Radiotherapy with ion beams
Description
The board of the Groningen Engineers Association invites KIVI members to a lecture by Prof Dr S. (Sytze) Brandenburg, professor of Accelerator Physics.
Prof Brandenburg is closely involved in the Groningen Proton Therapy Centre of the UMCG. He writes to us:
"I am happy to give a talk on proton therapy from a mainly physical perspective for your association. In the talk, I will try to make clear what the pros and cons of proton therapy compared to standard radiotherapy with high-energy Rontgen radiation are and what points of interest there are with regard to further improvement of proton therapy. These include not only physics but also a better understanding of radiation biology." (see also his CV and syllabus on page 2)
Radiotherapy with ion beams
The development of radiotherapy with high energy X-rays has resulted in a significant improvement of the cure rate of localised tumours. This has been achieved by a combination of better target coverage and reduction of the radiation induced complications caused by the inevitable co-irradiation of the normal tissues surrounding the tumour.
Nevertheless, radiation induced complications are still a limiting factor in the treatment of many patients. Given the nature of the interaction of X-rays with matter there is little room for further reduction of the radation dose to the normal tissues. The solution for the treatment of these patients therefore has to be found in the use of another radiation modality: protons and other ions.
In the talk I will compare radiotherapy with high energy X-rays and ions from a physics perspective; present the technology for radiotherapy with in particular protons, which has now become commercially available from several manufacturers and discuss the on-going research to fully exploit the physics-based advantages of using ions instead of X-rays in radiotherapy.
The indicative programme is as follows:
19:40 h Reception with coffee/tea
20:00 h Start lecture
20:45 h Break with coffee/tea, continued lecture
21:30 h End of lecture, questions
approx. 22:00 h Closing.
The lecture is also open to members of KIVI and the Groningen Chemical Circle (GCK). n them, a contribution of € 5.00 p.p. is requested to be paid on the spot to the treasurer. Refreshments other than coffee or tea will be at your own expense.
If you wish to attend the lecture, please make this known by sending an e-mail to the secretary: twester@ziggo.nl.
Speaker(s)
Sytze Brandenburg is professor in accelerator physics at the University of Groningen.
After studying physics in Groningen and Helsinki, Finland he did his PhD research in experimental nuclear physics at the Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI), Groningen, the Netherlands.
From 1986 to 1994 he worked at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Orsay, France on the design, construction and commissioning of the superconducting cyclotron AGOR, that is operational at the KVI-CART since 1996.
He currently directs the medical physics group of the KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology that, in collaboration with several departments of the UMCG, performs R&D on the applications of ionising radiation in health care and more in particular radiotherapy with ion beams. He has been strongly involved in the development of the Groningen Proton Therapy Center at the UMCG campus that will start patient treatment in the beginning of 2018
Location
Rijkstraatweg 200, 9752 BR Haren
Organiser
Region North
Groningen Engineers Association
Name and contact details for information
Ton Wester
Apply via
Ton Wester
twester@ziggo.nl