Ocular Subcommittee
(The OPTIC Subcommittee was renamed as Ocular Subcommittee in August 2023)
Co-Chairs:
Linda Mortimer, Jens Heufelder, Helen A. Shih
Charges:
- To bring professionals of this highly specialized field together and share experience
- To map the status of ocular proton therapy worldwide
- To seek consensus and standardize our clinical procedures
- To address obsoleteness of our facilities on the community level
- To define standards in treatment planning and address discontinuation of Eyeplan
- To develop propose and collaborate in clinical trials
- To collaborate on physics aspects
- Assemble team with names hardest to spell
Recent publication:
- PTCOG Ocular Survey – Perspective on Ocular Particle Therapy: Current Practices and Emerging Trends
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpt.2026.101300) - PTCOG Ocular Statement: Expert Summary of Current Practices and Future Developments in Ocular Proton Therapy
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.06.017) - Practice Considerations for Proton Beam Radiation Therapy of Uveal Melanoma During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic: Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group Ocular Experience
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.010) - Practice Patterns Analysis of Ocular Proton Therapy Centers: The International OPTIC Survey
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.040)
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PTCOG Optic Subcommittee Report, June 2022, PTCOG 60, Miami
PTCOG Optic Subcommittee Meeting Report, PTCOG 61, Madrid
PTCOG ocular YouTube Channel
PTCOG ocular Webinar Platform