Us
-Too! Brampton General Meeting
Sep 11, 2007
"Prostate
Brachytherapy"
Dr. Gerard
Morton
Our
season's opening session was off to a great start with and
eager audience
of around 55 members, wives and guests attending this session
by
Dr. Gerard Morton on "Prostate Brachytherapy"
In this informative
talk, Dr. Gerard Morton recounted the history of radiation
treatment for cancer leading to the development of brachytherapy
techniques.
He discussed the early approaches to prostate cancer and how
many of the
issues associated with radiation and brachytherapy had been
progressively
resolved and side effects minimized. Using detailed graphical
images he
explained how brachytherapy had been refined over the years
through research
and by leveraging advances in technology to arrive at its
current state-of-the art.
The talk explained permanent and temporary brachytherapy,
how it could be
combined with external beam radiation, the likely candidates
for each type,
the advantages and disadvantage and possible side effects.
Dr. Morton detailed
the precision and science behind 'seeds' and 'implanting'
techniques, how the
seeds worked and many of the pre and post procedure planning
and steps
involved to optimize success and minimize side effects. Having
covered the
procedural details Dr. Morton went on discussing the effectiveness
of the
procedure, quality of life post brachytherapy, presented supportive
data related
to many of the studies and talked about the road ahead for
future developments.
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Dr. Morton's
excellent presentation was readily understood and connected
well with the audience. Following his talk members opened
up with an
outpouring of questions and concerns. Dr. Morton
addressed members queries
in detail making the Q& A session very interesting and
educative. Overall
it was an evening enjoyed and appreciated by all and a great
season's opening.
We are pleased to offer complete Audio and Presentation slide
downloads
of this session - the links appear towards the lower part
of this panel.
About
Dr. Morton
Dr.
Gerard Morton is a radiation oncologist at
the Odette Cancer Centre,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Assistant Professor
at the University
of Toronto. He obtained his medical degree from University
College Cork in
Ireland in 1985, and completed post-graduate training in Ireland
in internal
medicine and clinical oncology. He has been on staff at Sunnybrook
since
1995. He specialises in treating prostate cancer with radiation,
and has a
special interest in brachytherapy and image guided therapies.
He heads
the brachytherapy program at Sunnybrook. He has numerous publications
relating to brachytherapy and prostate cancer. He loves the
outdoors
and is a keen long distance runner.
AUDIO
& SLIDES DOWNLOADS
AUDIO:
Track 01: Brachytheraby
Talk - Dr. Morton
[http://www.ustoo-brampton.com/Audiostreams/Morton/brachytalk.rm]
[156 Kbytes, Talk time: 00:00:38]
Down load times:
Approx.: 1 Min. (56KBaud)
Approx.: 10 secs. (384KBaud)
Track 02: Brachytherapy
- Q& A Session
[http://www.ustoo-brampton.com/Audiostreams/Morton/brachyqa.rm]
[2.6 Mbytes, Talk time: 00:11:06]
Down load times:
Approx.: 6 Mins. (56KBaud)
Approx.: 1 Min. (384KBaud)
SLIDES:
Dr.
Morton's Brachytherapy Presentation slides
[http://www.ustoo-brampton.com/Morton07/brachytherapy.pdf]
[Acrobat File, Size:
4.22 Mbytes, Pages: 52]
Our thanks
to Dr. Morton for an excellent
and very informative presentation. We look
forward to having him back next year!
