SANTRO The Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

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Newsletter Message from President By X. Allen Li

T IS MY GREAT PLEASURE to write this first mes-

sage for the Newsletter as your new SANTRO

President. I look forward to a rewarding and ex-

citing term with all of the activities planned for

the organization.

The planning of our annual SANTRO Symposium at

CSTRO in Hangzhou, China from November 8-11,

2018, and the annual SANTRO Reception at ASTRO

in San Antonio from October 21 - 24, 2018 is under-

way. Organization committees made up of SANTRO

leadership and local SANTRO members have been

established and are actively working to identify meet-

ing venues, conduct fundraising, and create meeting programs. As always, we

are anticipating highly enjoyable events.

This year, SANTRO will celebrate her ten year

anniversary. A committee led by SANTRO

board member Dr. Spring Kong has been formed

to organize a series of activities including a gen-

eral SANTRO member meeting in conjunction

with ASTRO meeting in San Antonio. We hope

this meeting will provide a platform for

SANTRO members in both USA and China to

enhance their communications, collaborations and friendship.

I appreciate you, our members of SANTRO, for your support and your par-

ticipation. Together, we are making a much stronger organization.

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Submissions for the next newsletter are due on November 20th!

All are welcome to submit an article and/or images!

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Celebration will be held at

ASTRO annual meeting,

San Antonia, October 2018

10/19: Vision of the leaders

(6pm-8pm)

President of SANTRO

President of CSTRO

Presidents of other organizations

The exciting scientific advances

in radiation oncology

Keynote speech from the leaders

10/20: Scientific session

(8am-1pm)

From young professionals

Abstracts submitted to

http://santro.org

Deadline June 28, 2018

Excellence presentation will be

awarded

10/21: Big data, award ceremony

and dinner reception (4pm-10pm)

Celebration will also be held at

CSTRO annual meeting,

Hangzhou, China,

November 8-10, 2018

Sponsorship opportunities

Platinum: $50K Gold: $30K

Silver: $15K Bronze: $5K

SANTRO Email: info@santro.org

SANTRO 10-YEAR CELEBRATION

(2008-2018)

“Together, we

are making a

much stronger

organization.”

X. Allen Li, PhD

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Chairman’s Corner By Weining Ken Zhen

S Of

JANU-

ARY 15,

2018, I HANDED

THE responsibil-

ity of SANTRO

president to Dr.

Allen Li. Re-

flecting back, I

could say whole-

heartedly that it was truly my pleasure

and honor to serve SANTRO for the

last two years, with which I have been

associated since its birth. This year will

mark SANTRO’s 10-year anniversary.

It is time to celebrate, but also time to

reflect and rejuvenate toward the future

of our organization.

Over last 10 years, we have certainly

witnessed the tremendous growth and

advancement of Radiation Oncology in

China, in tandem with the miraculous

transformation and economic growth

there. As China grows more prosper-

ous, many hospitals in China can now

acquire the latest technology and

equipment much faster than we can

here. The radiation oncology profes-

sionals in China have also absorbed the

basic and the latest knowledge at an

eye-popping pace. I am proud that

SANTRO has actively been involved

in spreading the knowledge and bridg-

ing the gaps that may exist in China.

Clearly the role of SANTRO has been

and will continue to evolve. The radia-

tion oncology community in China still

has a long way to match to that of well

developed countries in various aspects;

such as standardized residency training

in radiation oncology, radiobiology,

medical physics, its accreditation sys-

tems and much needed fully recog-

nized medical physics in its health care

system, just to name a few. Though the

substance may change over time, the

core mission and vision of SANTRO

will continue to be relevant. I have high

expectation for the next leadership led

by Dr. Allen Li to bring the collabora-

tions between CSTRO and SANTRO

to the next level. As the slogan for

SANTRO 10-year celebration appro-

priately states, “Together Bridging the

Future”.

In a closing note, I would like to thank

SANTRO board and all members for

the opportunity to have served as the

president of SANTRO for the last two

years. I would also like to take this op-

portunity to express my gratitude to the

current and immediate past presidents

of ASTRO; Dr. Paul Harari and Dr.

Brian Kavanaugh for their support to

CSTRO and SANTRO. I had the privi-

lege to bring both to CSTRO annual

convention to show ASTRO’s support

for stronger tie with CSTRO. The pres-

ence of ASTRO at CSTRO convention

undoubtedly will enhance the profile of

CSTRO.

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Weining Ken Zhen, MD,

FACR

ASTRO president Dr. Kavanaugh delivers a

keynote speech at CSTRO 2016

ASTRO president Dr. Harari delivers a keynote

speech at CSTRO 2017

Dr. Zhen from SANTRO and Dr. Harari from

ASTRO at CSTRO 2017

Dr. Harari and Dr. Zhen with CSTRO presi-

dent Dr. Luhua Wang at CSTRO 2017

Three presidents in Chengdu for CSTRO 2016.

