Breast Cancer Symposium at Saleem Memorial Hospital
In an inspiring gathering of expertise and experience, Lahore’s oncology community recently came together for a significant event aimed at enhancing breast cancer treatment management. Originally planned as an awareness session, the event quickly expanded into a full-fledged symposium, featuring prominent figures from the oncology sector. An esteemed panel including Dr. Zeba Aziz, Dr. Abbas […]
SCMPCR Congratulates Shriram Rajurkar on receiving IUPAP Travel Award for AOCMP-SEACOMP 2024
Shriram Rajurkar, PhD Scholar and Medical Physicist at King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, has been selected for the prestigious IUPAP AOCMP-SEACOMP Travel Award 2024. This recognition supports aspiring medical physicists by enabling their participation in the 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP) and the 22nd Southeast Asia Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP), scheduled to […]
SCMPCR Congratulates Dr. Vysakh Raveendran on receiving Best Poster Award at ICTP School of Hadron Therapy
Dr. Vysakh Raveendran, Medical Physicist at ACTREC Proton Therapy Centre, Navi, Mumbai, recently participated in the prestigious School of Hadron Therapy held at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. Dr. Raveendran’s research poster earned the Best Poster Award, recognizing his outstanding contribution to the field. The award included a 200 Euro […]
International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ)
The United Nations General Assembly is declaring 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) to mark 100 years since the development of matrix mechanics by Heisenberg, Born and Jordan and the formulation of wave mechanics by Schroedinger. Quantum mechanics gradually evolved from theories to explain observations that were incompatible with classical physics, such as […]
Metallic Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizers in Clinical Radiotherapy: A Review
Wan Nordiana Rahman1,2*, Noor Nabilah Talik Sisin1,2, Raizulnasuha Ab Rashid3 1Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia. 2Nuclear Technology Research Center, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia. 3Centre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Introduction Since the discovery of X-rays […]
Enhancing Quality and Safety in Radiology: Joint UOC-IAEA National Training Course on Quality and Safety in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Report by Prof. J. Jeyasugiththan and Duminda Satharasinghe, Department of Nuclear Science, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo. The Department of Nuclear Science, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, recently hosted the Joint UOC-IAEA National Training Course on Quality and Safety in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology from December 16 to 20, 2024. This highly […]
SCMPCR Congratulates Dr. Men Kuo on receiving AFOMP Golam Abu Zakaria Best Young Leadership Award 2024
The AFOMP Golam Abu Zakaria Best Young Leadership Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP). This award, named in tribute to Dr. Golam Abu Zakaria, a respected expatriate medical physicist, Germany aims to inspire and support young professionals in advancing the field. Each year, this award highlights those who have […]
MRI-Based Radiomics in Cancer: Unlocking Predictive Biomarkers
D. I. Amarasinghe, Department of Radiography & Radiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Cancer is one of the most lethal diseases globally due to its aggressive and heterogeneous nature. It often begins as a small cluster of mutated cells within complex tissue environments, making early diagnosis challenging. Imagine if a […]
A Milestone Experience: Moderating the SCMPCR E-learning Program on Brachytherapy Practices
The South Asian Centre for Medical Physics and Cancer Research (SCMPCR) is an autonomous, non-profit organization under the Alo Bhubon Trust (ABT), guided by its board of trustees. Bringing together philanthropic professionals worldwide, particularly from South Asia, SCMPCR collaborates on various projects through a unified platform and seeks support from multiple sources to fulfil its […]
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: Is It Ready for Prime Time?
Senthamizhchelvan Srinivasan, PhD, CHI Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, USA The use of radioactive materials in medicine dates to the discovery of Radium (Ra) by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. In 1934, Irene and Pierre Joliot-Curie demonstrated that stable elements could be made radioactive by exposing them to highly radioactive sources that emit alpha particles […]