UN Scientific Committee Concludes 64th Session VIENNA, 2 June (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) today concluded its 64th session, with a call for Member States to submit scientific data on radiation exposure of patients and workers to the UNSCEAR...
International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO2)
This publication addresses medical devices that can be used for management of cancer and specifcally describes medical devices for six types of cancer: breast, cervical, colorectal, leukemia, lung and prostate. This publication is the outcome of a project developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the need...
IOMP informs all its member organisations that IAEA is organizing a Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine – Achieving Change in Practice on 11-15 Dec 2017 at IAEA Vienna. More information about this important Conference, reviewing actions taken and results achieved after the Bonn Conference in 2012, can be found here.
The new DIRAC web page is available with a new web interface and visual features. Users can view and upload information on individual radiotherapy centres and also data summaries for countries, regions and for the entire world. While the content is the same, the new DIRAC website is more detailed...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is organizing the second International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO-2), following the success of the first conference (ICARO-1), which was held in 2009. The advances in radiotherapy in the last years have been striking, although numerous challenges are still to be faced,...
The International Atomic Energy Agency is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, contributing to international peace and security and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
IOMP informs all its member organisations that IAEA is organizing a Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine – Achieving Change in Practice on 11-15 Dec 2017 at IAEA Vienna. More information about this important Conference, reviewing actions taken and results achieved after the Bonn Conference in 2012, can be found...
Prof. Perry Sprawls has been presented with the 2017 Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award from his Alma Mater – the Clemson University in North Carolina, USA. IOMP sends warm congratulations to Prof. Sprawls, one of the world-leading educators in the profession. More information can be found here: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/western-n-c-professor-to-receive-2017-clemson-alumni-distinguished-service
IOMP received a very sad news from the Association of Medical Physicists in Russia (AMPR) that the President of AMPR Prof. Valeriy Kostylev has passed away after long illness (12.02.1943 – 28.02.2017). Prof. Kostylev was a prominent figure of medical physics in Russia. He helped a lot the development of...
