The successful development of China’s first light ion therapy device marks a major breakthrough in the domestic high-end radiotherapy equipment technology. The therapy device, independently developed and manufactured by CAS Ion Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (CASHIM), has been successfully installed in the commissioning factory of its Hangzhou R&D center. Having completed the critical equipment […]
Particle Therapy MasterClass PTMC
The Particle Therapy MasterClass (PTMC) project celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2025. Since its inception, a total of 70 institutes from 38 countries have performed the PTMC at least once, providing participants with the opportunity to familiarise themselves with methods of treating cancerous tumours using X-rays, protons, carbon ions and, more recently, helium ions. Building […]
The Penn Radiation Medicine Institute: Global Education and Consultancy Services
With more than a decade of experience, The University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Radiation Oncology provides a comprehensive, one-week program offered twice annually in the spring and winter. The course is designed to maximize the onsite experience by delivering a core curriculum while allowing room for customization based on role responsibilities and disease-site interests. The […]
The First Clinical Physics Training Workshop on Proton and Heavy Ion Therapy in China
The first training workshop dedicated to clinical physics on proton and heavy ion therapy was held at Hefei Ion Medical Center (HIMC) in Hefei, China from September 18 to 22, 2025. The five-day program featured a comprehensive curriculum covering the entire chain of knowledge and skills on particle therapy, starting from fundamental physics and radiobiology […]
Global development of particle therapy centers
After wrapping up the 2025 PTCOG-AO meeting in HongKong, I took some time to update these global growth charts for Particle Therapy Centers based on data from the PTCOG website. According to PTCOG, the number of proton therapy centers worldwide has increased from 52 in 2015 to 128 today and is projected to approach 200 […]
PTCOG-ECR | Webinar series “Emerging Research & Funding Acquisition”
The ECR subcommittee kicked start its engines. The 2025-2026 operative group was formed in September and it’s already working full gas on many different activities with exciting new initiatives. The ideas and the motivation are high, and every meeting feels too short to discuss everything we would like to! While inspired discussions color the meetings […]
Returning Proton Therapy to South Africa
A team based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is well advanced with a project which will return a proton therapy centre to Cape Town, South Africa. The multidisciplinary project features an outstanding paediatric and adult oncology clinical team based at UCT and associated hospitals, spanning both public and private sectors, and strong expertise […]
Recent Developments at CNAO
The Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO) in Pavia represents a unique institutional model, defined by its robust interdisciplinary collaboration uniting physics, medicine, research, education, and industry. Established by the Ministry of Health and supported by a network of universities, research institutes, hospitals, and public entities, CNAO exemplifies how shared effort translates scientific knowledge […]
Accelerator-Based BNCT and Opening of Phase I Clinical Trial at Helsinki University Hospital
We are pleased to announce that boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) treatments have commenced at the Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Helsinki University Hospital (HUS CCC), Finland. Building on our previous experience with reactor-based BNCT from 1999 to 2012, this represents the first clinical implementation of accelerator-based BNCT in the Western hemisphere, using the nuBeam device […]
PTCOG 64, June 8 to 13, 2025, in Deauville-Normandy: Abstract submission open!
AGENDA. Abstracts submission is open and will be closed on January 13, 2026. Registration should be open soon. As far as the scientific program is concerned, it is on its way. Although far from being completed, several topics (including burning ones!) are being discussed. The scientific committee thinks about: “How translating innovation into implementation”; “What […]