International experts in proton therapy techniques, a new way of fighting cancer, meet this week at the facilities of the Fundació Universitat-Empresa of the University of Valencia (ADEIT) to establish joint lines of action for a future network of proton therapy facilities in Spain. The conference, organised by the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC, UV-CSIC) and the Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (I3M, UPV-CSIC), brings together 200 participants from 14 countries between February 21 and 23
The meeting aims to promote collaboration and exchange of knowledge between the clinical and scientific-technological communities in order to design strategies for the optimal use of the future network of ten proton therapy facilities in Spain. In addition, the conference seeks to enhance collaboration and communication with international experts in proton therapy, and covers both clinical and technological experience. In order to meet these objectives, an international scientific panel formed by experts from Germany, France, England, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland participates in the event.
The program includes guest speakers from different leading institutions in the clinical field, such as the La Fe Hospital in València and the two existing protontherapy facilities in Spain – Quirónsalud and University Clinic of Navarra – as well as from various European protontherapy centres. An invited presentation by Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), located at the Scientific Park of the University of Valencia (PCUV), researcher Fernando Hueso will provide an overview of all research activities in the Valencian Community related to this field.
36 oral contributions will be presented that will address R&D topics in the most relevant aspects related to the health system and the radiotherapy treatment environment, technical aspects of protontherapy infrastructures and research and instrumentation developments focused on proton therapy treatments
In total, 36 oral contributions will be presented that will address R&D topics in the most relevant aspects related to the health system and the radiotherapy treatment environment, technical aspects of protontherapy infrastructures and research and instrumentation developments focused on proton therapy treatments. Unlike conventional radiotherapy, proton therapy allows most of the energy of the particles to be deposited in the tumour, which does not damage healthy tissue.
The event was launched this morning by the institutional delegate of the CSIC in the Valencian Community, Juan Fuster, and by Bernardo Valdivieso, regional secretary of Planning, Information and Digital Transformation of the Valencian Government. The meeting, which in Valencia brings together 200 participants from 14 countries around the world, intends to tour the various locations within the future network of proton therapy facilities in Spain and extend to Portugal in the near future. This conference is the continuation of its previous edition, held in Santiago de Compostela in May 2023.
Unlike conventional radiotherapy, proton therapy allows most of the energy of the particles to be deposited in the tumour, which does not damage healthy tissue
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