Interventional Radiation Oncology

[Interventional Radiation Oncology @UroGec]

new leadership team of GEC-ESTRO Urology (#UroGEC):
🔹Dr. Alfonso Gomez-Iturriaga, @agomeziturriaga – Chair
🔹 Dr. Iosif Strouthos @Str_onc – Secretary
🔹 Dr. med. Dr. Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology – Social Media Ambassador
@ESTRO_RT, @ASTRO_org @UroGec

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 20 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

🌸 Interventional Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) with HDR #Brachytherapy

📊 10-Year GEC-ESTRO Results:

🎯 Local recurrence: 2.5%
❤️ Overall survival: 95%
😊 Excellent cosmetic outcome: >85%
🛡️ Acute Grade ≥2 toxicity: 5%
💡 Precise treatment.
🛡️ Less healthy tissue irradiated.
⏳ Shorter treatment.
❤️ Better quality of life.
#Interventional_Radiotherapy #BreastCancer #APBI #HDRBrachytherapy #RadiationOncology #PrecisionMedicine #ThisIsBrachytherapy @oncodaily @UroGec @OncoDailyRT

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 21 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

🔰 Brachytherapy for Liver Cancer

Image-guided brachytherapy delivers very high radiation doses directly to liver tumors while sparing healthy liver tissue.

🎯 High precision
🛡️ Organ preservation
📈 Excellent local control
⏳ Often completed in a single treatment session
For selected patients with:
🔸 HCC
🔸 Cholangiocarcinoma
🔸 Liver Metastases
💡 Precision has no limits.
#Interventional_Radiotherapy #Brachytherapy #LiverCancer #HCC #PrecisionMedicine #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy
@ESTRO_RT @degro_ev @uktuebingen @ASTRO_org

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 23 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

🏆 EMBRACE II Changed Cervical Cancer Care

📊 Results:

🎯 93% 3-Year Local Control
🎯 94% 3-Year Pelvic Control
❤️ 89% Disease-Specific Survival
🔍 MRI-Guided
📡 Adaptive Brachytherapy
🎯 Precision Treatment
A new global standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer.

🌍 Better Care.
🎯 Better Outcomes.
❤️ Better Lives.
#EMBRACEII #CervicalCancer #Brachytherapy #Interventional_Radiotherapy #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy @AmericanBrachy @ESTRO_RT @degro_ev @ASTRO_org @AusBrachy @OncoDailyRT @ESGO_society @UroGec

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 24 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

🔬 From Marie Curie to AI
🚀 More Than a Century of Innovation
From the discovery of radium to AI-powered treatment planning, one principle remains unchanged:

🎯 Maximum dose to the tumor
🛡️ Protection of healthy tissues

🖥️ AI
📡 Advanced Imaging
🔍 MRI
📊 CT Planning
Driving the future of #Interventional_Radiotherapy and #Brachytherapy.

💡 Innovation then.
💡 Innovation now.
💡 Better outcomes tomorrow.
#ArtificialIntelligence #PrecisionMedicine #RadiationOncology #CancerCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 25 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

⏳ Shorter Treatment.
🏡 More Time at Home.
One of the key advantages of #Brachytherapy:

🏥 Fewer hospital visits
🚗 Less travel
😊 Better quality of life

While still providing:
🎯 High precision
🛡️ Organ preservation
📈 Excellent cancer control
💡 Less time in hospital.
🏡 More time at home.
❤️ More time living.

#Interventional_Radiotherapy #PrecisionMedicine #RadiationOncology #CancerCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy @UroGec

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 27 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

🔰 Image-Guided #Brachytherapy

🖥️ MRI
📡 CT
🔍 Ultrasound
👁️ See the tumor.
🎯 Treat the tumor.
➡️ Maximum dose to the tumor
➡️ Minimum dose to healthy tissues

🛡️ Organ preservation
😊 Better quality of life
📈 Excellent tumor control
🌍 Precision is not the future.
🚀 It is already here.

#Interventional_Radiotherapy #ThisIsBrachytherapy #ImageGuidedRadiotherapy #PrecisionMedicine #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy

[OncoDaily RT @OncoDailyRT]

28 Days Until Brachytherapy Awareness Day 2026 - Dr. med. Dr. Hathal Haddad

@Radiooncology

https://t.co/TpG1H2WR5R

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 28 Days Until #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay
🔰 The Original #AdaptiveRadiotherapy
💡 Long before adaptive radiotherapy became a buzzword, #Brachytherapy was already adapting treatment to each patient.

🖥️ MRI
📡 CT
🔍 Ultrasound
📊 Advanced Planning
🎯 Precise targeting
🛡️ Organ preservation
😊 Better quality of life
🌍 A century-old treatment. A future-proof technology.
#Interventional_Radiotherapy #PrecisionMedicine #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay @UroGec @AmericanBrachy @ESTRO_RT @ASTRO_org @degro_ev @uktuebingen @OncoDailyRT @oncodaily

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

Why #Brachytherapy?

🎯 Radiation delivered directly inside or next to the tumor

✅ Highly precise
✅ Organ preserving
✅ Better quality of life
✅ Shorter treatment duration
✅ Proven outcomes
💡 Maximum dose to the tumor.
🛡️ Minimum dose to healthy tissues.
📅 29 Days Until Brachytherapy Awareness Day
17 July 2026
#BrachytherapyAwarenessDay #Interventional_Radiotherapy
#RadiationOncology
#CancerCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

Proud to contribute to advancing #InterventionalRadiotherapy and helping increase awareness of the value of #Brachytherapy in modern cancer care.