Dr. Kavanaugh (ASTRO), Dr. Curran (AAPM)

and Dr. Zhen (SANTRO)

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The 10th Anniversary of SANTRO By Ning J. Yue

EAR 2018 IS THE 10TH

ANNIVERSARY OF

SANTRO. In the past 10

years, SANTRO has

made significant contributions to

her missions: facilitate scientific

and educational exchange be-

tween the United States and China

in the field of Therapeutic Radiol-

ogy and Oncology; promote ex-

change of state-of-the-art techniques and scholars be-

tween the United States and China in the field of Thera-

peutic Radiology and Oncology; establish a network for

international clinical trials and for

members interested in such a col-

laboration across the Pacific

Ocean. SANTRO has collabo-

rated with various organizations

of radiation oncology in USA and

China, such as CSTRO and AS-

TRO, and has organized many

symposiums and meetings to pro-

mote her missions. The SANTRO

symposium has become a regular

event at the Annual CSTRO

meeting and the SANTRO recep-

tion at the Annual ASTRO meet-

ing.

Members of SANTRO have been routinely invited to pre-

sent their scientific research findings, clinical experiences

and outcomes, and clinical trials in China. The founder

and the first President of SANTRO Dr. Feng-Ming

(Spring) Kong, in collaboration with the President of

Shangdong Cancer Hospital Dr. Jinming Yu, initiated the

first RTOG sponsored clinical trial in China: POSTILV:

A RANDOMIZED PHASE II TRIAL IN PATIENTS

WITH OPERABLE STAGE I NON-SMALL CELL

LUNG CANCER: RADICAL RESECTION VERSUS

ABLATIVE STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY. In

March of 2018, SANTRO board members Dr. Feng-Ming

(Spring) Kong, Dr. Ying Xiao and Dr. Ning J Yue partic-

ipated and taught in the NSCLC SBRT Training Course

in Jinan, China. During the training course, Dr. Kong pre-

sented and provided training in Normal Tissue Definition

for SBRT of NSCLC, Dr. Xiao presented “Institution Cre-

dentialing – NRG & RTOG Clinical Trial Data Quality

and Case Review”, and Dr. Yue presented “Clinical Tri-

als, Fractionation, Practice Guidelines and Quality Assur-

ance for SBRT”. Also in March of 2018, SANTRO board

members Dr. Zhong-Xing Liao, Dr. Feng-Ming (Spring)

Kong, Dr. Lei Xing and Dr. Ning J Yue were invited to

give presentations at the 12th Ji-

nan International Summit in Radi-

ation Oncology. At the Summit,

Dr. Liao presented “The Potential

Role of Particle Therapy in Re-

ducing Lymphopenia”, Dr. Kong

presented “Adaptive Radiother-

apy based on PET imaging”, Dr.

Xing presented “Artificial Intelli-

gence and Its Roles in Radiother-

apy”, and Dr. Yue presented

“Quality Assurance and Quality

Control for Multi-center Clinical

Trials”. Dr. Fang-Fang Yin was

invited to present “探索新时代放射手术的技术和质控

” at the symposium of China Med 2018 Beijing in March

of 2018. All the presentations were well received by the

colleagues in China.

The first decade of SANTRO marks her birth and growth.

In her second decade and beyond, the roles of SANTRO

will evolve with the dynamics of the radiation oncology

communities in both USA and China, and SANTRO will

become a more mature organization and will fulfill her

missions in many different ways.

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“The first decade of SANTRO

marks her birth and growth.

In her second decade and

beyond, the roles of

SANTRO will evolve with the

dynamics of the radiation on-

cology communities in both

USA and China.”

Ning J. Yue, PhD

SANTRO: The Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

A bridge between the Chinese and American radiation oncology communities.

Ning J. Yue, PhD

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2017 SANTRO Symposium at CSTRO annual meeting By Chi Lin

017 CSTRO/SANTRO AN-

NUAL MEETING WAS HELD in

Beijing, China, November 9-

12, 2017. The theme of SANTRO

session was hypofractionated radi-

ation therapy. The session was

chaired by Drs. Shiyu Song and

Ning J. Yue.

Dr. Weining Ken Zhen opened the

session with “Hypofractionation: is

this the future for radiation therapy? The rationale and its

potential clinical as well as financial impact.” Dr. Dian

Wang presented “Is prostate cancer the best model for

Hypofractionation? How hypo can we go?” Dr. Min

Yao’s presentation focused on “Is there a role for altered

fractionation for head and neck cancer in the era of com-

bined modality therapy?” Dr. Chi Lin highlighted “Ad-

vances in hypofractionated RT in the management of pan-

creatic and hepatic cancers.” Dr. Feng-Ming (Spring)

Kong delivered two speeches “Hypofractinated RT be-

yond early stage disease” and “The Immunomodulation

Effect of Radiation and SRS/SBRT in Cancer Treatment.”

Drs. X. Allen Li, Lei Dong, Lei Xing, Ning J. Yue and

Fang-Fang Yin delivered comprehensive presentations on

SRS/SBRT techniques, application, quality assurance and

outcomes. Technological advances in photon radiation

therapy was also discussed.

SANTRO speakers’ presentations were topical and en-

lightening. The material was up-to-date and valuable for

clinicians and researchers. The presentation style was in-

teractive, engaging and thorough. They were very well re-

ceived by our audience of radiation oncologists, biologists

and physicists.

