Health Physics Society Journal

November 2012, Volume 103, Number 5

On the cover: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. See article by Thomas Tenforde on p. 529 for more information.

SPECIAL ISSUE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS: "SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY CHALLENGES OF PARTICLE RADIATIONS IN MEDICAL THERAPY AND SPACE MISSIONS"

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

New Health Physics App for the iPad® — Michael T. Ryan

LAURISTON S. TAYLOR LECTURE

The Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures in Radiation Protection and Measurements — Thomas S. Tenforde

Introduction of the Thirty-Fifth Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture in Radiation Protection and Measurements — Polly Chang

Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements: What Makes Particle Radiation so Effective? — Eleanor A. Blakely

WELCOMING REMARKS

Welcome to the Forty-Seventh Annual NCRP Meeting — Thomas S. Tenforde

WARREN K. SINCLAIR KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Eighth Warren K. Sinclair Keynote Address: Heavy Ions in Therapy and Space: Benefits and Risks — Marco Durante

PAPERS

Physical Interactions of Charged Particles for Radiotherapy and Space Applications — Cary Zeitlin

DNA and Cellular Effects of Charged Particles — Maria Antonella Tabocchini, Alessandro Campa, and Valentina Dini

Space Radiation Protection Issues — Amy Kronenberg and Francis A. Cucinotta

Animal Studies of Charged Particle-Induced Carcinogenesis — Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Paula C. Genik, Christina M. Fallgren, Robert L. Ullrich, and Michael M. Weil

Risk of Second Cancers after Photon and Proton Radiotherapy: A Review of the Data — Torunn I. Yock and Paul A. Caruso

Normal Tissue Complications from Low-Dose Proton Therapy — Anita Mahajan

Track-Structure Simulations for Charged Particles — Michael Dingfelder

Defining Molecular and Cellular Responses after Low and High Linear Energy Transfer Radiations to Develop Biomarkers of Carcinogenic Risk or Therapeutic Outcome — Michael Story, Liang-hao Ding, William A. Brock, K. Kian Ang, Ghazi Alsbeih, John Minna, Seongmi Park, and Amit Das

Genetic Susceptibility: Radiation Effects Relevant to Space Travel — Yuanlin Peng, Hatsumi Nagasawa, Christy Warner, and Joel S. Bedford

Description of Transport Codes for Space Radiation Shielding — Myung-Hee Y. Kim, John W. Wilson, and Francis A. Cucinotta

Review of Nuclear Physics Experimental Data for Space Radiation — John W. Norbury and Jack Miller

Radiation Carcinogenesis Risk Assessments for Never-Smokers — Francis A. Cucinotta, Lori J. Chappell, Myung-Hee Y. Kim, and Minli Wang

Assessment of the Risk for Developing a Second Malignancy from Scattered and Secondary Radiation in Radiation Therapy — Harald Paganetti

NCI Support for Particle Therapy: Past, Present, Future — James A. Deye

Accelerators for America's Future Workshop: Medicine and Biology — Jose R. Alonso

ENLIGHT: The European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy — Manjit Dosanjh, Manuela Cirilli, Virginia Greco, and Annelie E. Meijer

Summary: Achievements, Critical Issues, and Thoughts on the Future — Kathryn D. Held

ERRATUM

Cylindrical Waveguide Electromagnetic Exposure System for Biological Studies with Unrestrained Mice at 1.9 GHz: Erratum

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

Up and Coming

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