Programme overview
The scientific programme of the Congress will include the following topics:
- Radiation physics
- Radiation chemistry
- Radioecology
- DNA repair
- Cell signalling
- Proteomics
- Individual radiation sensitivity
- Genetic instability
- Bystander effects
- Adaptive response
- Low dose effects
- Radiation carcinogenesis
- Non-cancer effects
- Biological dosimetry
- Radiation protection
- Modulation of radiation damage
- Radiotherapy
- Normal tissue damage
- Tumour biology
- Nonionizing radiation
- Heavy ions
- Systems biology
- Molecular imaging in diagnosis and therapy
- Stem cells
In association with the Congress, satellite symposia will be organized in Cracow (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic), and Kiev (Ukraine). These will cover such topics as physical and biological foundations of the hadron therapy and new perspectives in the diagnosis of heart diseases in women (Cracow), ethics of radiation protection (Prague), and health consequences of the Chernobyl disaster – a quarter century later (Kiev).
