RTi3 2024 Inquire Keynote
Details
- Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
- Time: 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EDT
- Event: RTi3 Conference
- Registration: Get your tickets here
- Title: Diagnostic CT-Enabled Radiation Therapy (DART): A Road Map to “Sim-Free” RT
- Inquire Keynote: Melissa O’Neil
Description
In this exploration of the development of “sim-free” workflows, Melissa will review the evidence and rationale for alternative palliative RT pathways, present the results and impacts of the DART clinical trial, and discuss implementation and future opportunities.
Learning Objectives
- Review the literature on “sim-free” radiotherapy and discuss the rationale for investigating and developing these workflows;
- Present the results of the recently completed DART RCT;
- Describe the impact of “sim-free” RT for patients and systems;
- Discuss clinical implementation strategy and future work
ABOUT MELISSA O’NEIL
Melissa O’Neil, MSc, MRT(T) is an Advanced Practice Radiation Therapist at the London Regional Cancer Program, specializing in palliative and stereotactic radiotherapy. She leads the Rapid Response Clinic, a service designed to ensure expedient access to palliative radiation for symptomatic patients, and is an integral part of the stereotactic multidisciplinary team. Melissa's areas of expertise include image guidance, motion management, peer education, and oligo/polymetastatic clinical trial implementation. Her research on sim-free palliative radiotherapy comprised her master’s dissertation in Advanced Practice in Radiotherapy and Oncology, and she earned an MSc with Distinction from Sheffield Hallam University in 2023.