Dr. Weining Ken Zhen also discussed “Cost of Cancer

Care; Ever Rising Financial Toxicity” in the plenary ses-

sion, which has attracted much attention of physicians.

During the meeting, many SANTRO members from US

and China gathered in the SANTRO’s party to connect

one another.

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SANTRO’s missions

Are to foster communications between medical professionals from the

United States and China to deliver high-quality radiation therapy to cancer

patients and to sponsor educational events and research collaborations

Dr. Zhen delivers a speech at the plenary session.

Chi Lin, MD, PhD

SANTRO Speakers

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2018 年国际肿瘤放射治疗新进展天津论坛胜利召开 作者 赵路军

5 月 19 日

， 由中 国

抗 癌协 会

肿 瘤放 射

治 疗专 业

委 员会 联

合 中国 医

师 协会 放

射 肿瘤 治

疗 医师 分

会 举办 的

2018年度学术年会暨 2018年国际肿

瘤放射治疗新进展天津论坛”在天

津召开。会议由中国抗癌协会、中

国肿瘤医师协会、天津市医学会主

办，天津市远程医疗协会协办，天

津医科大学肿瘤医承办。来自海内

外近 1000名专家学者参加了大会。

中国抗癌协会肿瘤放射治疗专业委

员会常委兼秘书长、天津医科大学

肿瘤医院放射治疗科副主任赵路军

教授主持开幕式。中国抗癌协会肿

瘤放射治疗专业委员会主任委员、

天津医科大学肿瘤医院院长王平教

授，中国医师协会放射肿瘤治疗医

师分会会长、郑州大学第一附属医

院院长杨道科教授，中国医师学会

培训部副主任李明霞，中国抗癌协

会秘书长王瑛教授以及天津医科大

学党委书记姚智教授分别致辞，对

会议的召开表示祝贺，并对我国放

疗事业的发展表达了各自的祝福和

期望。

本次会议主题为“多学科协同，共

同抗击肿瘤”。大会设立了头颈部

肿瘤、胸部肿瘤、肺癌专场、腹盆

腔肿瘤（包括乳腺癌、骨与软组织

肿瘤、淋巴瘤）、放射物理、放射

生物与转化研究、组学与分子生物

学、放疗信息化与医院管理、青年

委员专场、营养与姑息治疗等共十

个分会场，邀请国内外著名肿瘤基

础研究、诊断、内外科治疗、放射

治疗及专科医院管理等方面专家讲

解肿瘤诊治进展和发展趋势。除了

常规按病种设置分会场及放射物理

和放射生物分会场外，今年的学术

年会还针对当前肿瘤领域诊疗的新

动向，及时开设了组学与分子生物

学、放疗信息化与医院管理、营养

与姑息治疗等分会场，在较高层面

为放疗学科的进一步发展指出了新

的方向。

会议邀请了来自美国佛罗里达大学

健康癌症中心的 Paul Okunieff 教

授、美国发明学院院士 Mark Suto

教授、MD Anderson 癌症中心的 Ji-

hong Wang, Steven Lin教授、美国

Case Western Reserve大学的 Feng-

ming Kong教授作大会发言，就质子

治疗、转化医学研究、药物研发等

相关问题作了精彩报告。天津医科

大学党委书记姚智教授、天津医科

大学肿瘤医院王平教授分别就肿瘤

免疫治疗的最新进展、肺癌综合治

疗的现状等做了大会报告。会议还

邀请 Stanford 大学的 Lei Xing 教

授、MD Anderson癌症中心的 Xiao-

dong Zhang 教授就人工智能对现代

放疗的影响及放疗疗效的个体化评

估介绍了自己的体会。来自国内的

肿瘤放疗届的各方面专家也都介绍

了各自领域的最新研究进展，促进

了中国肿瘤放疗事业的发展。

会议召开期间还召开了中国抗癌协

会肿瘤放射治疗专业委员会的全委

会，同时还成立了中国抗癌协会肿

瘤放射治疗专业委员会下属的胃癌

学组、直肠癌学组、质子与重离子

学组。为放疗学科的进一步深化，

为下一步开展多中心前瞻性临床研

究及规范恶性肿瘤的诊疗行为提供

了便利条件。

赵路军博士

Steven Lin, MD, PhD

Paul Okunieff, MD

王平院长

Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong

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2018 国际精准放疗瓯江论坛在温圆满举行 作者 金献测

