64th Annual PTCOG Conference

The 64th Annual PTCOG Conference is dedicated to proton, light ion and heavy charged particle radiotherapy.

Key Topics

• Physics
  • Dosimetry
  • Beam delivery and nozzle design
  • Motion management and adaptive therapy
  • Imaging
  • Outcome modelling
  • New approaches (e.g. ultra-high dose rate, spatially fractionated therapy)
  • Treatment planning - algorithms and methods
  • Quality assurance
  • Treatment planning - applications
• Clinics
  • Clinical implementation of adaptive particle therapy
  • Challenging clinical scenario: Why or why not particle therapy
  • Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectives analysis
  • Combined particle therapy with novel systemic therapy: efficacy and toxicities
  • General clinical results and patient reported outcome
  • Complementary therapy in particle therapy (rehabilitation)
  • Long-term complications and image changes after particle therapy
  • LET and variable RBE based particle therapy
  • Particle therapy -based stereotactic radiotherapy and hypo-fractionated radiotherapy
  • Novel treatment strategies using particle therapy
  • Particle therapy-based re-irradiation
• Biology
  • Biomarkers of CPRT response
  • Biological advantages of CPRT vs XRT
  • FLASH and mini-beam biology
  • BNCT
  • Integrating biology in treatment planning: RBE and beyond
  • Immune therapy with CPRT
  • Targeted agents with CPRT
  • Mathematical modeling & simulations of charged particle radiotherapy