News and events
CTRad recognises the importance of involving patients, carers and others affected by cancer. We are currently looking for consumer representatives to join CTRad's workstreams 1, 2 and 4 . We welcome applications from consumers based throughout the UK, with experience of radiotherapy and all kinds of cancer. You can download the advertisement, role profile, application form below. The closing date for applications is Friday 24 May 2013.
- CTRad Consumer recruitment advertisement
- CTRad Consumer member role profile
- CTRad Consumer member application form
CTRad hosts a number of workshops and events through the year for researchers, from educational sessions to academic workshops for knowledge exchange.
You can keep in touch via the pages below, or you can be added to our mailing list by emailing ctrad@ncri.org.uk
News bulletins
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Previous CTRad news bulletins
Upcoming events led by CTRad
Call for radiotherapy proposals - CTRad proposal guidance meeting 10 June 2013
Call for Phase I / II / III radiotherapy research proposals
The next CTRad proposal guidance meeting will be held in London on 10 June 2013. Details about how to submit a proposal idea and participate is available on the proposal guidance meetings page.
CTRad Imaging in Radiotherapy workshop, 28 June 2013
Imaging in Radiotherapy
The aim of this Imaging in Radiotherapy workshop is to foster collaboration on research in radiotherapy between the recently funded CRUK EPSRC imaging centres. It will be held at the Gray Institute, Oxford, on 28 June 2013. For details and pre-registration please contact Claire Garbett (claire.garbett@oncology.ox.ac.uk).
Most of our workshops and meetings are RCR CPD-accredited – don’t forget to collect your certificate after each meeting. If you need your certificate from a previous meeting, please email ctrad@ncri.org.uk .
Upcoming events led by other organisations
International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress, 16-20 June 2013
11th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress is an international meeting dedicated to advanced brain and body radiosurgery, including topics on cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and SBRT. It will take place 16-20 June 2013 in Toronto, Canada.
The BACR Tumour Microenvironment - Basic Science to Novel Therapies meeting, 3-4 July 2013
The British Association for Cancer Research (BACR) Tumour Microenvironment - Basic Science to Novel Therapies meeting aims to highlight the latest advances in the field of tumour micorenvironment from basic science to clinical development. The scientific sessions include topics on stromal cell-tumour interations, lymphatic and immune system, tumour angiogenesis, responses to tumour cells to their environment, lymphangiogenesis and metastatic mechanisms. It will take place 3-4 July 2013 in Bristol.
Meeting of the European Radiation Research Society and Association for Radiation Research, 1-5 September 2013
The annual meeting of the Association for Radiation Research (UK) will be held jointly with the European Radiation Research Society. The programme will cover all of the major disciplines of radiation science including physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and radiation protection. It will take place 1-5 September 2013 in Dublin.
The Gray Institute Symposium, 5-6 September 2013
The Gray Institute is organising a second symposium to showcase current international cutting edge research and to foster collaboration. Topics include DNA damage repair, the tumour microenvironment, imaging and radiotherapy, radiation biology and genomics. It will take place on 5-6 September 2013 in Oxford.
UK Radiation Oncology Conference, 21-23 October 2013
The UK Radiation Oncology Conference is a multidisciplinary meeting for clinical oncologists, therapy radiographers, radiotherapy physicists, clinical radiobiologists and oncology nurses. It will take place 21-23 October 2013 in Nottingham.
Scottish Radiotherapy Research Forum annual meeting, 24 October 2013
The Scottish Radiotherapy Research Forum will be holding their annual meeting in Stirling on 24 October 2013. More details will be available on their website very soon.
NCRI Cancer Conference, 3-6 November 2013
The NCRI Cancer Conference is the leading international cancer research meeting in the UK and delivers a pioneering programme showcasing high-quality data and a multi-disciplinary approach to cancer research from basic research to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. The world-renowned speakers and excellent networking opportunities attract around 2,000 delegates representing the whole oncology field from researchers and data managers to clinicians, nurses and policy makers.
Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, 17-18 November 2013
This 2nd Clinical Trials Methodology Conference was organised on behalf of the MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research and will take place 17-18 November in Edinburgh.
RCR Cambridge Course on Intensity Modulated and Image Guided Radiotherapy, 18-20 November 2013
This Royal College of Radiologists Cambridge Course on Intensity Modulated and Image Guided Radiotherapy 2013 will take place 18-20 November in Cambridge. More details will be available soon.