春暖花开，在气候温润的温

暖之州，2018 国际精准放疗

瓯江论坛—温州市医学会放

化疗年会暨中国生物医学工

程学会医学物理分会青委会

第二届青年论坛，及同时举

办的《调强与容积调强弧形

放疗质量保证》国际继续教

班于2018年5月25日至2018

年 5月 27日在温州铂尔曼大

酒店顺利召开。本次盛会邀

请到了国内外肿瘤治疗领域顶尖的专家，优秀青年

学者，就放疗最新进展、最新理念展开深入讨论。

本次会议由中国生物医学工程学会医学物理分会青

委会和温州市医学会主办，温州医科大学附属第一

医院承办，会议从恶性肿瘤放疗的标准化、规范化

、专业化和个体化进行全面解读，积极推进肿瘤放

射治疗和医学物理的应用发展，并对肿瘤领域中新

出现的问题进行深入解读。

2018 国际精准放疗瓯江论坛开幕式于５月 26 日在温

州医科大学附属第一医院谢聪颖教授的主持下胜利

拉开。长江特聘教授，温州医科大学校长李校堃教

授为大会致辞开幕欢迎辞，并为温州医科大学荣誉

教授于金明院士颁发证书。参与开幕式和大会的嘉

宾还有中华医学会放射肿瘤治疗分会候任主任委员

，北京大学第三医院肿瘤放疗科主任王俊杰教授；

中美放射肿瘤联合会（SANTRO）创始主席，董事长

，美国凯斯西储大学 Fengming Kong 教授；中华医学

会放射肿瘤治疗学分会放射物理学组前组长，中国

医学物理分会主任委员医科院肿瘤医院胡逸民教授

；中华医学会放射肿瘤治疗学分会放射物理学组组

长，中山大学肿瘤防治中心放疗科副主任邓小武教

授；中国抗癌协会鼻咽癌专业委员会主任委员，复

旦大学附属肿瘤医院放疗科副主任胡超苏教授，中

国生物医学工程学会医学物理分会候任主委，中国

医学科学院肿瘤医院院长助理兼放疗科副主任戴建

荣教授，中华医学会放射肿瘤治疗学分会物理学组

顾问，前组长，医科院肿瘤医院张红志教授，湖北

省放射肿瘤学会主任委员，华中科技大学协会医学

肿瘤中心主任伍钢教授；中华医学会放射肿瘤学分

会秘书长，浙江省肿瘤医院副院长陈明教授；浙江

省医学会放射肿瘤学分会主任委员 浙江省肿瘤医院

放疗科主任朱远教授等。随后这些专家为 300多名参

会者做了精彩的学术报告。

在本次论坛上还是同时举办了全国肺癌 MDT专家委员

会开展的放疗规范化培训班和中国生物医学工程学

会医学物理分会青委会委员会及第二届青年论坛。

温州医科大学附属第一医院作为全国 20 家标准培训

基地之一承办了本期放疗规范化培训。大会取得圆

满成功。

金献测博士

谢聪颖教授主持瓯江论坛开幕式

温州医科大学李校堃校长致辞并为于金明院士颁发荣誉教授聘书

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中国生物医学工程学会医学物理分会青委会委员会和

第二届青年论坛在温州胜利召开 作者 胡伟刚

为加强医学物理学科青年学者之间

的交流和合作，推动医学物理的发

展，中国生物医学工程学会医学物

理分会青委会委员会及第二届青年

论坛于 2018 年 5 月 25-27 号在温

州铂尔曼酒店胜利召开。

在 25 号晚上的青委委员会上，来

自全国各地，不同医学物理领域的

青年委员首先进行了友好的自我介绍和交流，增强

彼此之间的了解。随后由青委的副主委兼秘书金献

副主任介绍了本届青委会的筹备情况，特别是青年

论坛的论文投稿情况和优秀论文的评选程序和结果

。随后青委主委胡伟刚副主任就青委和医学物理的

发展提出了“一带一路”，医院和高校合作的科研

合作设想，及发达地区与不发达地区之间如何进行

临床和科研结对合作，组建区域性青年沙龙的建议

，与会青委委员对此展开了热烈讨论，也表达对加

强区域间、医学高校间合作的强烈意愿。委员会最

后由靳富副主委就下届青年论坛的事宜了做宣布和

安排。

在 26 号下午的中国生物医学工程学会医学物理分会

青年委员会第二届青年论坛会场，医科院肿瘤医院

的胡逸民教授，戴建荣教授，张红志教授，中山大

学肿瘤医院的邓小武教授和北京协和医院的邱杰教

授为优秀论文获得者颁奖并合影留念。大会学术报

告环节，青年讲者和本届 10 位优秀论文获得者分别

介绍了自己的研究设计和结果。最后由中山大学肿

瘤医院的邓小武教授和医科院肿瘤医院的胡逸民教

授对这些研究作详细点评，充分肯定了优秀青年委

员的努力和成果，对一些研究的设计提出改进意见

，并鼓励青年委员在完成本职的医学物理工作的同

时，应该多思考，多探索，为推动我国的医学物理

发展做出自己的贡献。

胡伟刚博士

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中美联手提高国内儿童肿瘤治疗水平 作者 王娴静

近年来随着欧美等发达国家肿瘤治

疗水平的不断提高，国内成人肿瘤

治疗水平也得到长足发展。多中心

临床医疗试验逐渐增多，新药不断

用于临床，各种靶向治疗免疫治疗

挽救了无数患者，中外差距逐步缩

小，在美国 ASCO 等顶级国际学术

会议上，中国好声音也越唱越响。

和成人肿瘤相比, 中国儿童肿瘤规

范诊疗发展较为滞后。这与儿童肿

瘤发病率较低，既往重视程度不够

有很大关系。相较发达国家，国内

儿童肿瘤专业基础薄弱，研究投入

较少，专业人才严重缺乏。而由于

环境污染等原因，近十年来，中国

儿童肿瘤每年以百分之十的发病率

递增，每年有约 3-4 万新发儿童肿

瘤患者，很多儿童肿瘤患者不能得

到及时规范诊治，误诊误治现象普

遍存在，整体治愈率远远落后于美

国。

美国内布拉斯加州立医学中心肿瘤

放疗科林琦（Chi lin）教授，在和

国内同行交流过程中对国内儿童肿

瘤治疗现状深有体会。近些年来林

教授一直致力于通过各种方式、各

种途径，对国内儿童肿瘤专业提供

支持和帮助。

通过前期的交流，林琦教授了解到

，国内普遍缺乏对儿童肿瘤的认识

、缺乏专业教材、师资力量严重不

足、各学科间缺乏协作等，为推动

国内儿童肿瘤专业的发展，需要从

基础做起，系统教授。基于以上认

识，林教授在百忙之中于 2017 年

10 月，组建了“儿童肿瘤微信群”

