1st Course on Proton Therapy

Physical aspects and perspectives of protontherapy - A. MAZAL
Beam shaping, reference and absolute dosimetry - J. HERAULT
Immobilisation, dual-energy CT and in-room imaging - G. VILCHES-FREIXAS
Advantages and pitfalls of PBS proton therapy - T. LOMAX
Anaesthesia for Proton therapy - T. KFOURY

Uncertainties, robustness and automatic planning - T. LOMAX
PBS Commissioning and QA - J. HERAULT
Radiation protection in protontherapy - J. HERAULT
Beam monitors & range verification - JM. FONTBONNE
Radiobiology II : Beyond RBE - F. MEGNIN-CHANET
Will LINAC-MRI take a significative number of patients from proton indications? - A. MAZAL
Protons vs Mr-Linacs – the case for protons - T. LOMAX
Is proton therapy really needed: toxicity - P. POORTMANS
Is MR always the best modality? - T. LOMAX
Is proton therapy really needed: rebuttal - P. POORTMANS
Model based selection of patients for proton therapy - S. PEETERS
Do we need clinical trials before introducing protons in breast cancer radiation therapy? - Y. KIROVA
The technical specificities of treating eye tumors - C. NAURAYE
Eye (clinical) & Protons - R. DENDALE

Proton Therapy in spine, pelvic and retroperitoneal sarcomas - C. ARES
Development of nanoparticles among neo adjuvant strategies in sarcoma surgery - S. BONVALOT
Nanoparticles and protontherapy - S. LACOMBE
New approaches in Radiotherapy: Proton minibeam radiation therapy - Y. PREZADO
A platform for radiation biology research - F. POUZOULET
Proton therapy: Lung cancer & Esophageal cancer - S. PEETERS
Lymphoma - Y. LIEVENS
Proton therapy in non cns pediatric tumors - S. BOLLE
Protons for CNS Tumours in Children - C. ALAPETITE
Cost-Benefit of Proton Therapy - Y. LIEVENS

Knowledge Based Proton Planning - R. VANDERSTRAETEN
Proton therapy of tomorrow - S. GILLIS
Operations and Servicing of a Protontherapy Facility - S. MEYRONEINC