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Nordic Proton Symposium

Welcome to the Nordic Proton Symposium at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) on the 22nd of May 2025.

Passed
22.
May
2025
  1. 22. May 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration

Time and place

When

  1. 22. May 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Organizer

OUS, Radium Hospital Foundation, NIRO

Where

Radiumhospitalet
Ullernchausseen 70
0379 Oslo
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Registration

Key topics

  • Norwegian National Unit for Proton therapy: Organisation, patient selection and patient flow.
  • Critical factors for effective nationwide implementation of proton therapy.
  • Nordic perspectives on proton therapy and collaborations in clinical trials.

This page in Norwegian.

Invited keynote speakers

  • Ed Smith, The Christie, Manchester, UK.
  • Cai Grau, Danish Center for Particle Therapy, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Hillevi Rylander, Skandionkliniken, Uppsala, Sweden.

Tentative program

08:30: Optional facility tour for early birds.

09:00: Welcome.

09:05: Norwegian National Unit for Proton therapy.

  • Patient selection, national proton MDT, status.
  • Ensuring high quality treatment plans.
  • Indications for proton therapy and trials.
  • National organisation of proton therapy.
  • Collaboration and patient flow through MDT.
  • Developing national proton competence.

10:30:

  • Keynote lecture: Success factors for national proton therapy service and
    translational and outcomes research.
  • Panel discussion: How to develop a well-functioning proton unit. How
    to ensure equal access to treatment, patient selection, and how to
    enhance research.

Lunch.

12:45: Nordic/European collaboration in clinical trials.

  • Short presentations of several clinical trials and discussion on Nordic
    collaboration.

14:50: National initiatives and infrastructure

  • Proton and radiotherapy registry.
  • National expert group in radiotherapy research.
  • Implementing translational research.

15:30: Facility tour.