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Abstract

Radiation therapy is one of the three main pillars of oncology. This talk focuses on precision external irradiation – hadron therapy and precision internal irradiation – the R&D of medicine of targeted α therapy in China. After a brief introduction to the principle of radiation therapy, the carbon therapy from cells, animals to clinical research in nuclear research facilities for the past 30 years, and the world-class clinical accelerator setup designed and fabricated by taking advantage of the “national mega-scientific accelerator” will be described. Also, the R&D of targeted α medicine is ongoing, including the high rank of the targeted drug, the medical α emitting isotopes production, and the intensive supper-conductor linear accelerator. The current status and the development roadmap of the R&D of advanced accelerator-based precision radiotherapy will also be presented.

Biography

Prof. Zhan Wenlong is a noted nuclear physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was the previous director of the Institute of Modern Physics, vice-chair of the National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator in Lanzhou, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and vice-president of the executive council of the 28th International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). He was elected as an alternate member of the 17th and 18th China Central Committee and a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

Now he is a member of the Social Development Affairs Committee of NPC, chair of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, and General Commander of the "12th Five-Year Plan" Key National Technology Infrastructures "High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF)" and "China initiative Accelerator Driven System". He has been in charge of the study of heavy ion nuclear physics for a long time, leading and pushing for tumour therapy by heavy ion in China. He devotes himself to the research and application of advanced heavy-ion accelerator technology. He has published more than 160 papers in academic journals and conferences at home and abroad. He has been honoured with various awards, such as the State Science and Technology Progress Award Second Class, Natural Science Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences First Class and Third Class, Technology Progress Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences First Class, and the first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Gansu Province. He was funded by Outstanding Youth Science Fund of Natural Science Fund Committee and awarded for Outstanding Young Scholar Physics Award of Qiushi Foundation, Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award, and the National Silver Winner of the Outstanding Sons and Daughters Border. He was named an outstanding returned overseas student, outstanding scientific and technological personnel, outstanding professional and technical personnel, May 1st Labor Medal winner, and National Outstanding Party Member.

The talk is conducted in Mandarin with English slides