Dos miembros del comité ejecutivo de SYROG han sido recientemente los autores de dos News Letters de ESTRO.
Two members of the board of directors of SYROG have recently authored two News Letters of ESTRO.
En la primera el Dr. Arturo Navarro del Instituto Catalán de Oncologia (ICO Bellvitge) ha comentado la ultima reunión de jóvenes en el congreso de ESTRO 30 en Londres (Mayo 2011). En esta carta, el Dr. Navarro resalta la necesidad de conocer las prioridades de los jóvenes en los distintos países europeos, y como coordinador de SYROG ha planteado la posibilidad de que sea el grupo español el primero en estudiar estas necesidades (a continuación podéis ver la carta).
In the first one Dr. Arturo Navarro from Instituto Catalán de Oncologia (ICO Bellvitge) commented the last young meeting of the ESTRO 30 congress held in London (May 2011). In this letter, Dr. Navarro highlighted the neccesity of knowing the priorities of young physicians in different countries in Europe, and as coordinator of SYROG has suggested the possibility of being the Spanish Group the first in researching this priorities (below you will find the letter enclosed)
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I would like to thank ESTRO for all the efforts that have been made in approaching young professionals to integrate them in the life of our society.
The Symposium was great, and many good ideas came up but I would like to remark on something that several of the attendants said: the priorities of young professionals are different in different countries and usually individual opinions are not representative of all young professionals in a country.
That’s the reason why I think that a short survey with a international focus about how young professionals feel about ESTRO is a great starting point.
From SYROG (Spanish Young Radiation Oncology Group) we can improve the diffusion of the survey among ESTRO and non ESTRO young members, and discuss specific issues about how Spanish young professional feel about ESTRO and how to improve the involvment in ESTRO.
En la segunda carta, escrita por el Dr. Jon Cacicedo del Hospital de Cruces (Barakaldo, Vizcaya), destaca el gran éxito de la sesión de Young ESTRO en el congreso nacional de la sociedad española de Oncologia Radioterapica (SEOR), se ha resaltado el alto nivel científico de la sesión y la asistencia masiva al mismo (a continuación podéis ver la carta)
In the second letter, Dr. Jon Cacicedo, Hospital de Cruces (Barakaldo, Vizcaya), talks about the great success of the Young ESTRO session that took place in the meeting, with a very high scientific level and a great attendance (below you can read the letter)
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This June the national congress of the Spanish radiation Oncology
Society was held in Madrid.
In that congress, the second edition of the
Spanish young radiation Oncology Group (SYROG) took place. There were eight
oral presentations and two invited speakers, Dr. Sofia Rivera from France and Dr. De Bari from Italy.
The quality of the presentations were really good
and what stood out most was
the interaction between the audience and the speakers, several questions came
up and the dialog was made.
Young Spanish speakers showed their skills in
English presentations and in handling questions from the jury.
Three prizes were awarded for the best three
presentations. The prizes were: First Prize: ESTRO Course in Europe was given to Rivin, E for “A different SBRT Method in Lung
Tumors : Initial Experience” and the Second
and Third prizes were a national course in the Spanish Radiation Oncology
School given to M López, M and
Lopez Guerra, J, by “Helical Tomotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Cancer “and HSPB1 RS2868371 Associates with
Radiation-Esophagitis in Lung cancer respectively.
Dr. Rivera Sophie spoke about the ESTRO fellow
program and what it means for the young radiation oncologist and what ESTRO is
doing for them. The audience´s
interested was captured in
the program and in how to combine clinical aspects with research programs.
Dr. De bari spoke about the Italian young
society, how it was born what it
has grown into and how it works. Several similarities were found between our
young group and the Italian one and a share of common goals.
After the
young session , an informal
meeting was held with our French and Italian guests to present the SYROG
blog and all the sections that it contains. Links between our societies and
electronic webs were exchanged and some possible future projects were
discussed.
In summary it was an interesting and profitable
session and invaluable ideas came up. Our desire now is for every one to work
together to establish a regular workflow between all the young radiation
oncologists and international relations.
- Dr. A Navarro.
- Dr. J. Cacicedo
