ESTRO - VARIAN RESEARCH AWARD
The Award
On even years, the amount of €7,500 will be awarded to a radiotherapy professional for research in the field of radiobiology, radiation physics, clinical radiotherapy or radiation technology, during the ESTRO Annual Congress.
On uneven years, the amount of € 2,500 is awarded to:
• A physicist or radiation technologist during the Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy. For the eligibility criteria, submission elements and deadlines, please visit the ESTRO events website www.estro-events.org (11th Biennial).
• A clinician during the multidisciplinary ECCO-ESMO-ESTRO meeting. In the year 2011, this award will be given instead during the ESTRO Anniversary Conference in London.F or the eligibility criteria, submission elements and deadlines, please visit the ESTRO events website www.estro-events.org (ESTRO Anniversary Conference).
• A biologist during the Wolfsberg Meeting. For the eligibility criteria, submission elements and deadlines see The Varian - Juliana Denekamp Award on previous page or please visit www.wolfsberg-meeting.com.
Previous Winners
2011
ESTRO Anniversary Conference London
A. Houweling (NL)
"Understanding xerostomia: The role of MRI to visualize early radiation-induced changes in salivary glands"
G. Kragl (AT)
"Radiotherapy with unflattened photon beams: dosimetric accuracy of treatment planning systems"
2010
ESTRO29, Barcelona
E.Troost (NL)
Validation of PET for non-invasive characterization of head and neck tumours
2009
10th Biennial Meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy, Maastricht
E. Sterpin (BE)
A New Method for Output Factors Measurements/MC Computations for Stereotactic and Dynamic Jaws Tomotherapy
Wolfsberg Meeting
S. Supiot (CA)
PRIMA-1met radiosensitizes prostate cancer cells independent of their MTp53-status
2008
ESTRO27, Göteborg
P. Martinive (BE)
Consequences of Intermittent Hypoxia on the Radio - resistance of the Vascular and the Tumor cell compartments
A. Knopf (USA)
Quantitative assessment of the reproducibility and the consistency of proton beam range verification with PET/CT.
2007
9th Biennial ESTRO Meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy, Barcelona
D. Thorwarth (DE)
Biologically adapted radiotherapy on the basis of hypoxia imaging with FMISO PET
ECCO14 / ESTRO26 Barcelona
D. Zips (DE)
Experimental evaluation of anti-angiogenic strategies to improve outcome after fractionated radiotherapy
Wolfsberg Meeting
M. Koritzinsky (NL)
P. Sonveaux (BE)
2006
ESTRO25, Leipzig
J. Jaal (DE/EST)
Pathogenesis and modification of radiation-induced urinary bladder dysfunction
2005
8th Biennial ESTRO Meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy, Lisbon
JJ Sonke, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kilo-Voltage Cone-beam CT for Image-guided radiation Therapy
ECCO13 / ESTRO24 Paris
D. Vordermark, Halle, Germany
Molecular markers of tumour hypoxia
L.R. van Veelen, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in radiation induced cellular damage
Wolfsberg Meeting
M. Krause, Dresden, Germany
Decreased repopulation as well as increased reoxygenation contribute to the improvement in local control after targeting of the EGFR by C225 during fractionated irradiation
R.G. Syljuåsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Targeting humancheckpoint kinase Chk1 to modulate tumor radiosensitivity
2004
ESTRO23, Amsterdam
J.F. Daisne, Brussels, Belgium
Multimodality imaging (Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography) for radiotherapy planning of pharyngo-laryngeal tumours
2003 Copenhagen - Geneva
Clinical Research Award: Y. Lievens, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Cost and economic evaluation of radiotherapy. Activity-based costing and modelling techniques
Biology Research Award: C. Pedersen, Dresden, Germany
Possible impact of the impairment of recovery from sub-lethal repair on repopulation in human squamous cell carcinoma FaDu during fractionated radiotherapy
Physics Research Award: C. Thieke, Heidelberg, Germany
Multi-criteria optimisation in inverse radiotherapy planning
2002 Prague
L.P. Muren, Bergen, Norway
A contribution to improved radiotherapy for muscle invading urinary bladder cancer
S. Nuyts, U.H. Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Clostridium bacteria and radiotherapy: a way to target hypoxic tumours?
