Highlights from PTCOG 2010

OncoLink reporters provide up-to-date coverage of the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG) 49 Conference at Chiba and Gunma University in NIRS, Japan, May, 17 - 22, 2010.

Clinical Results of Spot-Scanning based Proton Radiotherapy: Experience at the Paul Scherrer Institute since 1996 Presenter: E.B. Hug Presenter Affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute, Center for Proton Therapy, Villagen, Swiss Confederation Background Spot scanning based proton therapy was pioneered at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and has been in...
Construction, Commissioning, and First Treatments at the ProCure Oklahoma City and Chicago Proton Therapy Facilities Presented by: Andries N. Schreuder Presenter's Affiliation: ProCure Treatment Centers, Department of Medical Physics and Technology, Bloomington, IN Background ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., was founded in 2005 to provide cancer patients...
Particle Therapy for metastatic liver tumors: evaluation of clinical differences between proton and carbon ion therapies Presenter: Kazuki Terashima Presenter's Affiliation: Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Tatsuno, Japan Background The liver is inherently sensitive to radiation therapy, thus limiting the use of external beam photon...
Proton Beam Therapy Reduced Bone Marrow Suppression Compared with IMRT for Patients with Stage III NSCLC Receiving Concurrent Chemotherapy Presented by: Ritsuko Komaki, MD Presenter's Affiliation: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality, with a 5-year overall survival of 15%. Improvements in radiation...
Proton Radiotherapy for Cardiac and Pulmonary Vessel Sarcomas Presenter: Dr. Yen-Lin Chen Presenter's Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Boston Background Although cardiac and pulmonary vessel sarcomas are rare, they are not unheard of, and pose significant treatment...
Proton therapy in Pediatric Malignancies: Update of the Orsay Experience Presenter: Dr. Jean-Louis Habrand Presenter's Affiliation: Institut Curie Centre De Protontherapie d'Orsay, Division of Medicine and Biophysics, Orsay, France Background Properties of proton and other particle radiation allow delivery of...
Proton-Based Radiotherapy for Unresectable or Incompletely Resected Osteosarcoma Presenter: Dr. Thomas F. Delaney Presenter Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center, Boston, MA Background Osteosarcoma represents the most common primary tumor of bone affecting adolescents and...
Reduction of Normal Tissue (NT) Toxicity in Patients with Locally Advanced (LA) NSCLC treated with Concurrent Chemotherapy (ChT) and Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) compared to Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Presenter: Ritsuko Komaki, MD Presenter's Affiliation: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality with a 5 year overall survival of 15%. Local control with standard...
Requirements for Development and Expansion of Particle Therapy Presenter: Andrew K. Lee Presenter Affiliation: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX Introduction Dr. Lee provided a discussion of indications for expansion of particle therapy,...
Requirements for the Development and Expansion of Particle Therapy Presenter: Nancy Mendenhall, MD Presenter Affiliation: University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, Florida Background Dose delivered to normal tissues is an important barrier to dose distribution in radiation oncology. ...
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Best Available Photon, Proton, and Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy in Various Head and Neck Cancers Presenter: Dr. Janneke Grutters for Dr. Bram Ramaekers Presenter's Affiliation: Maastricht Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), Maastricht, The Netherlands Background Cancers of the head and neck represent a heterogeneous group of malignancies....
The Four-Year Beam Delivery Experience at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center Houston Presenter: Dr. Kazumichi Suzuki Presenter's Affiliation: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Proton Therapy Center Houston, Houston, TX Background The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center began delivering proton radiotherapy in May,...