The Breur Award is named after Prof. Klaas Breur one of the founding fathers of ESTRO. If he had not died prematurely in 1981, he would probably have become ESTRO's first president. Professor Breur was the head of the Radiotherapy Department of the Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis van Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam) and participated in founding the EORTC.

As a tribute to Professor Breur’s pioneering work, ESTRO created this annual “Gold Medal“ award lecture in his name. The Breur Award is the highest honour that can be conferred on an ESTRO member and is awarded in recognition of the major contribution made by the winner to European Radiotherapy.

The recipient of this prestigious award delivers a lecture during the ESTRO Congress.


Recipients

  • 2025 Vienna

C. Faivre-Finn (UK)

  • 2024 Glasgow

U. Ricardi (IT)

  • 2023 Vienna

C. Grau (DK)

  • 2022 Copenhagen

J. Lagendijk (NL)

  • 2021 Madrid

Y. Lievens (BE)

  • 2020 Online Congress

P. Poortmans (BE)

  • 2019 Milan 

V. Valentini (IT)

  • 2018 Barcelona 

G. McKenna (UK)

  • 2017 Vienna 

C. Rödel (DE)

  • 2016 Turin 

P. Hoskin (UK)

  • 2015 Barcelona D. Verellen (BE)
  • 2014 Vienna  

R. Pötter (AT)

  • 2013 Geneva 

V. Grégoire (BE)

  • 2012 Barcelona 

M. Bolla (FR)

  • 2011 Stockholm 

B. Wouters (CA)

  • 2010 Barcelona 

K. Haustermans (BE)

  • 2009 Berlin 

P. Lambin (NL)

  • 2008 Göteborg 

D. R. Olsen (NO)

  • 2007 Barcelona 
  • J. Yarnold (UK)
  • 2006 Leipzig 

H. P. Rodemann (DE)

  • 2005 Paris 

J. Bourhis (FR)

  • 2004 Amsterdam 

M. Van Herk (NL)

  • 2003 Copenhagen 

S. Bentzen (US)

  • 2002 Prague 

M. Baumann (DE)

  • 2001 Lisbon 

J.M. Cosset (FR)

  • 2000 Istanbul 

J. Denekamp (SE)

  • 1999 Vienna 

A. Gerbaulet (FR)

  • 1998 Edinburgh 

B. Mijnheer (NL)

  • 1997 Hamburg 

H. Bartelink (NL)

  • 1996 Vienna 
  • G. Adams (AU)
  • 1995 Paris 

E. van der Schueren (BE)

  • 1994 Granada 

A. van der Kogel (NL)

  • 1993 Jerusalem 

Z. Fuks (US)

  • 1992 Malmö 

K.A. Johansson (SE)

  • 1991 Florence 

J.C.Horiot (CH)

  • 1990 Montecatini 

G.G. Steel

  • 1989 London 

J. Overgaard (DK)

  • 1988 Den Haag 

M. Peckham (UK)

  • 1987 Lisbon 

H. Svensson (SE)

  • 1986 Baden-Baden 

G.W. Barendsen

  • 1985 Stockholm 

M. Tubiana (FR)

  • 1984 Jerusalem 

A. Dutreix (FR)

  • 1983 Bordeaux 

J. Fowler (UK)

  • 1982 London 

B. Pierquin