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 […]
Effects of breath-hold reproducibility on proton and photon lung cancer stereotactic body radiotherapy
The article investigates how variations in breath-hold reproducibility influence dose delivery in stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for lung cancer, comparing proton and photon treatment techniques. Breath-hold methods, such as deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH), are commonly used to reduce tumor motion and spare surrounding healthy tissues. However, small differences in repeated breath-hold positions may affect dose distribution, […]
Quality assurance of the inter-spot beam delivery of a dose driven continuous scanning proton therapy system
The article presents the development and validation of a dedicated quality assurance (QA) program for dose-driven continuous scanning (DDCS) in a synchrotron-based proton therapy system. Unlike conventional discrete spot scanning, DDCS allows continuous beam movement between spots, improving delivery efficiency but introducing complex temporal and dosimetric characteristics that require specific verification. The study focuses on […]
Impact of dose and dose-averaged linear energy transfer on oro-pharyngeal-mucosal toxicity in patients with non-squamous head and neck cancers treated with carbon-ion radiotherapy
The article analyzes the relationship between physical dose, dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd), and acute mucosal toxicity in patients undergoing carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT). While carbon-ion therapy offers superior dose conformity and higher relative biological effectiveness (RBE) compared with conventional photon therapy, its elevated LET may increase the risk of normal tissue toxicity, particularly in sensitive […]
Relative biological effectiveness and neural stem cell fate in carbon ion–irradiated human brain organoids
The article investigates how carbon ion radiation affects human neural tissue using brain organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells. Carbon ion therapy, increasingly used in advanced radiotherapy, is known for its high linear energy transfer (LET) and greater relative biological effectiveness (RBE) compared with conventional photon radiation. However, its impact on developing human neural stem […]
Updates from the ECR subcommittee
A thrilling ECR workshop, a plenary session as hot as fire, two exciting ECR lunches, outreach initiatives, webinars, and much more. It’s hard to keep the pace, so Early Career Researcher or not, read more about what’s in store! It’s hard to describe the motivation and enthusiasm that the Operative Group of the […]