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An organisation for those interested in proton, light ion and heavy charged particle radiotherapy

Robert R. Wilson Award
Given to an individual scientist active in the field,
recognizing their cumulative achievements in Particle Therapy.

 At PTCOG 58 (2019) the Award was given to:
 Debus      Jürgen Debus
 (
Award Lecture: Introduction of Carbon ion beam therapy in Europe and clinical trials)

At PTCOG 60 (2022) the Award was given to:
Wilson Paganetti      Harald Paganetti

At PTCOG 61 (2023) the Award was given to:

 Tsujii     Hirohiko Tsujii

 

Michael Goitein Best Abstract Award
Given to individual scientists for best abstract of the conference in Physics, Radiobiolgy and Clinical in Particle Therapy.

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At PTCOG 56 (2017) the Awards were given to:

Physics:
K.Teo:
Clinical Prompt Gamma
Biology:
M. Sertorio:
Cellular Response to Charged
Particle Exposures
Clinical:
K. Miura:
Proton Beam for HCC

At PTCOG 57 (2018) the Awards were given to:

Physics:
Pablo Cirrone:
On-line In-Vivo Dose Monitor
Biology:
Ralph Vatner:
Differences in Endothelial
Cell Activation
Clinical:
F. Menial-Merzowki:
Long Term Results of Hypo-
fractionaited PT for Choroidal
Hemangiomas

At PTCOG 58 (2019) the Awards were given to:

Physics: 
Joost Verburg:
Full Scale clinical prototype
gamma-ray spectroscopy
systemfor proton range
verificationwith robotic
positioning
Biology:
Jason Parsons:
Cellular Response to Complex
DNA damage induced
response induced by High-LET
protons
Clinical:
Patrik Brodin:
Estimating individual quality
of life benefit and cost
effectiveness of proton therapy
for patients with oropharyngeal
head and neck Cancer

 

Young Investigator Award
The work of a young investigator for each PTCOG Conference will be awarded.

yinestigator 2018

At PTCOG 57 (2018) the Award was given to:
Ali Nowrouzi:
Determining the RBE of particle irradiation via development of a novel quantitative and functional DNA-double strand break repair assay

At PTCOG 58 (2019) the Award was given to:
Gang Liu:
Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Using Spot-Scanning Proton Arc (SPArc) Therapy: A Feasibility Study