。儿童肿瘤微信群的建立率全国之

先，得到了国内同道的广泛欢迎。

目前群员近 200 人，包括放疗、外

科、儿童肿瘤内科、病理、影像各

相关专业，分别来自北京、上海、

天津、黑龙江、新疆等全国各地，

既有国家级儿童肿瘤治疗中心专家

，也有县市级基层医院医生。 半年

时间，为来自四川、河南、新疆等

地近 30例患者进行免费会诊。不仅

使患者得到及时正确诊断及治疗，

也使患者免去了求医奔波之苦。除

会诊病例，林教授还经常结合自己

工作中治疗的典型病例为大家授课

，从症状、体征、影像到诊断与鉴

别诊断，再到治疗，抽丝剥茧，逐

层剖析，引人入胜。对治疗更具体

到化疗方案、靶区范围、放疗剂量

及手术时机等，清晰具体，可依性

强。系统讲授的病例有：颅内生殖

细胞瘤、滑膜肉瘤、尤因氏肉瘤、

肾母细胞瘤、横纹肌肉瘤等。会诊

和授课吸引了大量国内学者参加，

群内学习气氛浓烈友好，学习环境

纯净。

林琦教授的努力和付出，促进了国

内儿童肿瘤专业的发展。化疗方案

逐渐规范，儿童肿瘤放疗的重要性

被越来越多的人所接受认可。多家

医院在林教授的指导下开展了静脉

麻醉下的放疗，为儿童放疗的精准

性提供了保证。多学科协作观念逐

渐普及。不计其数的儿童肿瘤患者

家庭，通过林教授会诊指导重获希

望。更有一些经林教授早期会诊指

导的患者已获 3 年无病生存，有望

长期无病生存。

林教授对群内会诊教学非常热心，

经常利用工作间隙或难得的休息时

间为国内同道授业解惑。对群内问

题有问必答，诲人不惓。林教授这

种为患者无私奉献的博爱精神，深

深感召着国内同道。相信在林教授

的带领下，将会有更多人热爱儿童

肿瘤专业，有更多儿童肿瘤患者得

以治愈，而国内儿童肿瘤专业和美

国儿童肿瘤专业水平差距将逐渐缩

小。

Chi Lin, MD, PhD

王娴静主任

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北美华人物理师协会微信公众号 作者 石成玉

2017 年 8 月 9 日，这是一个

对于北美华人物理师协会

有纪念意义的一天，这一

天我们以协会名义发了第

一篇微信公众号文章《相

约重庆，我们用奖金支持

你》。时间再提前 7 天，即

2017 年 8 月 2 日晚上，北美华

人物理师协会进行了新一轮选

举，我幸运地得到大家的支持，

被选举为 member-at-large。这

是大家对我个人的信任和认可，我也表达了为大家

服务的意愿。8 月 2 日晚，我们新老协会主要成员讨

论了利用微信来更好地沟通会员，并计划开通一个

公众号来宣传协会，搭建协会同会员之间沟通的桥

梁的问题。同时利用已经有的 “物理狮”群，来及

时同大 家进行交流。我个人被赋予开通公众号的神

圣任务，感觉压力和责任很重大。毕竟对于我来说，

这是一个新课题。

说干就干，这是我的风格。通过调研，微信公众号

申请比较简单，但是对于组织，必须是中国政府注

册的。我们协会是美国注册的，很不方便开组织公

众号。好在我们还可以开个人公众号，王保东博士

利用自己的资源奉献了一个个人公众号，作为组织

的公众号。虽然有很多限制，但是有胜于无，毕竟

是个好的开端。

公众号有了，那么我们发些什么信息呢？当然可以

发协会的通知消息等，可是这样太单薄了，也不是

很活跃。我个人就建议发会员介绍，发学术文章沟

通，发会议摘要，发与物理师相关的任何信息，必

要时候也可以为了活跃气氛发些消遣的文章。就这

样，公众号开通并运行了。到目前为之，共有 1829

人关注公众号，发了 86 条图文消息。从最开始的无

所适从，到现在比较淡定了，我们一步步走向了成

熟。成熟的另外一个标识就是获得微信的认可，开

通了很多其它功能。这里特别感谢贡献了个人研究

成果的物理师们：Allen Li, 王石，Charlie Ma, 王保东，

殷芳芳，董雷，胡逸民，Clifton Ling, 萧安成, 蔡璟, 严

玉龙, 王京, 邓军，曹旻松，Maria Chan，杨英立，吴

宾宾，李光，王东旭，唐晓莉，Weili Zheng，陈小明，

Huixiao Chen，桂大为，曹达亮，Quan Chen，Weix-

ing Cai，温宁，徐志岗。

一个新生的事物，毕竟需要大家共同的关怀和支持。

北美华人物理师协会的公众号不是某个人的，也不

是协会主席团的，是所有会员的公众号。只有所有

