(16.Juli 2007) Program: Ion Beams in Biology and Medicine 11th HCPMB-Workshop Annual conference of the German-Swiss Association for Radiation Protection Joint GAST Conference * invited speakers Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Radiation Safety Morning session 9.00 - 9.15 Welcome 9.15 - 10.00 Opening Lecture 10.30 - 11.00 11.00 -11.30 11.30 - 12.00 12.00 -12.30 Afternoon session 14:00 - 14.30 Poster report 1: N.N. Chairmen: G. Kraft (GSI), O. Jäkel (DKFZ) J. Debus E. Hall (Columbia)* 10.00 – 10.30 coffee D. Schardt (GSI)* A. Fuchs (PSI)* G. Fehrenbacher (GSI)* J. Griebel (BFS München)* 12.30 – 14.00 lunch Particle physics Eursch (IWB, München) M. Hultquist (Sweden) P. Kundrat (Czech Republic) G. Dollinger (Universität der Bundeswehr) The Impact of New Technologies on the Incidence of Second Cancers in Radiotherapy Neutrons and other secondary products Radiation protection of personal & environment Shielding design for Ion beam therapy Clinical research versus patient care: Legal regulations for particle therapy Chairmen: T. Otto (CERN), K. Henrichs (Siemens, München) Improved Radiation Protection for Manual Tasks by the Use of an Immersive Camera System and the Technology of Augmented Reality Secondary doses to patient in light ion therapy – Monte Carlo studies coupled with anthropomorphical phantoms. -Probabilistic two-stage model of cell killing by ionizing radiation -Modeling the biological effectiveness of radiations of different qualities Does radio biological effectiveness change in laser driven ion therapy? 14.30 - 14.50 I. Gudowska (Sweden) 14.50 - 15.10 I. Jadrníčková (Prague) 15.10 - 15.30 Ö. Kartal (DKFZ, IMPS) 16.00 - 16.20 15.30 – 16.00 coffee Biology Session 1 B. Jakob (GSI) 16.20 - 16.40 16.40 - 17.00 V. Hable (UniBw München) J. Splinter (GSI) 17.00 - 17.20 Y. Schweinfurth (GSI) 17.20 - 17.40 C. Baumstark-Khan (DLR) S. Ritter (GSI) 17.40 - 18.00 Dinner session Verification of the multiple scattering and energy for therapeutic light ion beams implemented in a semi-analytical pencil beam model and the MC code SHIELDHIT; benchmark with experiments Spectrometry of LET using track-etch detectors – Fragmentation studies and radiobiological effectiveness in heavier ion beams Studying the secondary electron fluence in 12C ion beams by means of an extrapolation chamber Dynamics of DNA double strand breaks detected by live cell microscopy indicates only limited cluster formation after high LET ionizing radiation. Micro Irradiation of Living Cells at SNAKE Heavy Ions vs. UV Laser Microirradiation – Two systems to induce localized DNA lesions in living cells Measurements of DNA-double strand breaks after tumour therapy-related carbon irradiation and comparison with γH2AX analysis after induction of highly complex DNA-lesions Genotoxicity of Heavy Ions in Recombinant Bacteria Cytogenetic damage induced in vivo by high and low LET radiation: follow up of radiotherapy patients Reception, Industry Exhibition and poster viewing Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Physics + Dosimetry Morning session 9.00 - 9.30 9.30 - 9.50 J. Pawelke (FZD)* F. Sommerer (CERN) 9.50 - 10.10 J. Kempe (Sweden) 10.40 - 11.10 10.10 – 10.40 coffee C. Karger (DKFZ)* Chairmen: N. Saito (GSI), S. Brons (GSI, HIT) Therapy monitoring with PET techniques Experiments and Simulations for In-beam PET Monitoring with Oxygen Beams Analytical transport expressions and absorbed dose distribution of β+ emitters in light ion radiation therapy Dosimetry of Carbon RT Instrumentation 11.10 - 11.30 11.30 - 12.00 12.00 -12.20 N. Bassler (DKFZ) M. Durante (Naples)* O. Kavatsyuk (GSI) Antiproton Radiation Dosimetry Radiobiology for space research Particle-induced phosphene stimulation in heavy-ion tumor therapy 12.20 – 14.00 lunch Afternoon session 14:00 - 14.20 Maruyama (Japan) 14.20 - 14.40 M. Rebisz (GSI) 14.40 - 15.10 C. Bert (GSI) 15.10 – 15.30 N. Saito (GSI) 16.00 - 17.00 Round table 17.00 - 17.30 Poster report 2: N.N. 15.30 – 16.00 coffee G. Kraft (GSI) (Moderator) C. Bert (GSI) S. Webb (Royal Marsden) S. Minohara (NIRS, Japan) C. Bert (GSI) K. Henkner (DKFZ) A. Schmidt (GSI) 17.30 - 18.00 T. Haberer (HIT) Dinner session at the HIT facility HIT guided tours / barbecue Chairmen: Karger (DKFZ), Durante (Naples) Analysis of the Factors that Disturb Dose Concentration in Carbon Beam Therapy Diamond detectors for heavy-ion beams dosimetry Integrated 3D Online Motion Compensation system for scanned carbon ion therapy