Asian doctors learn about radiation medicine in Hiroshima
Jan. 31, 2017
by Junji Akechi, Staff Writer
Training for Asian doctors to learn about cutting-edge radiation medicine began on January 30 at the Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center in Higashi Ward. The training, which is co-organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), is being held for four days until February 2 and attended by 29 doctors and medical physicists from 10 countries including Japan, Iraq, and Malaysia.
In his address, Mack Roach, a training lecturer and a professor of radiation oncology at the University of California in the United States, said that experts on radiation medicine should be aware that radiation can cause innocent people suffering and he emphasized the significance of this training taking place in the A-bombed city of Hiroshima. Ten lecturers, including Mr. Roach, then spoke about radiation therapy for lung and brain cancers and the effects of this therapy.
Wu Yuan Hung, 40, a doctor from Taiwan, said that he is looking forward to learning about Japan’s current practices in radiation medicine and would like to use what he learns in the training to help improve medical care in Taiwan.
Joint trainings organized by HICARE and the IAEA started in 2014 and this marks the fourth such training and the first time it is being held at the Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center. Yasushi Nagata, the head of the center, hopes that the training will help in developing specialists who will be involved in radiation therapy in Asia. In addition to studying practical skills at the center, the participants will visit the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, in Naka Ward, and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, in Minami Ward, to study the effects of radiation on human health and the medical treatment provided for the A-bomb survivors.
(Originally published on January 31, 2017)
Training for Asian doctors to learn about cutting-edge radiation medicine began on January 30 at the Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center in Higashi Ward. The training, which is co-organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), is being held for four days until February 2 and attended by 29 doctors and medical physicists from 10 countries including Japan, Iraq, and Malaysia.
In his address, Mack Roach, a training lecturer and a professor of radiation oncology at the University of California in the United States, said that experts on radiation medicine should be aware that radiation can cause innocent people suffering and he emphasized the significance of this training taking place in the A-bombed city of Hiroshima. Ten lecturers, including Mr. Roach, then spoke about radiation therapy for lung and brain cancers and the effects of this therapy.
Wu Yuan Hung, 40, a doctor from Taiwan, said that he is looking forward to learning about Japan’s current practices in radiation medicine and would like to use what he learns in the training to help improve medical care in Taiwan.
Joint trainings organized by HICARE and the IAEA started in 2014 and this marks the fourth such training and the first time it is being held at the Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center. Yasushi Nagata, the head of the center, hopes that the training will help in developing specialists who will be involved in radiation therapy in Asia. In addition to studying practical skills at the center, the participants will visit the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, in Naka Ward, and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, in Minami Ward, to study the effects of radiation on human health and the medical treatment provided for the A-bomb survivors.
(Originally published on January 31, 2017)