会员参与，奉献并关注了，这个公众号才能发挥它

最 大 的 功 用 。 所 以 ， 欢 迎 大 家 投 稿

NACMPA@yahoo.com。并希望大家关注北美华人物

理师公众号，我们将竭诚

为大家服务!

目前北美华人物理师微信

公众号有 2249 人注册

了，已经发文章 145 条。

可以扫描上面二维码加入

我们。同时也欢迎大家投

稿 。

九月重磅！华人医学物理师中国巡讲活动开启！

2018 年巡讲活动定于 2018 年 9 月 12 日启动，预计在持续近两星期，

以会议、讲座、座谈等形式同 16 家机构（包括医院和高校、研究院所等）进行深入地交流。

石成玉博士

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中美携手培养放疗物理师 By Fang-Fang Yin

过去几十年中

国放疗物理师

极大多数没有

医学物理或相

近专业的硕士

学位。从事放

疗的医师与物

理师比例，发

达国家已达到

1:1，而中国是 3～8:1。

为缓解中国医学物理人才短缺，提

高医学物理人员素质，加强医疗设

备安全合理使用以及提高患者治疗

质量，许多大学近年来纷纷开办了

培养医学物理人才的项目。昆山杜

克大学物理硕士项目就是其中之一

。与众不同的是它有机地结合了东

西方医学物理教育系统，采用全英

文教育，突出培养学生科研水平和

临床工作的能力。学生将获得国内

外顶尖的专家及教授的悉心指导，

学生第一学年和第二学年的春季在

昆山学习，第一学年结束之后的暑

假在美国杜克大学学习。第二学年

的下学期在杜克大学医学中心临床

见习，让学生把课堂知识运用于实

践。学制两年完成硕士项目要求的

学生将获得美国杜克大学颁发的理

学硕士学位证书。昆山杜克大学研

究生班申请可访：www.dku.edu.cn

中国的医疗水平逐渐提高，对大型

医疗设备需求越来越多。昆山杜克

大学医学物理硕士项目培养出来的

学生将成为引领中国医学物理事业

的革新者。

这个项目成功地获得了教育部批准

设立並在 2014 迎来了首批学生。

来自全球不同国家，国内外著名学

府，不同专业的优秀学子抵达昆山

杜克大学，加入到医学物理这样一

个国内新兴的专业。本科背景各不

相同的他们，都曾为自己未来的发

展方向在不同专业领域探索，最终

在昆山杜克他们找到了自己的答案

，如今立志要在中国乃至世界前沿

医疗领域闯出一片天地。昆山杜克

大学医学物理硕士项目成为了他们

的选择，他们在这里编织着自己的

梦想。

滕信智（香港大学）

我在这里体会到了与本科阶段相对

自由轻松的大学生活所不同的充实

与满足。

曾立婷（新加坡国立大学）

从中美两个国家的视角学习医学物

理专业。这样的学习模式很难得，

也十分有价值。

Pedro Cardoso（巴西圣保罗大

学）

在这里学习，我可以从最优秀的人

身上学到最好的东西。昆山杜克大

学为像我一样的国际学生提供了很

多支持。

张将（南京大学）

昆山杜克大学有很多十分有趣的学

生活动。很多活动都是与中国节日

和西方节日有关的。

赵耀（兰州大学）

在昆山杜克大学，我们会有很多的

团队合作机会，这就要求我们相互

沟通和相互学习。

肖昊男（复旦大学）

昆山杜克大学让我熟悉美国的研究

方法，为我未来的博士阶段的学习

和研究做好准备。

Fang-Fang Yin, PhD

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Happy Doctor's Day By Greenwood

The morning of every ordinary day

Is the busy start of the doctor's way

Breathe the fresh scent of the clinic air

Feel the gentle breeze of the flowers there

Between fingers the hand sanitizer flows

The smell of alcohol reaches a Doc's nose

See the shapes of clouds on the screen

Visit the anxious patients at the scene.

