Report from 2022 ESTRO Physics Workshop: How to progress from the concept to clinical reality?
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Report from 2022 ESTRO Physics Workshop: How to progress from the concept to clinical reality?
1Heidelberg Ion-beam Therapy Center (HIT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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The first international workshop dedicated to particle arc therapy (PAT) took place on 7-8 October 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. The event was attended by 42 participants from Europe, Asia and North America, and five vendors (IBA, IBA dosimetry, RaySearch, Elekta and LEO Cancer Care). The purpose of this workshop was as follows:
• to connect clinical scientists, researchers and industry members interested in the development and translation of PAT;
• to investigate and discuss the physics, radiobiology and clinical aspects of arc delivery that uses protons, carbon ions and
other charged particle beams; and,
• to establish an international expert group to outline the status, challenges and future directions.
In this talk, a summary from the 2022 ESTRO physics workshop, "Particle arc therapy: from concept to clinical reality" will be presented.