VOL. XVII, Supplement 3, 2001

Proceedings of the International Conference on "Ocular Pathologies Therapy with Proton Beams", Catania (Italty), October 12-13, 2000

Ophthalmology

F. Carta, A. Pinna, S. Demontis, S. Dore, E. Carta
The uveal melanoma: historical and epidemiologic aspects, risk factors, natural history and prognosis

C. Mosci, A. Polizzi, S. Squarcia, B. Mascialino, P. Chauvel, M. Zingirian
Choroidal melanoma treatment with proton beam: first nine years of experience of the Genoa Ocular Oncology Group

Kacperek, M. Briggs, M.A. Sheen, B.E. D’Amato, R.D. Errington, S. Harding
Macular Degeneration Treatment At Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology: Treatment and Preliminary Results

Radiotherapy

M. Krengli, R. Orecchia, N.J. Liebsch, J.E. Munzenrider
Potentiality of proton beam in radiotherapy

R. Santoni, A. Galardi, L. Livi, F. Paiar, G. Biti
Radiation therapy of ocular melanoma: pre-clinical experience

Facilities

E. Egger
The OPTIS facility at PSI: Experience and results

J. Heese, H. Kluge, H. Fuchs, H. Homeyer, H. Morgenstern, C. Rethfeldt, I. Reng, M. Nausner, N. Bechrakis, K.M. Kreusel, N. Bornfeld, W. Hinkelbein, M.H. Foerster
Proton beam eye treatments in Berlin: experiences of the first two years

G. Cuttone, A. Amato, A. Bartolotta, M. Brai, G.A.P. Cirrone, A. Giammò, S. Lo Nigro, G.A. Nicoletti, J. Ott, G. Privitera, L. Raffaele, M.L. Rallo, C. Rapicavoli, A. Reibaldi, D. Rifuggiato, N. Romeo, A. Rovelli, M.G. Sabini, V. Salamone, G. Teri, F. Tudisco
Use of 62 MeV Proton Beam for Medical Applications at INFN-LNS: CATANA Project

S. Frullani, M. Grandolfo
The TOP Project of the Italian Institute of Health

Dosimetry

A. Kacperek
Proton Beam Dosimetry at the CCO

L. Raffaele, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, S. Lo Nigro, M.G. Sabini, V. Salamone, E. Egger, A. Kacperek, N. Romeo
Proton beam dosimetry for the CATANA Project

C. De Angelis, S. Onori, M. Pacilio, E. Petetti, L. Azario, A. Fidanzio, R. Miceli, A. Piermattei, G. Cuttone, L. Raffaele, A. Kacperek
Preliminary results in solid state dosimetry of proton beams for ocular pathology treatment

S. Mazzocchi, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, G. Cuttone, A. Guasti, S. Pini, S. Pirollo, M.G. Sabini, S. Sciortino
Thermoluminescent CVD diamond films for dosimetric applications

S. Belletti, R. Cirio, M. Donetti, B. Ghedi, E. Madon, F. Marchetto, C. Peroni, C. Sanz Freire, E. Trevisiol, A. Urgesi
A pixel ionization chamber as monitor for therapeutical hadron beams

M. Brai, A. Bartolotta, S. Basile, G. Bruno, G. Cuttone, A. Kacpereck, G. Teri
Glow curve deconvolution of response of LIF dosimeters to proton clinical beams: energy dependence

A. Bartolotta, M. Brai, V. De Caro, M.C. D’Oca, L.I. Giannola, A. Kacperek, G. Teri
Response of ammonium tartrate ESR dosimeters to proton clinical beams

Treatment Planning and Radiobiology

K. Pfeiffer, B. Dobler, C. Rethfeldt, W. Schlegel, R. Bendl
OCTOPUS: a planning tool for proton therapy of eye tumours

M. Biaggi, F. Ballarini, W. Burkard, E. Egger, A. Ferrari, A. Ottolenghi, D. Scannicchio
Applications and possible generalisations of a method tested at the OPTIS facility, for analysing physical and radiobiological properties of therapeutic proton beams

D. Bettega, P. Calzolari, P. Chauvel, A. Courdi, J. Herault, N. Iborra, R. Marchesini, P. Massarillo, G.L. Poli, L. Tallone
Relative Biological Effectiveness for inactivation in cells irradiated with the 65 MeV proton beam at the Cyclotron Medicyc in Nice

A. Ristic´-Fira, D. Todorovic´, I. Petrovic´, S. Rudzijic , L. Raffaele, M.G. Sabini, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, G. Farruggia, L. Masotti, D.T. Kanazir
Inhibition of Human Melanoma Cell Growth by Proton Irradiation

V. Cesari, N. Iborra, L. De Nardo, P. Querini, V. Conte, P. Colautti, G. Tornielli, P. Chauvel
Microdosimetric Measurements of the Nice Therapeutic Proton Beam