Look at their sincere eyes

Listen to their emotional cries

Hear the sounds of their both lungs

Touch the abdomen of the sick ones

The keyboard clicking as words flow

On the screen as medical notes show

When the patient feels ardently happy

The doctor’s day has been fully worthy

------A gift for the Doctor's day

March 30, 2017

医师节快乐

中译：花照水

又是忙碌平常一天

满怀热爱来院上班

诊室空气清新怡人

桌台鲜花灿烂笑颜

手消液从指缝滑落

酒精气味缓缓飘过

屏幕上熟悉的云朵

诊室外等候的患者

问询患者详细病情

听诊患者肺部呼吸

触诊患者腹部肝脾

倾听患者内心哭泣

紧盯屏幕慎下医嘱

飞敲键盘书写病历

重拾希望患者感激

医生工作很有意义

---送给医师节的礼物

2017, 3, 30

Poetry and Prose

物理师赞 作者 石成玉

仪器是我心肝

计划熟记心间

千万保证质量

日检月检年检

忙忙碌碌一天

小腿几乎跑断

沟通医生技师

责任重于泰山

但我无悔无怨

欣喜抗癌一线

我自横刀立马

笑傲癌魔可怜

挥舞爱克斯线

誓把癌魔立斩

待到山花烂漫

喜流充满心间

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写在来美一年后 作者 刘迪

关于 Omaha 4年前和 Dr. Lin的相遇，让我有机

会在 4年后第二次来到 Omaha。2017

年 5 月 21 号，我再次来到了小城

Omaha，其实，这是内州的第一大城

市，说它小是因为这里的人口也仅

仅和我家乡的小县城的人口相当，

平日里，也没什么游客，以至于很

多人都没有听说过。要不是因为

Dr. Lin，我也不会知道这个地方吧

。对于让我一直崇拜的前辈，能这

样直接的称呼她，是因为她从来没

有给我任何带着距离感的隔阂，要

怎么来形容她的好，善良谦和低调

包容有趣，或者大家，等等等等，

我想都是不够的。也因为有她在，

我对这里没有丝毫的陌生感。后来

才知道，这里是巴菲特的家乡，从

生到长，他从来没有离开过这座小

城，除了每天上班进出的由他捐赠

的巴菲特癌症中心和每天上下班会

路过的巴菲特的家，这里没有任何

地方能见到以他作为标榜的城市标

签了。城市的性格和这里的名人一

样特别低调宁静。慢慢的，也开始

享受这里悠然自得的安静。

对美国放疗的粗见

不可否认，在当今的疾病谱中，由

于一些可控或者不可控因素，恶性

肿瘤的高发已经不容忽视，因此，

作为肿瘤主要治疗手段之一的放疗

，将会有更大的发展空间。在 Buf-

fett Cancer Center 和 Dr. Lin学

习期间，对美国的肿瘤治疗有了更

深入的体会。得益于美国的住院医

师培训体系，在这里，他们的医生

经过几年的系统化培训，对自己专

业领域的治疗标准都有非常清晰的

思路，除了放疗科的医生，肿瘤外

科和肿瘤化疗科都对各个癌肿的放

疗指针非常清晰，因此在临床治疗

中，一位患者的治疗会时常涉及到

放疗科外科及内科的合作，同时，

院内还会经常对某一患者的病情进

行 MDT 讨论，涉及病理科外科内科

放疗科影像科等，以便使患者得到

更好的生存获益。当然，这种治疗

规范是全国范围内的。同时，美国

还有各种针对肿瘤患者的最新的临

床试验，这也使得患者能有更多的

机会接触到可能使他们生存获益的

临床治疗。除了治疗的规范和众多

的临床实验，还有这里的医患也因

为他们的医疗体制使得医生能有足

够的时间和患者之间进行细致入微

的交流，同时医生也会对患者的疑

问有时间作出充分的解释，交流的

过程中，医生不会隐瞒患者的病情

，这样患者对自己的病情有充分的

了解，同时对医生给出的治疗建议

也是自己作出治疗与否的选择，整

个交流过程，每位患者和医生都在

一个独立的诊室，患者的隐私得到

了充分的保护。和我们不同的是，

美国的放疗全都是在门诊进行，需

要紧急处理的情况则会到相关科室

进行治疗。最后，因为文化和信仰

的不同，在这里，大部分患者面对

疾病是都非常积极，很多时候可以

看到 80 多甚至 90 多高龄的患者也

会积极配合医生治疗。最后，面对

高昂的诊疗费用，完善健全的保险

体制也能让大部分患者没有因为治

疗有太大的经济负担。当然，因为

国情的不同，我国和美国之间的医

疗水平仍然有差距，但是，随着国

际合作和交流的增多，相信这种差

距会慢慢的缩小。

Poetry and Prose

Dr. Di Liu at University of Nebraska Medical

Center (UNMC) Radiation Oncology Front Desk at UNMC

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Celebrations of SANTRO 2008-2018 Ten-Year Success By Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong

Together Bridging the Future

T WAS

MY

GREAT

pleas-

ure and

honor to be

asked to

chair the

committee

for the

SANTRO

10-year cel-

ebration.

As the

Founding President, I am proud of this

organization, our members, our lead-

ers and what we have accomplished

during the last 10 years.

We had a good start in 2008! Our in-

augural symposium, co-sponsored by

CSTRO, ASTRO, ASCO and indus-

trial partners, was held very success-

fully in Grand Epic City. Over 600

participants from 12 countries jointed

the educational and scientific sympo-

sium. ASTRO president Dr. Tim Wil-

liams along with 4 former ASTRO

Presidents, Drs. Jim Cox, Theodore S.

Lawrence, and Kian K Ang, lectured

at the symposium. Outstanding work

was recognized as best abstracts from

young investigators from China and

the United States. We started a Chi-

nese language session during the AS-

TRO annual meetings.

