PTCOG-ECR is proud to announce the completion of its first Heavy Ions in Asia Webinar, an outreach initiative designed to strengthen scientific dialogue across the rapidly expanding particle therapy landscape in Asia on May 28, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM CET / 6:00 PM JST / KST With the growing number of Heavy-ions centers and research […]
ECR News | Meet the ECR members
Don’t be shy, be featured! Join our featured members and present yourselves to the rest of our thriving community of PTCOG-ECR! Fill the meet-the-members form to be featured in our LinkedIn page and in our Newsletter! Meanwhile, read more to meet Saad Shaikh, Pablo Cabrales, Mohammed Zaki Alhajji and Marco Battestini! Saad ShaikhPostdoc fellow […]
ECR News | Proton Therapy Academy meets ECR: discover our mission and come to meet us at PTCOG-64
Proton Therapy Academy: Advancing Education, Collaboration, and Innovation in Proton Therapy As proton therapy continues to grow globally, the need for accessible education and cross-institution collaboration becomes increasingly important. Proton Therapy Academy aims to help bridge that gap by providing content that is informative, relevant, and practical for both emerging and established centers. Proton […]
ECR News | Beyond the conference: Normandy and France
General info: Currency: euro (€). Card payments are widely accepted in France, but it is useful to keep a small amount of cash for markets, cafés, or small local shops Time zone: Central European Summer Time – UTC+2 Main nearby cities: Caen (50 km), Rouen (93 km), Paris (200 km) French 101: A few basic […]
ECR News | PTCOG 64 dresses ECR!
Are you ready for another supersonic PTCOG? PTCOG-64 is fast approaching and ECR will be on the first line! Start by taking a look at the agenda, and delve into this article to find out more details about our events! 🕵️ PTCOG-ECR workshop The first ever PTCOG-ECR workshop will take place on Tuesday 9th June […]
ECR News | First Heavy Ions in Asia Webinar
Date: May 28/2026 Time: 11:00 AM CET / 6:00 PM JST / KST The webinar marks the first Heavy Ions in Asia webinar run by PTCOG-ECR, an outreach initiative aimed at strengthening scientific dialogue across the rapidly expanding particle therapy landscape in Asia. With an increasing number of carbon-ion centers and research collaborations emerging across the […]
ECR News | Innovations in Image-Guided Radiotherapy and Sustainable Cancer Care
Date: April 28/2026 Time: 8:30 AM EST / 2:30 PM CET The webinar will feature two distinguished speakers whose work addresses both technological innovation and broader healthcare challenges in radiation oncology. Chiara Paganelli, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, will open the session. Dr. Paganelli received her M.Sc. in Bioengineering in 2011 and completed her PhD […]
ECR News | PTCOG-64: Workshop
Our big event at PTCOG-64, the ECR workshop, has really taken shape! While the first invitations have been sent out to our carefully selected speakers, we’re continuing to work hard behind the scenes to make this an unforgettable experience. The workshop is aimed at ECRs, and any PhD, Master’s, Undergraduate, postgraduate, postdoctoral researcher, medical physicist […]
Investigation of the combined role of dose and dose-averaged LET in the occurrence of brain necrosis after intensity modulated proton therapy for meningioma and solitary fibrous tumours
This study investigates the combined influence of physical dose and dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd) on the risk of radiation-induced brain necrosis following intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) in patients with meningioma and solitary fibrous tumors. While proton therapy offers superior dose conformity compared with photon-based radiotherapy, uncertainties remain regarding the biological effects of elevated LET […]
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at a Crossroads: Translational Gap and Emerging Delivery Agents
The article provides a critical overview of the current status of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), highlighting both its therapeutic promise and the challenges limiting its broader clinical translation. BNCT is a binary cancer treatment that combines tumor-selective boron delivery with neutron irradiation to generate highly localized, high-linear-energy-transfer radiation within malignant cells. Although BNCT has […]