Scottish Radiotherapy Research Forum 2024

Addressing the Challenges of Health Inequalities in Radiotherapy: Spreading the Bragg Peak across Scotland

7th November 2024

Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling

10:00 Welcome and introduction

• Anne Kiltie (Aberdeen)

Health Inequalities

Chair: David Noble

10:10  Some Cancer inequalities are more equal than others

• David Morrison

10:30 Rurality and Cancer in Scotland-Unravelling Complexity

• Peter Murchie (Aberdeen)

10:50 The Uneven Battle: Socioeconomic Differences in Head & Neck Cancer Outcomes in Denmark

• Maja Halgren Olsen (Copenhagen)

11:10 COFFEE BREAK

Health Inequalities and Radiotherapy

Chair: Bill Nailon

11:30 Addressing the challenges of health inequalities in radiotherapy

• Yolanda Lievens (Gent)

11:50 Representation in cancer research: the need for real world evidence

• Corinne Faivre-Finn (Manchester)

12:10 Real World Data Driven Improvement in Cancer Care: The RAPID-RT Study

• Gareth Price (Manchester)

12:30 to 13:30: Lunch - Posters and Exhibition

Chair: Aileen Duffton

Proffered Papers

13.30 Oral Presentation A  

13.40 Oral Presentation B 

13.50 Oral Presentation C 

14.00 Oral Presentation D 

14.10 Oral Presentation E

14.20 Oral Presentation F

Proton Therapy:  Spreading the Bragg Peak Across Scotland 

• Chair: Anthony Chalmers

14:30 The NHS UK Proton Journey

• Adrian Crellin (Leeds)

14:50 Pleural Mesothelioma: progressing from platinum to protons

• Paul Shaw (Cardiff)

15:10 Improving Equity of Access to Cancer Trials in Scotland

• Denise Calder (Edinburgh)

15.30 Panel Discussion – How do we get access to these trials in Scotland?

• Panel 

16.00 Closing Remarks

• Anne Kiltie (Aberdeen)