Neutron Therapy information from around the world

• Medical Physics reports on modelling FNT beam at Seattle
  
• The Voice of Russia reports that a cluster of nuclear technologies are taking up residence at Skolkovo, including the Siemens scientific research center, which is working on a wave generator and the “Neutron Fast Therapy” company, which is developing a neutron prototype source, for treating malignant tumor
• Russia-InfoCentre reports that Russian researchers have developed a neutron generator, which needs only 1 square metre of space. The device can be installed in any room with radiation protection, in other words, all large Russian cities can get its own facility for cancer treatment. About a week ago first experimental compact neutron generator has been launched in Obninsk.
• An interesting presentation on Neutron Radiotherapy for Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas by Laramore and Douglas can be found on the ebookbrowse site.
• Dr Melvin Griem (1925-2011), a neutron therapy pioneer, died in February. His obituary is on the UChicagoNews website.
• Renal and Urology News reported on a talk at the American Society for Radiation Oncology by Dr Tushar Kumar entitled Fast Neutron Radiotherapy Promising for Prostate Cancer
• Peter Paximadis, M.D., and Michael Christensen, M.D., both resident physicians in the Department of Radiation Oncology, presented their findings at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology GI Conference in San Francisco, Calif under the title: Karmanos physicians present research on efficacy of photon, neutron radiotherapy