Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ESTRO meets Asia 2024

Session

Saturday
August 24
09:45 - 11:00
7C
Experience with advanced radiotherapy in Asia
Ivan Tham, Singapore;
Shuichi Ozawa, Japan
This session focusses on hadron therapy (proton/heavy ion therapy), which is a rapidly advancing field. We will listen to experts discuss developments in medical physics and engineering, as well as current clinical data to support the use of this technology. Our final speaker will also touch on how we can measure and validate the value of hadron therapy can bring to our patients and our community.
1230
Symposium
Interdisciplinary
09:45 - 10:03
Proton and carbon therapy: recent technological advances
Hikaru Souda, Japan
10:03 - 10:21
Proton and carbon therapy: technical advantages and pitfall from the physics point of view
Hyeongmin Jin, Korea Republic of
10:21 - 10:39
Clinical benefit of Hadron therapy (p+ and C+)
Tatsuya Ohno, Japan