Symposium : Chernobyl 20 Years beyond Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims

 
The Joint International Seminar of Japanese-German Center Berlin [JDZB] , Nagasaki University and WHO Collaboration centers

Chernobyl 20 Years beyond Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy
for Radiation-exposed Victims


Program

Date: November 30 (Thursday), 2006
Venue: Japanese-German Center Berlin,
Saargemuender Str. 2, 14195 Berlin, Germany

09.30 Opening
  Dr. Friederike BOSSE (JDZB)
Dr. Masao TOMONAGA (Nagasaki University)
 
Session 1: Overall Summary of Chernobyl 20 Years
09.45 Report of Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident
Dr. Shun'ichi YAMASHITA (WHO, Geneva)
10.15 Cancer Epidemiology around Chernobyl
Dr. Elizabeth CARDIS (IARC – International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon)
10.45 Chernobyl Thyroid Cancer Research
Dr. Vladimir SAENKO (Nagasaki University)
 
11.15 Coffee break
 
11.30 Chernobyl Tissue Bank Project, Pathology Review
Dr. Masahiro ITO (National Nakasaki Central Hospital, Ohmura)
12.00 Gene Rearrangement in Radiation-induced Thyroid Carcinogenesis
Prof. Horst ZITZELSBERGER (GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health)
12.30 Chernobyl Telemedicine Project
Dr. Noboru TAKAMURA (Nagasaki University)
 
13.00 Lunch
 
Session 2: New Challenges from Chernobyl 20 Years
14.30 Clinical Characteristics and Future Trends of Thyroid Cancers in Belarus
Dr. Yuri DEMIDCHIK (Belarusian Medical University, Minsk)
15.00 Long-term follow-up of Thyroid Cancer after Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Prof. Christoph REINERS (Würzburg University)
15.30 Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Network in Germany
Dr. Victor MEINKE (Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich)
 
16.00 Coffee Break
 
16.30 Novel Therapy of Radiation–induced Skin Injury
Dr. Sadanori AKITA (Nagasaki University)
17.00 Stem Cell Therapy for Hematological Disorder
Dr. Masao TOMONAGA (Nagasaki University)
17.30 General Discussion and Sope of Future Research
Chair: Dr. Shun'ichi YAMASHITA (WHO, Geneva)
 
18.00 Close