An award of 2000 € is presented for the most innovative abstract submitted for presentation at the ESTRO Annual Meeting. 
The recipient of the award is selected by the Scientific Advisory Group for Brachytherapy of the event in question.

Recipients

• 2024 Glasgow

T. van Wagenberg (NL)

• 2023 Vienna

M. Moerland (NL)

• 2022 Copenhagen

I. Visus (ES) - HDR brachytherapy boost improves metastatic free survival in high and very-high risk prostate cancer

• 2021 World Congress of Brachytherapy Online

M. Oud (NL) - Automated multi-criteria treatment planning for adaptive HDR-BT for locally advanced cervical cancer

• 2019 Milan

A. Bouter (DK) - Bi-objective optimization of dosimetric indices for HDR prostate brachytherapy within 30 seconds

• 2018 Barcelona 

L. Tagliaferri (IT) - A predictive model for visus loss after uveal melanoma interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy)

• 2017 Vienna 

E. Beld (NL) - Testing an MR-compatible afterloader for MR-based source tracking in MRI guided HDR brachytherapy

• 2016 Turin 

C. Bert (DE) - Electromagnetic tracking for error detection in interstitial brachytherapy

• 2015 3rd ESTRO Forum Barcelona 

R. Smith (AU) - Clinical implementation of in vivo source position verification in high dose rate prostate brachytherapy

• 2014 Vienna 

H. Westerveld (NL) - Evaluation and comparison of a novel vaginal dose reporting method in 153 cervical cancer patients

• 2013 2nd ESTRO Forum Geneva 

K. Kirchheiner (AT) - Correlation of dose with vaginal morbidity after MRI-guided brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

• 2012 ESTRO 31 - World Congress of Brachytherapy Barcelona 

G. Kertzscher (DK) - Bringing in-vivo fiber-coupled brachytherapy dosimetry to the patient

• 2011 ESTRO Anniversary Conference London 

M. Gaztanaga Boronat (ES) - Limited-volume perioperative HDR brachytherapy as a substitute for wide-field EBRT in resected head & neck cancer

• 2009 

L. Beaulieu (CA)

• 2007 

B. Guix (ES)

• 2005 

A. Nulens (BE)

• 2004 

C. Vargas (US)

• 2003

B. Pickett (US)

• 2002 

R. Schmid (AT)

• 2001

C. Polgar (HU)

• 1999 

R. Sur (SA)

• 1998 

B. Pokrajac (AT)

• 1997 

C. Haie-Meder (FR)

• 1996  

S. Hoffstetter (FR)

• 1995 

C. Hennequin (FR)

• 1994 

B. Erikson (US)

• 1993 

K. Ostkamp (DE)

• 1992 

J-J Mazeron (FR)

• 1991 

J. Venselaar (NL)

• 1990 

Y. Hishikawa (JP)