European centre for research and treatment in hadrontherapy
Contact
- ARCHADE programme scientific coordinator:
Research activity
In Normandy, there has been an internationally renowned nuclear physics research centre since 1983: the GANIL (National Heavy Ion Accelerator). More recently, an integrated scientific programme on hadrontherapy was implemented in a voluntarist impetus by regional authorities and university / scientific institutions – the ARCHADE programme.
The ARCHADE programme reunites research, care and tecnological innovation in hadrontherapy within the same site. Hadrontherapy is a form of radiotherapy, using proton beams and accelerated ions to treat radioresistant tumours.
With support from the Normandy Regional Council, this programme is integrated within an array of facilities and fundamental and applied research teams in the fields of physics (atomic physics, medical physics, radiobiology, etc.).
Through its investment in the project, the Normandy Regional Council is resolutely committed towards the development of physics applications for health and of the first research centre to be endowed with a unique superconducting cyclotron prototype.
Research teams are hosted in order to develop their work, thanks to the accessible laboratories and beams offered by the centre, which is housed within the SAS CYCLHAD building.
The project, on video:
https://www.facebook.com/regionormandie/videos/495609411260052/
Collaborations can be envisaged within the framework of bilateral cooperation agreements:
- Short induction training (4 to 6 months) for Master’s Degree students in science
- Complete 3-year doctoral cycle
- Professional training placements for medical and paramedical professionals in proton therapy, for 6 months or more
- Short stays for scientific teams conducting intensive experimental research
- Lecturer-researcher exchanges, etc.
Reseach themes concerned:
- Dosimetry, radioprotection
- Ion fragmentation, radiochemistry
- Treatment modelling
- Beamology, on-line quality control
- Radiobiology of tumours and healthy tissue
- Molecular diagnostics
- Nuclear Medicine
- Cancer epidemiology
- Clinical research in oncology
Technical resources
- Superconductor cyclotron capable of accelerating different types of ions
Partnerships
The ARCHADE programme’s principal partnerships are:
- Normandy Regional Council
- University of Caen, Normandy and Faculty of Health
- CNRS national centre for scientific research
- CEA Atomic Energy Commission
- François Baclesse Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- CHU university hospital in Caen, Normandy
- ENSICAEN engineering school
- GANIL national accelerator
- SAPHYN.