THE

"THIRD YOUNG MEMBERS NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY MEETING"

(YMNM3)



With the Patronage of the International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy (ISNCT)
 

 

 

Programme

 

Saturday, November 29th
9:00     Registration
9:10    Welcome of the YMNM3 President
    Lanfranco Muzi

9:20     Introductory lecture of the secretary of the ISNCT
    Ray Moss

Session I - Boron Compounds Development and Testing
9:40    Teaching lecture (L. Panza)
10:20    Wilko Verbakel – “Biological aspects of boron compounds, biodistribution of BSH, a literature review”
10:40    Michal Ratajsky – “Boron containing porphyrazins as potential BNCT agents”

11:00 Coffee break

11:30     Irina Slepukhina – “Synthesis of new boron polymers”
11:50     Silvia Ronchi – “Synthesis of novel carborane hybrids based on a triazine scaffold for BNCT”
12:10     Erica Pasini – “Drug development in boron neutron capture therapy”

12:30     Lunch

Session II - Treatment Planning
13:30     Teaching lecture (G. Daquino)
14:10    Lanfranco Muzi – “Quantitive studies on the application of positron emission tomography to BNCT treatment planning”
14:30     Arash Rezaei – “Development testing and clinical implementation of a treatment planning system for neutron capture theraphy”

Session III - Clinical Aspects
14:50     Teaching lecture (L. Pellettieri)

15:30 Coffee break

Session IV - Dosimetry and Radiobiology of BNCT
16:20     Teaching lecture (F. d’Errico)
16:40     Maria Dahlström – “Boron uptake in human cells in vitro: a study of the prerequisites for BNCS of the inflamed synovia in the ra-joint”
17:00     Anna Mason – “A comparative study of he radiobiology of BNCT beams”

17:20     Free time, dinner and social activities

Sunday, November 30th
Session IV - Dosimetry and Radiobiology of BNCT
9:30     Teaching lecture (M. Betti)
10:10     Vincenzo Calderone – “Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic models for drug evaluation in experimental NCT”
10:30     Luca Menichetti – “Drug toxicity and dose assessment in NCT: in vivo and in vitro models characterization”
10:50     A. Viegi – “Analytical methodologies for boron quantification in cells and tissues”

11:10 Coffee break

11:40     Guided visit of the “Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica” with a short introduction to PET radiochemistry

12:30     Lunch

13:30     Afternoon free for visiting Pisa or neighbouring towns

Monday, December 1st
Session IV - Dosimetry and Radiobiology of BNCT (cont’d)
9:30     Marco Cortesi – “A suggestion for B-10 imaging during boron neutron capture therapy”
9:50     Enrica Seravalli – “Microdosimetry of the TAPIRO reactor thermal neutron beam”
10:10    Sander Nieevart – “Maximising the alpha production in the brain tumors under different equivalent dose configurations in BNCT”
10:30     Simona Gay – “In-phantom discrimination of the dose contributions by means of FRIXY-gel and TLDs dosimeters and starting approach to boron imaging”

10:50 Coffee break

Session V - Neutron sources
11:30     Teaching lecture (V. Giusti)
12:10     Hanna Koivunoro – “Liver cancer NCT with D-D fusion based neutrons”
12:30     Sergey Yu. Taskaev – “Innovative accelerator based neutron source for BNCT”
12:50     Darren Bleuel – “Final confirmation of the Ubertally method for rapid beam analysis”
13:10    Oleg E. Kononov – “Possible way of producing treatment beams for BNCT on accelerators”

13:30     Lunch

Session IV - Dosimetry and Radiobiology of BNCT (cont’d)
14:30     Anna Mastrullo – “Microdosimetry in GDNCT”
14:50     Riccardo Ciolini – “Characterization of neutron beams for BNCT applications”
15:10     Christopher Culbertson – “Design modification of Birmingham BNCT moderator to produce a highly thermal neutron flux with minimal photon contamination”

15:30 Coffee break

Session V - Neutron Sources (continued)
16:00     Christopher Culbertson – “Energy calibration of the 3MV Dynamitron accelerator at Birmingham”
16:20     Juan Esposito – “Progress on a fusion neutron source based BNCT irradiation facility”
16:40     Massimo Sarotto – “Study of the neutron collimator design used in the TAPIRO facility for patient treatment with BNCT”
17:00     Mladen Mitev – “Design of IRT 200 research reactor for BNCT application”

17:30     Free time, dinner and social activities