Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce this year the fifth issue of our Journal. Already, ESTRO 38 Meeting in Milan and ABS Annual Meeting in Miami have passed, but it’s not a pity as next year we’ll have an opportunity to meet again at the World Congress of Brachytherapy in Vienna, Austria (April 2-4, 2020).
Already for the fifth time the Greater Poland Cancer Center along with the Polish Brachytherapy Society organized “Interventional radiotherapy – Post ABS Meeting” which was held on September 6-7, 2019 for all those Polish brachytherapy providers that were not able to attend the American meeting. We used this opportunity and organized the General Assembly of our Society combined with necessary elections for Presidents and Board Members. I am proud to announce the voting results:

Polish Brachytherapy Society (PBS) General Assembly along with Elections

President:
Piotr Wojcieszek, MD, PhD
(Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)

Vice-Presidents:
Ewa Burchardt, MD, PhD (Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznań)
Tomasz Filipowski, MD, PhD (Białystok Cancer Center, Białystok)

Board:
Magdalena Stankiewicz, MD – Secretary
(Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)
Tomasz Krzysztofiak, MD – Treasurer
(Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice)
Anna Kulik, MD, PhD
(Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw)
Marcin Hetnał, MD, PhD
(Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, Cracow)

Please find a separate Editorial Note from our brand-new PBS President Piotr Wojcieszek who would like to address a few words to the noble international brachytherapy community. Personally, I congratulate him on his new challenging role in his professional life and wish him all the best in achieving everyday successes. I also assure Piotr and all PBS Board Members about my support and devotion in terms of brachytherapy strengthening via PBS and JCB.
Just a week earlier members of our friendly Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS) had their 9th Annual Conference of IBS (IBSCON 2019), which was titled “Precision Brachytherapy – The Art and Science” and its proceedings summary can be found at the end of this issue. It is worth noting...


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