2001 Lisbon - Seville
Clinical Research Award: C.M. Nutting, Royal Marsden HNS Trust, Sutton, UK
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for tumours of the head and neck, pelvis and thorax: pre-clinical evaluation and implementation
Biology Research Award: A. Dasu, Umea University, Sweden
Modelling the impact of two forms of hypoxia on novel radiotherapy approaches
Physics Research Award: M. Alber, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany
Enhanced biological planning and expedited delivery of IMRT
2000 Istanbul
Clinical Research Award: J. Bussink, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Impact of hypoxia modification on the tumour microenvironment
1999 Vienna
Clinical Research Award: 1st Prize I. Hojris, Danish Cancer Society, Aarhus, Denmark
Late morbidity following systemic treatment with or without post-mastectomy irradiation in patients with breast cancer
2nd Prize: C. Vrieling, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
The cosmetic results, and the influence of age on local control in the EORTC "boost versus no boost" trial
Physics Research Award (Göttingen): I. Ferreira, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Determination of the dose perturbations produced in thermoluminescent dosimeters and ionisation chambers irradiated with high energy photon beams
1998 Edinburgh
Clinical Research Award: K. Skladowski, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Gliwice, Poland
Continuous accelerated irradiation in head & neck cancer
Biology Research Award: A.E. Kiltie, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK
A correlation between residual radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks in cultured fibroblasts and late radiotherapy reactions in breast cancer patients
Physics Research Award: M. Karlsson, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Advanced electron beams for external radiation therapy
1997 Hamburg
Clinical Research Award: M. Nordsmark, Danish Cancer Society, Aarhus, Denmark
Experimental and clinical studies of polarographic oxygen electrode measurements and 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy as predictive assays in radiation therapy
Biology Research Award: M. Verheij, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
The role of the sphingomyelin signal transduction pathway in radiation-induced apoptosis
Physics Research Award: D. Corletto, Hospital San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Dose calculation and dosimetry tests for clinical implementation of 1D tissue-deficit compensation by a single dynamic absorber
1996 Vienna
Clinical Research Award: K. Haustermans, U.H. Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
The applicability of Tpot as a predictive test for treatment outcome
Biology Research Award: B. Dubray, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Estimation of radiobiological parameters for rodent rectum, human lung and on heterogeneous patient population
Physics Research Award: A. Tilikidis, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Microdosimetric description of beam quality and biological effectiveness in radiation therapy
1995 Paris
Clinical/Radiobiological Research Award: A. Safwat, Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
The clinical, physical and radiobiological aspects of total body irradiation
Physics Research Award: M. Essers, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
CT-based dose calculations and in vivo dosimetry for lung cancer treatment
1994 Granada
Clinical Research Award: L.J. Boersma, Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhuis, Amsterdam, NL
Radiation damage of the lung as a function of dose and volume: a clinical study
Biology Research Award: M. Smeets, Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhuis, Amsterdam, NL
The effect of radiation on G2 blocks, cyclin B expression and CDC2 expression in human squamous carcinoma cell lines with different radiosensitivities
Physics Research Award: A. Neal, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
CT planning for tangential breast irradiation - II: correlation of breast dose inhomogeneity with breast size using dose-volume histograms
1993 Jerusalem
1st Prize: P. Lambin, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium
Low dose radiation response of human tumour cell lines of different intrinsic radiosensitivity
2nd Prize: I. Bravo, Institute Portugues de Oncologia, Porto, Portugal
Response of carcinoma of the uterine cervix to radiotherapy: practical value of cell cycle analysis and proliferation index in the identification of prognostic different subgroups
1992 Malmö
1st Prize: G. Leunens, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium
Monitoring of quality of the treatment process in a radiotherapy department by in vivo dosimetry
2nd Prize: S.J. Whitaker, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
The quantification of ionizing radiation induced DNA double-strand breaks in polymine depleted cells
3rd Prize: N.G. Burnet, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
The relationship between cellular radiation sensitivity and tissue response to radiotherapy may provide the basis for individualising radiotherapy schedules.
1991 Florence
1st Prize: M.E.A. O'Connell, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Treatment outcome and radio-iodine dose-response in differentiated thyroid carcinoma
2nd Prize: V. Grégoire, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Therapeutic gain by boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT): an experimental study
3rd Prize: M.D. Leslie, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
Salivary gland function and radiotherapy: the reduction of late damage by altered fractionation
1990 Montecatini
1st Prize: G. Stüben, Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Germany
Comparison of low dose-rate and fractionated high-dose rate irradiations in identical overall treatment time: role of capacity and kinetics of repair
2nd Prize: S. Powell, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Clonal variation of DNA repair in a human glioma cell line
3rd Prize: (ex aequo) R. van der Maazen, Institute of Radiotherapy, Nijmegen, NL
Radiosensitivity of glial progenitor cells of the perinatal and adult rat optic nerve studied by an in vitro clonogenic assay
1989 London
1st Prize: N.P. Rowell, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
The effects of single dose oral hydralazine on blood flow through human lung tumours
2nd Prize: L.G.J. Letschert, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
Dose-volume correlation in radiation-related late small-bowel complications, a clinical study
3rd Prize: D. De Ruysscher, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium
Mechanisms involved in the differential recovery of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocytes after local irradiation
1988 The Hague
1st Prize: M. van Herk, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
A matrix ionisation chamber imaging device for on-line patient set-up verification during radiotherapy
2nd Prize: E. Van Limbergen, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium
Breast conserving treatment for mammary cancer. Assessment of local control and quantitative measurements of late fibrosis: influence or radiation dose & fractionation schedules
1987 Lisbon
1st Prize: G. Duchesne, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
The biology of lung cancer: experimental observations and a review of current concepts
2nd Prize: P. Scalliet, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium
Investigations of repair characteristics in early and late reacting tissues. Comparison of fractionated and low dose rate experiments
3rd Prize: C. Grau, University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Effects of cancer chemotherapy on the hypoxic fraction in a solid tumour measured using a local tumour control assay
1985 Stockholm
1st Prize: P.M. Price & P.J. Hoskin, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton Surrey, UK
Prospective randomised trial of single and multifraction radiotherapy schedules in the treatment of painful bone metastases.
2nd Prize: M.S. Zaghoul, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Normalization of multiple fractions per day and conventional daily fractionation treatment of painful bone metastases
3rd Prize: L. Vanuytsel, U.H. St. Rafaël, Leuven , Belgium
The effect of the combination of bleomycin and irradiation on the mouse lip mucosa