MEET THE EXPERTS
A short trip in the perspectives of Proton Therapy for the next years
Milan, 11th october 2022
Several diseases have been treated with proton therapy for many years in the world. Outcome data, obtained on more than 200,000 patients treated, are now mature, and the demonstration of the value of proton therapy for their treatment is widely appreciated.
In Milan, at IEO, a Center for proton therapy is under construction. The opening is planned for September 2023.
This is a great opportunity for clinics and research. The potentiality of proton therapy has not been fully explored, for this reason IEO organizes a meeting, with few and well recognized speakers, really expert in the field of particle therapy, in order to give the opportunity to look into the next future, with a short trip in the perspectives on radiobiology, physics, and clinics.
Fabiola Gianotti, Director of CERN, will address the fundamental role of this Institution in developing the medical sciences related to basic and translational physics.
Time will be dedicated to the IEO project, including a short visit of the Center.
PROGRAM
11.30 Registration
12.00 Welcome Address and Presentation
Roberto Orecchia, Scientific Director, IEO, Milan
12.15 The contribution of CERN to medical innovation through its cutting-edge technologies, competences and know-how
Fabiola Gianotti, General Director, CERN, Geneva
13.15 Lunch
14.30 Institutional Greetings
14.40 Greetings from Authorities
Letizia Moratti, Vice President & Welfare Councilor, Regione Lombardia
Giovanni Pavesi, General Director for Welfare, Regione Lombardia
15.10 The IEO Proton Project: Status, Research, Clinic
Protons for Clinics
Barbara Alicja Jereczek- Fossa, Director, Division of Radiotherapy, IEO & University of Milan
Protons for Research
Daniela Alterio, Division of Radiotherapy, IEO, Milan
The Center for Proton therapy
Silvia Oldazzi, Building Projects, IEO, Milan
15.45 Particle radiotherapy and molecular therapies: mechanisms and strategies towards clinical applications
Walter Tinganelli, Clinical Radiobiology Group Leader, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
16.15 Improvements in proton therapy techniques: Partial Arc Therapy, Minibeams and FLASH
Alejandro Mazal, Head of the Medical Physics Service, Quirónsalud Proton Therapy Centre, Madrid, Spain
16.45 Indications for proton therapy in Europe: how can we move forward?
Karin Haustermans, Director of Proton Therapy, Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium
17.15 Closing remarks
Roberto Orecchia, Scientific Director, IEO, Milan
