive Teaching School) consensus conference on sarcoma interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy).

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

An international board of multidisciplinary experts was invited to a consensus conference on the state-of-the-art of sarcoma interventional oncology during the 9th Rome INTER-MEETING (INTERventional Radiotherapy Multidisciplinary Meeting), proposing 3 statements for each one speech. At the end of each lecture, the entire group of experts was invited to vote with an electronic device. The preliminary results were presented and discussed at the end of the meeting, during a dedicated session. After the meeting, a survey was distributed within the consensus conference board to share and definitively vote the statements.

RESULTS:

All the invited authors of the consensus conference board completed the final survey. All the 38 statements received more than 70% of agreement, 31 statements (82%) obtained an agreement of level higher or equal to 90%, 6 statements (15.8%) received an agreement level between 80% and 90%, and 1 statement (2.6%) had less than 80% of agreement.

CONCLUSIONS:

The consensus conference demonstrated that interventional radiotherapy must be considered by a multidisciplinary management of patients affected by sarcoma.

• Authors: Luca Tagliaferri, Andrea Vavassori, Valentina Lancellotta, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Cristiana Vidali, Calogero Casà, Cynthia Aristei, Domenico Genovesi, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, György Kovács, Jose Luis Guinot, Agata Rembielak, Daniela Greto, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Vincenzo Valentini, Vittorio Donato, Renzo Corvò, Stefano Maria Magrini, Lorenzo Livi, Consensus Conference Board
• Journal: Journal of contemporary brachytherapy (J Contemp Brachytherapy) Vol. 12 Issue 4 Pg. 397-404 (Aug 2020) ISSN: 1689-832X [Print] Poland
• PMID: 33293980 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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