TY - JOUR
T1 - Future forum, Hobart, October 29, 2017
T2 - examining the role of medical physics in cancer research
AU - Ebert, Martin A.
AU - Hardcastle, Nicholas
AU - Kron, Tomas
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - This commentary reports on a forum held in October 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania, attended by 20 Australasian medical physicists, to consider the future role of medical physics, as well as non-medical physics and allied disciplines, in oncology research. Attendees identified important areas of oncology research which physicists can be contributing to, with these evaluated in the context of a set of “Provocative Questions” recently generated by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Primary perceived barriers to participation in research were identified, including a “lack of knowledge of cancer science”, together with potential solutions. Mechanisms were considered for engagement with the broader scientific community, consumers, advocates and policy makers. In considering future opportunities in oncology research for medical physicists, it was noted that a professional need to focus on the safety and accuracy of current treatments applied to patients, encouraging risk-aversion, is somewhat in competition with the role of physical scientists in the exploration and discovery of new concepts and understandings.
AB - This commentary reports on a forum held in October 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania, attended by 20 Australasian medical physicists, to consider the future role of medical physics, as well as non-medical physics and allied disciplines, in oncology research. Attendees identified important areas of oncology research which physicists can be contributing to, with these evaluated in the context of a set of “Provocative Questions” recently generated by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Primary perceived barriers to participation in research were identified, including a “lack of knowledge of cancer science”, together with potential solutions. Mechanisms were considered for engagement with the broader scientific community, consumers, advocates and policy makers. In considering future opportunities in oncology research for medical physicists, it was noted that a professional need to focus on the safety and accuracy of current treatments applied to patients, encouraging risk-aversion, is somewhat in competition with the role of physical scientists in the exploration and discovery of new concepts and understandings.
KW - Cancer
KW - Future
KW - Medical physics
KW - Oncology
KW - Research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048998439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13246-018-0659-2
DO - 10.1007/s13246-018-0659-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 29943311
AN - SCOPUS:85048998439
SN - 0158-9938
VL - 41
SP - 571
EP - 579
JO - Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
JF - Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
IS - 3
ER -