🔗 https://t.co/bspeXN0YEo

#ProstateCancer #RadOnc #ESTRO26 #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay @ESTRO_RT @degro_ev @AmericanBrachy @uktuebingen @uni_tue @OncoDailyRT @oncodaily @UroGec @OncoAlert

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🎗️ 31 Days to #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay (17 July 2026)

Today we start a 31-day journey highlighting the power of #Interventional_Radiotherapy (#Brachytherapy).

🎯 High precision
🛡️ Organ preservation
😊 Better quality of life
⏳ Shorter treatment
📈 Proven outcomes
Yet this life-saving treatment remains underrecognized.
Over the next 31 days:
📊 Evidence
🏆 Key studies
💡 Innovation & AI
👨‍⚕️ Clinical insights
❤️ Patient benefits
✨ One treatment. Millions of lives. Too little awareness.
#Brachytherapy #RadiationOncology #CancerCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

👏 Thank you, @peter_orio , for your excellent talk on #LDR_Brachytherapy with #Palladium-103 and its important role in #focal_therapy for #prostate_cancer.

🤝 It was a pleasure meeting you again after #ESTRO2024 in Glasgow and discussing the future of prostate brachytherapy.

🎯 Inspiring science, innovation, and patient-centered care.

#Brachytherapy #LDRBrachytherapy #Palladium103 #ProstateCancer #InterventionalRadiotherapy #RadOnc #ESTRO #ThisIsBrachytherapy
@AmericanBrachy @DanaFarber @uni_tue @uktuebingen @MVCCbrachy

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🚀 From #Brachytherapy 📡 to #InterventionalRadiotherapy 🎯

Honored to speak at the 26th UK & Ireland Prostate Brachytherapy Conference 🇬🇧🇮🇪 (11–12 June 2026) organozed by @MVCCbrachy

Great discussions with leaders in the field, including Peter Hoskin (#Whereishoskin), @@peter_orio, AnnHenry & Michael Krachon @bertlesUK Roberto Alonzi @brachyraqi

🌍 The evolution from #Brachytherapy to Interventional Radiotherapy is becoming a global movement to improve cancer care through innovation, collaboration & patient-centered treatment.

#ProstateCancer #RadOnc #ESTRO #ABS #CancerCare @AmericanBrachy @degro_ev @ESTRO_RT @ASTRO_org @MVCCbrachy

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🔰 New Series: Awareness of #Interventional_Radiotherapy (#Brachytherapy)
Episode 2 — Cervical Cancer & HDR #Brachytherapy Boost after EBRT
The #EMBRACEII trial (1,482 patients, 49 centers) confirms that MR-guided adaptive brachytherapy remains essential for locally advanced cervical cancer.

✅ 93% local control (3 years)
✅ 94% pelvic control
✅ 82% overall survival (5 years)
✅ Reduced severe late toxicity vs EMBRACE I
📢 Modern radiotherapy + chemotherapy + image-guided brachytherapy = new standard of care.
#InterventionalRadiotherapy #CervicalCancer #RadiationOncology #ESTRO2025 #WomenHealth #CancerCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

Hathal Haddad and Kayla Kafka-Peterson Call Attention to Brachytherapy Nursing Education https://t.co/v5J7i7rFPH
@AmericanBrachy @degro_ev @ESTRO_RT @ASTRO_org @oncodaily @OncoDailyRT #ThisIsBrachytherapy #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay @UroGec

[Hathal Haddad @Radiooncology]

🔰 New Series: Awareness of #Interventional_Radiotherapy (#Brachytherapy)
Episode 1 — Prostate HDR Brachytherapy for #ProstateCancer
🔬 Monotherapy → low/intermediate-risk PCa (EQD2: 116–128 Gy)
⚡ Boost + EBRT → intermediate/high-risk PCa

@AmericanBrachy1 -endorsed competency framework now published 👇
📖 https://t.co/CLxuncTjID

#Brachytherapy #ProstateCancer #RadiationOncology #ThisIsBrachytherapy #BrachytherapyAwarenessDay

[American Brachy @AmericanBrachy]

In our inaugural International Spotlight, Dr. Hathal Haddad of University Hospital Tübingen discusses advances in #prostate #brachytherapy — from prostate artery embolization (PAE) to AI-assisted workflows.
https://t.co/xQNntqFros #ThisisBrachytherapy #BrachyBites

[Andrew Farach, MD @AndrewFarach]

Absolutely incredible LATAM Masterclass in #Brachytherapy with new friends and colleagues. 350 attendees from 15+ countries and amazing passion for this life saving therapy. So well organized and fun! Definitely on the annual meeting list!

@AmericanBrachy

[American Brachy @AmericanBrachy]

Join us Dec 4, 12 PM ET as we spotlight how consistency in complex procedures + better quality assessment can elevate outcomes—because quality drives results. https://t.co/hrLt4v5Ln5 #Brachytherapy #RadOnc #PatientCare #ThisIsBrachytherapy

[American Brachy @AmericanBrachy]

Thank you to everyone who attended the ABS Brachytherapy #Prostate and #GYN Workshop!
Your engagement and expertise made it a truly impactful event. We’re grateful for your commitment to advancing #brachytherapy. #AllThingsBrachytherapy @KamravaMD @radoncology