The backbone of the GEC-ESTRO committee are the activities of the working groups. Working Groups focus on relevant topics, which address research and development, education, and healthcare in the context of brachytherapy. Working Groups are defined by the GEC-ESTRO Committee.

GEC-ESTRO also collaborates with other groups and supports three awards in brachytherapy.

The Standard operation procedure (SOP) of the committee is available here.

The GEC-ESTRO handbook can be found on the e-library.

GEC-ESTRO assembly 7 May 2022 recording.

Chair: Frank-André Siebert, Kiel, Germany

Past Chair: Vratislav Strnad; Erlangen, Germany

Chair-Elect: Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Nice, France

Secretary: Andrea Slocker-Escarpa, Barcelona, Spain

Chair BRAPHYQS: Åsa Carlsson-Tedgren, Stockholm, Sweden

Chair GI-GEC: Alexandra Stewart, Guildford, United Kingdom

Chair Breast: Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Nice, France

Chair Gynaecology: Kari Tanderup, Aarhus, Denmark

Chair UroGEC: Alfonso Gomez-Iturriaga, Barakaldo, Spain 

Chair Head & Neck and Skin: Luca Tagliaferri, Rome, Italy

Chair Brachy-HERO: Peter Niehoff, Offenbach, Germany

Member: Piotr Wojcieszek, Gliwice, Poland

National Societies committee Observer: Peter Niehoff, Offenbach, Germany

Young Committee Observer: Daniel Portik, Romania, Belgium

Pediatric initiative Observer: Cyrus Chargari, Villejuif, France

Educational Council: Alina Sturdza, Vienna, Austria

Scientific Council: Ina Schulz-Jurgenliemk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

GEC-ESTRO Handbook: Peter Hoskin, Mt. Vernon, UK; Bradley Pieters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Guidelines Committee: Luca Tagliaferri, Rome, Italy; Panos Papagiannis, Athens, Greece

Former Chairs:

Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bradley R. Pieters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Christian Kirisits, Vienna, Austria

There are six brachytherapy working groups. Please click on the links below for further information about the activities of the group.

GEC-ESTRO Breast - Chair: Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi

GEC-ESTRO Head and Neck and Skin - Chair: Luca Tagliaferri

GEC-ESTRO Urology - Chair: Peter Hoskin

GEC-ESTRO Gynaecology - Chair: Kari Tanderup

GEC-ESTRO BRAPHYQS - Chair: Åsa Carlsson-Tedgren

GEC-ESTRO Gastro-Intestinal - Chair: Alex Stewart

GEC-ESTRO Brachy- HERO (Health Economics) - Chair: Peter Niehoff

Under the auspices of GEC ESTRO, the GEC-ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy is published aiming at clinicians, physicists and radiotherapy technologists worldwide. The textbook covers the basics of brachytherapy, including the physics and radiobiology, and describes in detail all aspects of clinical practice.

First published in 2002, the handbook is currently under review. A second edition is available for a number of chapters, while for several other chapters an update is planned in the near future.