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SRS Autumn Meeting 2000

Friday 10th November 2000
Walton Conference Centre
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Morning Joint Programme

TimeTitleSpeaker
0900-0930Registration
0930-1000PET Scanning in Oncology Dr A Welch
Aberdeen
1000-1030Report on Scottish Audit of Gastric-Oesophageal Cancer Prof F Gilbert & Dr H Yosef
Aberdeen
1030-1100Coffee
1100-1130EAR Lecture : Nuclear Medicine for the General RadiologistDr P Robinson
Leeds
1130-1200Issues relating to the future of Scottish RadiologyProf J Weir
Aberdeen
1200-1300McGibbon Lecture : Brachytherapy in Localised Prostate CancerDr D Ash
Leeds
1300-1400Lunch 

 

Afternoon Radiology Programme

TimeTitleSpeaker
1415-1500Overview of Musculoskeletal UltrasoundDr E McNally
Oxford
1500-1530Coffee
1530-1610Nycomed Scholarship Reports
1610-1630Unenhanced helical CT in Acute Renal ColicDr J Addison
Elgin
1630AGM

 

Afternoon Oncology Programme

TimeTitleSpeaker
1400-1440Recent prostate cancer trialsDr J M Russell
Glasgow
1440-1500Lung cancer treatment - Waiting times & tumour growthDr N O'Rourke
Glasgow
1500-1530Coffee
1530-1600Shocked & stunned - Controversies in the use of diagnostic and ablative radioiodine in differentiated thyroid cancerDrs R M McMenemin, T E Hilditch, N S Reed
Glasgow
1545-1600Evaluation of late morbidity from radiotherapy at the Beatson Oncology Centre as part of a European studyDrs F Cowie, A Barrett
Glasgow
1600-1615Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site - A phase II study of MCF chemotherapyDr A Graham MacDonald
Aberdeen
1615-1630Retrospective review of 21 cases of penile tumour referred for radiotherapy to a single institution over a 3 year periodDrs F Cowie, D Dodds
Glasgow
1630AGM

 

Registration

£10 per person, cheques payable to the Scottish Radiological Society, sent to Dr L Stewart at the address below by 31 October 2000.

In addition, it is proposed to hold a post-meeting dinner at the Belfry restaurant in Glasgow. The cost of this (excluding drinks) will be £20. Numbers for this are unfortunately limited, so places can only be reserved on a first come basis.

The Walton Conference Centre

The Walton Conference Centre is easily accessible from all parts of the UK - by road, rail and air.

By Air

Glasgow International Airport, one of the UK's leading gateway airports, with an extensive range of scheduled flights from Continental Europe, North American and the rest of the UK is 5 miles west of the hospital.

Taxi cabs are available from a rank outside the airport. The travelling time from the airport to the Walton Conference Centre, Southern General Hospital is approximately 10 minutes (depending on traffic).

Self drive car hire is available from all the major car hire companies based at Glasgow Airport.

By Car

From either the East or West on the M8 Motorway, exit at junction 25, marked "ClydeTunnel". You will join the Clyde Tunnel approach road, but should exit this at the first slip road, which is signposted for the Southern General Hospital. Turn left when your reach the roundabout (on Govan Road). You will see the hospital almost immediately on your left.

If you are approaching from the North of the city go through the Clyde Tunnel (A739), in left lane. At tunnel exit take first left - Govan. Proceed to the roundabout. Go around it and double back along Govan Road for ¼ mile. Proceed across next roundabout. The Hospital entrance is first on your left.

Disabled parking spaces are available near entrances. All main entrances have ramps.

By Rail

Rail or underground to Govan Road Entrance.

Paisley Gilmour St. Station
Bus or taxi to Southern General - buses Arriva No. 24 and Hutchisons No.25.
Central Station (Union St, Glasgow)
Bus or taxi to Southern General - buses Arriva No.23 or 24 from Union Street.
Queen Street Station (Glasgow)
Underground from Buchanan Street to Govan
Partick Station
Underground from Partick to Govan

Govan Underground Station
Take buses that go to the Southern General Hospital. Buses for the hospital grounds are available at street level bus stop not the terminus. Local taxis also available.

Cardonald Station
Twenty minute walk to Langlands Road entrance.

Local organisers:

Oncology Section
Dr A G Robertson
Beatson Oncology Centre
Western Infirmary
Glasgow G11 6NT
Tel: 0141 211 1740
Fax: 0141 211 6356

Radiology Section & Address for Registration
Dr L Stewart
Main X-Ray
Southern General Hospital
1345 Govan Road
Glasgow G51 4TF
Tel: 0141 201 1540
Fax: 0141 201 1557


 

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