CERN webcast http://cern.ch/webcast Nov 20, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CERN webcast: "Particles that fight cancer: the use of protons and carbon ions in cancer therapy"
A key challenge for cancer therapy is the complex and multifaceted nature of the disease, which calls for personalised treatment. Radiotherapy has been used to treat tumours for more than a century, and is still a staple in oncology: today, 50% of cancer patients receive radiotherapy.
Hadrontherapy is one of the most technologically advanced methods of delivering radiation dose to the tumour while protecting surrounding healthy tissues. In addition, hadrontherapy can reach otherwise difficult to access deep-seated tumours and can be used for radio resistant tumours as in hypoxia.
This year marks 60 years since the first patient was treated with protons in the US and 20 years since the use of carbon ions in Japan. Join us in learning about the journey of particle therapy in Japan and Europe, its challenges, clinical results and future prospects.
Speakers:
Prof. Roberto Orecchia, Head of department of Radiotherapy, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy, Scientific director of the CNAO foundation, Pavia, Italy
Prof. Jens Overgaard, MD DMSc, Head of department, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Prof. Hirihiko Tsujii, Director of the Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan
Источник: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/webcast/
P.S.
This event is part of the Accelerating Innovation in Medicine series, see more:
Eleanor Blakely: https://plus.google.com/events/ctoheg45br3oulfep41q99vr4t4
Douglas Hanahan: https://plus.google.com/events/c4c9a6lotf3k43s93nu91d8mj3c
