September 14, 2012
PROTONS AND CANCER THERAPY
ATMARAM PAI-PANANDIKER
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Curative cancer treatment requires radiotherapy (RT) in almost 2/3rd of all cases. Unfortunately, children are highly susceptible to the development of debilitating toxicities and secondary malignancies from RT. Normal tissue sparing with hadron-beam therapy is being actively investigated to reduce RT side-effects. The objective of this talk is to describe conventional and novel normal tissue-sparing applications of photon and proton beam therapy, respectively; radiobiological interplay with the tumor microenvironment will also be discussed.
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September 14, 2012 [Friday]
Klaus 1116A, 3pm
Atmaram Pai-Panandiker, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title: Protons and cancer therapy
Klaus 1116A, 3pm
Atmaram Pai-Panandiker, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title: Protons and cancer therapy