Technical improvement of the 3D-Online Motion Compensation System for scanned ion beam therapy Treatment of moving organs Gating with scanned carbon beams Monte Carlo Depth-Dose Calculations for different I-Values in Heavy Ion Therapy Cell survival studies in the presence of target motion Physical aspects of an ion application and Introduction to HIT facility Friday, September 28th, 2007 Morning session 9.00 - 9.30 9.30 - 10.00 10.30 - 11.00 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 - 12.00 Poster report 3: N.N. Radiobiology M. Löbrich (Homburg)* D. Bettega (Milano)* 10.00 – 10.30 coffee M. Scholz (GSI)* P. Peschke (DKFZ)* C. Hellweg (DLR) J. Czub (Poland) C. Fournier (GSI) Chairmen: M. Beuve (IPNL, CNRS), G. Dollinger (Universität der Bundeswehr) Molecular biology of ion beams Cell transformation Biological aspects of carbon RT Normal tissue toxicity High-LET ion beams activate the transcription factor NF-κB in human cells Heavy ion radiobiological studies in the Bragg Peak region Fate of human fibroblasts following C. Fürweger (Wien) H. Hromčíkova(Czech Republic) M. Davídková (Czech Republic) R. Lee (GSI) 12.00 - 12.30 Poster report 4: N.N. M. Hollmark (Sweden) M. Maalouf (France) A. Meijer (Sweden) T. Pouthier (GSI) C. Schicker (GSI) Afternoon session 12.30 – 14.00 lunch Treatment planning 14:00 - 14.20 C. Karger (DKFZ) 14.20 -14.40 T. Elsässer (GSI) 14.40 - 15.00 M. Beuve (IPNL, CNRS) 15.00 – 15.30 coffee O. Jäkel (DKFZ)* M. Krämer (GSI)* N.N. J. Debus (Moderator) H. Tsujii (NIRS, Japan) B. Didinger (Heidelberg) 15.30 - 16.00 16.00 - 16.30 16.30 - 17.00 17.00 - 18.00 Round table exposure to low and high LET irradiation: senescence or genetic instability? Early Cellular Signalling after Exposure to Particles of High Linear Energy Transfer (LET) Analysis of repair processes in different hamster cell lines exposed to carbon irradiation Effect of oxygen on DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation of different quality Estimating the genotoxic effects of Feions: impact of cell cycle effects, apoptosis and intra-individual variability Comparison of radiobiological models for light ion therapy Different cell death pathways for radiosensitive and radio-resistant Head and Neck Squamous Carcinomas Cells exposed to high and low LET radiation: Implications for future clinical application in hadron therapy Apoptotic and cell cycle responses in the small cell lung cancer cell line U-1690 following exposure to different LET of boron and nitrogen ions Studies on bystander effect using the GSI heavy ion microbeam OER Measurements in an Extended Volume Chairmen: M. Löbrich (Homburg), A .Friedl (LRZ Uni München) Measurement of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) and fractionation ratios (α/β) after single and fractionated doses of carbon ions to the spinal cord of the rat Dependence of Cell Survival after Carbon irradiation on the α/β-ratio for photon irradiation – Implications of the Local Effect Model Theoretical limits of Local Effect Model Treatment planning for ion beams Biological planning optimization Protons Immobilisation techniques, necessity of a particle gantry 19.00 Social event R. Sweeney (Innsbruck) Concert and reception at Heidelberg Castle, free evening at the old town of Heidelberg Saturday, September 29th, 2007 Morning session 9.00 - 9.30 9.30 - 10.00 10.30 - 11.00 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 12.30 Afternoon session 14.00 - 15.00 15.30 - 17.00 Round table 17.00 Closing speech Clinical results of particle therapy S. Rossi (CNAO)* T. DeLaney (MGH Boston) (to be confirmed)* 10.00 – 10.30 coffee E. Hug (PSI)* H. Tsujii (NIRS, Japan)* D. Schulz-Ertner (Heidelberg)* announcement 12.30 – 14.00 lunch Status reports S. Rossi (CNAO) Q. Li (IMP, China) U. Weber (RKA) T. Auberger (Innsbruck,MedAustron) M. Bajard (Ètoile) R. Kampf (Uni Kiel) 15.00 – 15.30 coffee P. Pommier (Lyon) J. DeLaney (MGH Boston) (to be confirmed) T. Auberger (Innsbruck) D. Schulz-Ertner (Heidelberg) K.P. Thiele (KC Onkologie Düsseldorf) J. Debus Chairmen: D. Schulz-Ertner, Q. Li Hospital-based therapy units for particle therapy Clinical results of proton RT in the USA (MGH, Loma Linda) Clinical results of proton RT in Europe (PSI) Clinical results of carbon ion RT in Japan Clinical results of carbon ion RT at GSI Chairmen: J. Debus, E. Hug (PSI) Pavia Lan Zhou Marburg Wiener Neustadt Lyon Kiel Clinical indications for particle therapy, cost effectiveness of particle therapy