JRSBRT 4.1, p. 77-78

Society News

13th ISRS Congress 2017 in Montreux, Switzerland
The 13th ISRS Congress will take place in the beautiful city of Montreux, Switzerland, on June 7-11, 2017. The Local organizing committee will be chaired by Dr. Marc Levivier. Everyone is encouraged to report to experience and results of original research in stereotactic radiosurgery and the stereotactic body radiation therapy, and any type of related research and clinical experience. It will encompass the topics ranging from basic research to clinical application. The goals of this exciting congress is to provide a comprehensive update on the latest research in radiosurgery of brain and body sites for malignant and benign tumors and functional disorders. The congress will have emphasis on education and the practical training. It’ll help the trainees and established practitioners as well for continuing education.

Application of the Future ISRS Congress Destination
14th ISRS Congress will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2019. Application for 2021 Congress for the future rotation site of Asia and Oceana will be opened in late 2016. If there are good proposals within the deadline, those will be considered following the tradition of rotating among the continents. If no acceptable proposal has been received within the deadline, the bid will be re-opened to any continents of the world.

ISRS Guideline of Radiosurgery Project
The ISRS society has initiated a pilot project to create guidelines for common indications for both brain and spine radiosurgery. This project is supported by the officers and all the current 2014 board members are involved to ensure success of the pilot program. A selected guideline leader, who was selected from the members of ISRS, and the sponsoring board member will form an international study group for each project to conduct the study and write a systematic review. Ultimate recommendations will be endorsed by the board and presented at ISRS 2017. If this project is successful, then a formal committee and process will be created to continue new guidelines and update the existing guidelines. This academic activity of the society will promote the evidence- and expert-based practice for radiosurgery and SBRT.

The first cohort of 10 guideline projects includes:
Radiosurgery for epilepsy
Radiosurgery for Tremor
Radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia
Radiosurgery and treatment of 1-4 brain metastases
Radiosurgery and treatment of 5-10 brain metastases
Radiosurgery of Acoustic neuroma
Radiosurgery and treatment of cavernous sinus meningioma
Radiosurgery and treatment of arteriovenous malformation
Spine radiosurgery for de novo spinal metastases
Spine radiosurgery for the re-treatment of spinal metastases