We have done a lot during the last 10

years! I can only mention a few things

here. We have given SANTRO

School training sessions every year:

our training sessions were very re-

ceived, as evidenced by the fact that

we ran out of seats. We have helped

implement modern radiation technol-

ogies like Stereotactic Body Radiation

Therapy (SBRT) at many centers. We

have raised the bar of practice stand-

ards to a new horizon in China. We

worked with our Chinese colleagues

on many important projects, such as

running the most challenging trial,

RTOG 3502, the POSOTILV trial.

We are making an impact on our next-

generation of professionals. We have

lead and participated in the training of

many young fellows and witnessed

the growth of our next generation of

leaders. Many of our members have

provided hands-on, one-on-one train-

ing to many young fellows from

China. A graduate program in medical

physics has been built in China with

the leadership of SANTRO board

members. SANTRO as an organiza-

tion has trained numerous junior phy-

sicians and young professionals dur-

ing these years. Former SANTRO

award winners are now the leaders in

their fields. Many previous trainees of

our SANTRO leaders have become

national leaders in China (some exam-

ples are shown in the picture) and are

making an impact in their fields

worldwide.

Finally, I am honored and pleased to

have my friends and distinguished

colleagues: Drs. Luhua Wang,

Jinming Yu, Zhongxing Liao, and Al-

len Li as co-chairs to lead this very

special 10-year celebration.

The detailed information on the cele-

bration activities during ASTRO is on

the cover page of this newsletter.

We may also include other symposi-

ums fit to the mission of SANTRO

and celebrations.

Please mark your calendar to join us

for these exciting events. Through

SANTRO, TOGETHER we bridge

the FUTURE, to do more collabora-

tive research, provide better care for

cancer patients and nurture a greater

next generation of leaders.

I SANTRO school of training sessions

Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong,

MD, PhD, FACR

SBRT vs Surgery Trial kick-off in China

SANTRO Board Members Meeting Lung Can-

cer Leaders for the SBRT Trial Concept at

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Call for abstract award submission

SANTRO 10-Year Celebration Co-Chairs

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of Sino-American Network for

Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

(SANTRO), and Chinese Society of Thera-

peutic Radiology and Oncology (CSTRO), we

are pleased to invite you to the 10-year

SANTRO celebration symposiums. The

theme of this series is “Together bridging the

future” for better care of cancer patients with-

out boundaries. This series of SANTRO sym-

posiums will provide not only a unique oppor-

tunity for radiation oncology professionals

both in China and around the world to share

knowledge, but also to create a forum to es-

tablish more win–win collaborations in clini-

cal research/clinical trials, clinical patient care

and the training of the young generations of

professionals.

To recognize the excellence and to provide

learning opportunities for young trainees and

researchers, SANTRO will provide Resident

and Junior Investigator Awards to allow the

submitters of the best abstracts from China to

attend the ASTRO Annual meeting in the

United States from October 20-24, 2018 and

to allow the submitters of the best abstracts

from America to attend the CSTRO annual

meeting in China from November 8-12, 2018.

Please submit abstracts at http://santro.org. The

deadline for submission is June 28 11:59PM

USA Eastern time, 2018.

Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, MD, PhD, FACR

SANTRO President (2008-2010), SANTRO

Founding Board Director

Luhua Wang, MD

President of CSTRO, Vice President of Chi-

nese National Cancer Hospital

Jinming Yu, MD

President of Shandong Cancer Hospital,

Academician of Chinese College of Engineer

Zhongxing Liao, MD

SANTRO Founding Board Director

Allen Li, PhD, FAAPM

SANTRO President (2018-2020)

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SANTRO ORGANIZATION SANTRO Executive Committee President: X. Allen Li, PhD

Chair of Board: Weining Ken Zhen

President-Elect: Dian Wang, MD, PhD

Secretary: Shiyu Song, MD, PhD

Treasurer: Brian Wang, PhD

Newsletter Editor: Chi Lin, MD, PhD

Past Presidents Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, MD, PhD

Fang-Fang Yin, PhD

Joe Chang, MD, PhD

Ning J. Yue, PhD

Weining Ken Zhen, MD

Board of Directors Yue Cao, PhD

Joe Chang, MD, PhD

Lei Dong, PhD

Ying Hitchcock, MD

Jian-Yue Jin, PhD

Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, MD, PhD

Allen X Li, PhD

Zhong-Xing Liao, MD

Chi Lin, MD

Bo Lu, MD

Shiyu Song, MD, PhD

Dian Wang, MD, PhD

Ping Xia, PhD

Ying Xiao, PhD

Lei Xing, PhD

Min Yao, MD

Fang-Fang Yin, PhD

Ning J. Yue, PhD

Weining Ken Zhen, MD

Founding Board of Directors Yue Cao, PhD

Joe Chang, MD, PhD

Ying Hitchcock, MD

Jian-Yue Jin, PhD

Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, MD, PhD

Zhong-Xing Liao, MD

Ping Xia, PhD

Di Yan, PhD

Fang-Fang Yin, PhD

Ning J. Yue, PhD

Weining Ken Zhen, MD.