11:45 - 11:55 Welcome by the moderator

Moderator Marc Mlyn, RaySearch Americas, Inc., New York, USA.

11:55 - 12:15 Comprehensive cancer care including particle radiotherapy

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Debus, deputy managing director, medical director NCT Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

12:15 - 12:35 RayCare integration with a proton therapy clinic: The Provision experience

Marc Blakey, director medical physics, Provision CARES Proton Therapy Nashville, Nashville, USA

12:35-12:45 Questions and answers

Scientific contributions

Oral presentations:

Thursday 13 June, 09:00 – 10.30
First report on validation of a Monte Carlo LET dose engine in a commercial treatment planning system - Dirk Wagenaar, Linh Tran, Arturs Meijers, David Bolst, Benjamin James, Erik Traneus, Marc-Jan van Goethem, Johannes Langendijk, Anatoly Rozenfeld, Stefan Both (in collaboration with University Medical Center Groningen and University of Wollongong).

Thursday 13 June, 09:00 – 10.30
Evaluation of a calibration and correction algorithm for cone beam computed tomography image-based proton dose calculation - Rasmus Nilsson, Sebastian Andersson, Erik Traneus

Saturday 15 June, 08:30 – 10:00
Introducing a "Dirty Dose" based optimization objective function to control linear energy transfer in targets and critical structures - Erik Traneus and Jakob Öden

Besides the oral presentations, several posters and e-posters will be presented.


About RaySearch
RaySearch is a medical technology company that develops innovative software solutions to improve cancer care. The company markets the RayStation treatment planning system and RayCare, the next-generation oncology information system, worldwide. Over 2,600 clinics in more than 65 countries use RaySearch's software to improve life and outcomes for patients. The company was founded in 2000 and the share has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2003.


About RayCare
RayCare is designed to support the complex logistical challenges of modern oncology clinics. It represents the future of oncology information system technology, supporting the vision of one oncology workflow. Many cancer patients receive a combination of treatment types, and RayCare is designed to reflect that. It will efficiently coordinate activities in radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery and will offer advanced features for clinical resource optimization, workflow automation and adaptive radiation therapy. RayCare is being developed with tomorrow's requirements for advanced analytics and decision support in mind.

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