CCBIO Seminar 鈥� Eirik Malinen
Welcome to the CCBIO seminar series in the spring term of 2025. Open to all in auditorium 4, BBB. No registration necessary. Speaker is Eirik Malinen from the University of Oslo / Oslo University Hospital. Title is "Proton therapy - bridging cancer medicine and physics."
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Speaker: , associate professor in biophysics and medical physics at the University of Oslo / Oslo University Hospital.
Eirik Malinen is Head of the Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital. He has a PhD in radiation biophysics holds an adjunct professorship at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. His research has mostly been on radiotherapy of cancer, either with a clinical or pre-clinical focus. He has been a member of several national committees evaluating and planning the introduction of proton therapy in Norway, and has initiated pre-clinical and translational research efforts in this field.
Title: Proton therapy - bridging cancer medicine and physics
Host:听Carina Strell听
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Time: February 20, 2025 at 14.30-15.30
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Abstract:听The talk with briefly explain the principles behind proton therapy of cancer and address the need to bridge physics and cancer medicine to improve this type of treatment. We will present the possibilities for pre-clinical research (cells, animals) in a proton therapy beamline like the ones at the centers in Oslo and Bergen. Recent results from experiments on combining proton therapy with immunotherapy and comparing normal tissue responses, including cytokine profiles, for protons and X-rays will be presented. Finally, the talk will include some plans from translational studies under planning for soft tissue sarcoma.
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