Short description
The dialogue conference takes physically place at The Radium Hospital, Research Building (K-building) – Auditorium at the entrance floor.
Proton Therapy at the Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital (OUS) Oslo and at Haukeland University Hospital (HUS) Bergen
Photon Therapy at Sykehuset Vestre Viken in Drammen and Sykehuset Telemark in Skien
Proton Therapy Facilities in Oslo and Bergen
Starting construction in 2020, two proton therapy facilities are currently being built in Norway; a new clinic building and a proton therapy building are currently under construction at the Radium Hospital in Oslo; a proton therapy building is under construction at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen.
The proton therapy facility in Oslo will host two clinical gantry rooms and one gantry room for pre-clinical research. The proton therapy facility in Bergen will host one clinical gantry room and one gantry room for both clinical use and pre-clinical research. All clinical gantry rooms will be dosimetrically equivalent.
Oslo and Bergen will have the Pro Beam 360 proton therapy system from Varian Medical Systems, all gantry rooms, 3 in Oslo and 2 in Bergen, will be equipped with the Leoni robotic table system, all clinical gantry rooms will be equipped with kVue One, Proton Couch Top from Qfix, including Base of Skull (BoS) Couch Top.
Proton therapy will be an integral part of the radiation therapy provided at the university hospitals in Oslo and Bergen. Both proton therapy facilities will be equipped with CT and MR scanners for patients that will undergo proton therapy. For both projects, Oslo and Bergen, the aim is to start up with patient treatment sometime during the second half of 2024.
Immobilization
The projects encompass the procurement of immobilization equipment for proton therapy in Oslo and Bergen. Both hospitals will emphasize joint operation between proton and photon therapy, thus cross modality immobilization equipment is preferred. At the supplier conference the hospitals desire information of the immobilization equipment offered (for proton treatment rooms, CT, MR etc.). The presentation should focus on proton specific immobilization – preferably divided into a proton specific section, which emphasizes why this equipment is particularly suited for proton therapy, and a general section, including non-proton therapy specific immobilization. Information on the degree of compatibility for the immobilization equipment between photon and proton therapy, as well as MR compatibility, should be highlighted.
Equipment for Photon Therapy Immobilization for Skien and Drammen
Radiation therapy is underway at Sykehuset Telemark in Skien, with the aim of start up with treatment in early 2025. Radiation therapy is also underway at Sykehuset Vestre Viken in Drammen, with the aim of start up in the spring 2025. Each of the two hospitals will be equipped with two linear accelerators from the start. Thus, a complete set of immobilization for both departments (two treatment rooms, CT, MR and immobilization room) is required; it is requested that this is incorporated into the general section of the presentation.
To All Vendors:
We kindly ask the Vendors to denote at registration to the conference whether equipment 1) for proton therapy or 2) for photon therapy or 3) for both proton therapy and photon therapy, will be presented by the Vendor during the conference.