1st BHTC (Belgian Hadrontherapy Centre) in vitro Workshop

TY - BOOK

T1 - 1st BHTC (Belgian Hadrontherapy Centre) in vitro Workshop

AU - Baatout, Sarah

AU - Deconinck, Frank

AU - Lucas, Stéphane

AU - Moreels, Marjan

A2 - Vanmarcke, Hans

N1 - RN - BA-49 Score = 2

PY - 2012/10

Y1 - 2012/10

N2 - The aim of the Feasibility Study for a Hadron Centre ordered by the Federal Office of Health and Social Affairs is to investigate whether a Hadron Centre would meet clinical and social needs in Belgium. The technology required for Hadron therapy, especially using carbon nuclei, is still in a demonstration phase. Only a few pilot centres worldwide are in operation. Similar considerations hold for the clinical applications: a few are proven through the experience of foreign centres; others can be expected based on physical characteristics of hadron beams and their interactions with matter, on extrapolations of clinical knowledge, or on deductions from fundamental radiobiological research. It is this last point which is the main subject of this workshop. Radiobiological research, mainly through in-vitro studies or animal models, adds essential elements to the understanding of the processes that may ultimately lead to new science-based clinical applications. This workshop will be the first of a series and give rise to long lasting and fruitful collaborations between the participants and participating centres.

AB - The aim of the Feasibility Study for a Hadron Centre ordered by the Federal Office of Health and Social Affairs is to investigate whether a Hadron Centre would meet clinical and social needs in Belgium. The technology required for Hadron therapy, especially using carbon nuclei, is still in a demonstration phase. Only a few pilot centres worldwide are in operation. Similar considerations hold for the clinical applications: a few are proven through the experience of foreign centres; others can be expected based on physical characteristics of hadron beams and their interactions with matter, on extrapolations of clinical knowledge, or on deductions from fundamental radiobiological research. It is this last point which is the main subject of this workshop. Radiobiological research, mainly through in-vitro studies or animal models, adds essential elements to the understanding of the processes that may ultimately lead to new science-based clinical applications. This workshop will be the first of a series and give rise to long lasting and fruitful collaborations between the participants and participating centres.

KW - in-vitro

KW - cancer

KW - Hadron Therapy

UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_124684

UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/9562

M3 - Book of abstracts

VL - 1

T3 - SCK•CEN Reports

BT - 1st BHTC (Belgian Hadrontherapy Centre) in vitro Workshop

PB - Belgian Nuclear Research Center

ER -