Schedule

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29.09.2009

  17.00h -19.00h

Registration

 

  20.00h -22.00h

Welcome Buffet

 

 

  30.09.2009

  8.00h-9.00h

Registration

 

  9.00h-9.10h

Welcome Speech

Mrs. Klempt, Ministry of Education, Science and Research

  9.10h-9.20h

Welcome Speech

Representative of the ISNCT 

 9:20h-9:40h

Welcome Speech

Prof. G. Pfeifer, Responsible for medical research

  9.40h-10.00h

Lecture 

 

Hepatosurgery in BNCT
Prof. Gerd Otto, Mainz

 

  10.00h-10.40h

Lecture 

 

Liver Brachytherapy for Unresectable Cancers using (Y-90)-Microspheres: Dosimetry and Radiobiology Considerations
Dr. Andrew Kennedy, Sirtex Medical, MA, USA


  10.40h-11:00h

Coffee break

 

  11:00h - 11:40h

Lecture 

Dosimetry and treatment planning Lecture David Nigg, Idaho National Lab

 11:40h - 13:00 h

Session: Dosimetry and Simulations I


A Study on the Response of the Mg/Ar Ionization Chamber to the Incident Photon Energy

Y. Lin

 

 


LipDose imaging in epithermal neutron beams for BNCT applicationosomal Boron Delivery System for Neutron Capture Therapy

A. Negri

 

 


BINS spectrometric technique applied to SPES-BNCT Be(p,n) neutron source characterization
A. Di Fulvio

 

 


Development of a fast neutron spectrometer and imaging detector for BNCT applications

G. Bartesaghi

  13.00h - 14.20h

Lunch

 

  14.20h - 15.40h

Poster Session

 

 

 15:40h - 16:00h

Coffee break

 

 16:00h - 16:40h

Lecture 

Modelling of radiation effects on tissue
Dr. Michael Scholz

 16.40h - 18.00h

Session:
Dosimetry and Simulations II

 

MCNP simulations for treatment planning in the course of BNCT on liver metastases at the TRIGA Mainz
M. Blaickner

 

 

 

 

The application of NCTPlan program for the dosimetry planning of Neutron-Capture Therapy on MEPhI research nuclear reactor
A. Elyutina

 

 

 

 

Computational modeling for human extracorporeal irradiations using the Argentine BNCT facility of the RA-3 reactor
R. Farías

 

   

 

Thermal neutron beam for prompt gamma analysis design for BNCT facility based on accelerator KG-2,5
O. Kononov

   

 

The Full Deconvolution of an Epithermal Neutron Beam for BNCT
Y. Liu

 

 18.00h - 20.00h

Break

 

  20.00h - 22.00h

Social gathering

 

  01.10.2009

  8:30h-9:10h

Lecture 

 

Management issues of brain tumours and BNCT
Prof. Garth Cruickshank, Birmingham, UK


  9.10h - 9.50h

Session: 
Clinical matters

 

A double application of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) with a six-week interval inhibits tumor development from hamster cheek pouch oral precancerous tissue at no additional cost in terms of radiotoxicity
A. Monti Hughes

 

 

 

 

Clinical result and adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma with BNCT treated patients
K. Nakai

 

  9.50h - 10.20h

Coffee break

 

  10.20h - 11.00h

Lecture 

Neutron sources and beam dosimetry
Dr. Raymond Moss, JRC Petten, The Netherlands

  11.00h - 13.00h

 

Session:
Facilities and Neutron Sources


Characterization of the THOR BNCT beam
P. Tsai

 

 

 

A Self Powered Neutron Detector (SPND) as a fluence monitor for the boron concentration measures with α-spectrometry technique
D. Santoro

 

 

 

 

Beam dosimetry and quality assurance for BNCT at the Finnish research reactor FiR 1
J. Uusi-Simolaa


 

 

 

Liquid-lithium target prototype for Accelerator-based BNCT and novel approach in treatment of infectious diseases
S. Halfon

 

   
H. Breitkreutz

  13.00h - 14.20h

Lunch

 

  14.20h - 15.00h

Lecture 

Radiobiology for NCT
Dr. Thomas Nawroth, Mainz, Germany

 15.00h - 16.20h

Session: Radiobiology

 

Radiotherapeutic strategies for brain cancer – NCT development based on a glioblastoma cell model
T. Peters

 

   

 

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) for lung metastases current state of the research at Pavia
N. Protti

 

   

 

Determination of RBE values for human hepatocytesC. Grunewald

 

   

 

Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) and Compound Biological Effectiveness (CBE) factors in human melanoma cell lines
A. Rossini

 

 16.20h - 17.00h 

Coffee break

 

 17.00h - 23.00h

 

Social programme and Conference Dinner

 

 

  02.10.2009

 8.30h - 9.10h

Lecture 

PET in BNCT
Dr. Luca Menichetti, Pisa, Italy

 9.10h - 10.10h

Session: Boron imaging and analysis I

 

Autoradiography with a microstrip silicon detector for kinetic studies of boron compounds applied to lung tumours
A. Mattera

 

 

 

 

The use of magnetic nanoparticles to tag boron compounds in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
M. Bonora

 

 

 

 

Last improvements in charged particles spectrometry for the 10B concentration measurements at University of Pavia
M. Gadan


  10.10h - 10.40h

Coffee break


 

Session:
Boron imaging and analysis II

Analysis of a TPS through an “in-vivo” comparison
S. Caria

 

 

Boron analysis in human blood and tissue by QNCR and ICP-MS/OES
C. Schütz

 

 

 

10B concentration analysis in human lung adenocarcinoma by Thermal Cavity of PhoNeS photo-neutron converter
O. Borla

 

 

 

 

Preliminary evaluation of reference systems for the determination of 10B in tissues through autoradiography
A. Portu


  12.20h - 13.40h

Lunch

 

 13.40h - 15.00h

 

Session: 
Boron Chemistry and Pharmacology


Synthesis of functional derivatives of decahydro-closo-decaborate anion
E. Prikaznova

 

 

Novel carborane-containing aminophosphonic acid
E. Prikaznova

 

 

Evaluation of a novel liposome modified membrane permeabiltiy peptide for BNCT
M. Shirakawa

 

 

 

Liposomal Boron Delivery System for Neutron Capture Therapy
H. Nakamura


 15:00h - 15.20h

Closure of the meeting

Dr. Gabriele Hampel, Mainz

 15:20h  - 15:40h

Coffee break

 

 15:40h - 17:00h

Excursion

Guided tours to the TRIGA reactor and the MAMI Accelerator facilities