ESTRO meets Asia 2024

Session

Saturday

August 24

09:45 - 11:00

Experience with advanced radiotherapy in Asia

Chair: , Singapore;

Chair: Shuichi Ozawa, Japan

Overview: 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.

Session Code: 1230

Session Type: Symposium

Track: Interdisciplinary

09:45 - 10:03

Proton and carbon therapy: recent technological advances

Speaker: Hikaru Souda, Japan

10:03 - 10:21

Proton and carbon therapy: technical advantages and pitfall from the physics point of view

Speaker: Hyeongmin Jin, Korea Republic of

10:21 - 10:39

Clinical benefit of Hadron therapy (p+ and C+)

Speaker: , Japan

10:39 - 10:57

How to validate the added value of these technologies: RCT, model-based, outcome data?

Speaker: Wai Tong Ng, Hong Kong (SAR) China