世界知名专家强调了促进各种癌症预防、诊断和治疗核技术之间协同作用的重要性。为纪念今年的世界抗癌日，原子能机构组织了名为“无癌世界路线图”的专家小组讨论会。
世界知名专家强调了促进各种癌症预防、诊断和治疗核技术之间协同作用的重要性。为纪念今年的世界抗癌日，原子能机构组织了名为“无癌世界路线图”的专家小组讨论会。
原子能机构总干事天野之弥在宣布讨论会开幕时说：“我们将致力于不断改进我们为成员国提供的服务，让它们能够为其人民提供更好的护理 — 和希望。来自所有技术部门和多个科学领域的原子能机构专家汇集了帮助各国完善提供现代癌症治疗的各种成套服务。”
专家小组成员研究了核技术支持预防、诊断和治疗癌症以及帮助世界各国为其患者实现更好疾病管理的各种方式。讨论集中在四个主要方面：营养；诊断和随访；放射肿瘤学和放射治疗；以及质量保证。
国际癌症防治联合会候任主席、约旦迪娜•米拉德王妃在主旨演讲中说：“数以百万计的人们指望着我们继续推进癌症议程。”她还强调了政治意愿和适当管理在抗癌斗争中的重要性。有关迪娜王妃对资助癌症治疗的看法见：
原子能机构通过放射治疗、植入治疗、诊断用放射性药物等核技术的应用，深度参与抗癌斗争。这些努力促进了联合国可持续发展目标3（确保健康的生活方式，促进各年龄段人群的福祉）的实现。
主旨发言人、印度尼西亚卫生部长尼拉•F.莫罗克说：“应当全面开展癌症护理……我们已经将癌症防治计划纳入了我们的国家卫生系统。”她还补充道，与所有利益攸关方的可持续合作与协调非常关键。
营养与癌症研究持续更新专家小组主席及英国南安普顿大学人类营养学教授Alan Jackson谈到了营养和体力活动在预防和管理癌症中的作用。
Jackson说：“正在探索和宣传的一系列机会都涉及预防和治疗癌症的同位素技术。还有一种新兴的国际合作涉及营养与癌症之间的联系。”
英国放射学家、皇家放射医师学会国际委员会成员Joanna Kasznia-Brown谈到了医学成像在癌症管理（包括诊断和确定治疗方案）中的作用。她说：“如果我们在早期阶段发现癌症，对患者的治疗就能取得更好的效果。”
加州大学旧金山分校辐射肿瘤学系辐射肿瘤学和泌尿学教授兼粒子束治疗研究计划和宣传主任Mack Roach III强调了多学科癌症管理的重要性，特别是放射治疗的作用。
Roach说：“放射治疗仍然目前是最古老、最有效、最具成本效益的癌症治疗方法之一。”计算机、影像和材料科学的发展促成了放射治疗准确性和安全性的重大进步，他补充道。
医用物理学造福于世界学会主席兼加拿大安大略省伦敦市西部大学肿瘤学和医用生物物理学名誉教授Jake Van Dyk谈到了医用物理学作为“无癌世界”之路一部分的应用。
“医学物理师是放射治疗小组的重要成员，”Van Dyk 说，“他们是患者获得积极疗效的关键，而且至关重要的是对下一代医学物理师、放射肿瘤医师和放射治疗师进行培训。”
津巴布韦的津巴布韦大学保健科学学院放射肿瘤医师和高级讲师Ntokozo Ndlovu讨论了核技术在非洲癌症治疗中的作用。
“原子能机构一直帮助非洲建设放射治疗能力，特别是通过一个非洲地区放射治疗项目，”Ndolovu说，“这个项目导致建立了非洲辐射肿瘤学网络。这是一项远程医学倡议，旨在提高临床决策和放射治疗的质量，加强住院医师教育，改善治疗效果。”
原子能机构人体健康处处长马伊・阿卜杜勒-瓦哈卜说：“原子能机构世界抗癌日活动强调了辐射医学进步在对抗癌症方面的重要性，以及营养在预防疾病中的重要性。活动本身是科学与政策之间的一座桥梁。”
加州大学旧金山分校辐射肿瘤学系辐射肿瘤学和泌尿学教授兼粒子束治疗研究计划和宣传主任Mack Roach III在原子能机构世界抗癌日活动的专家小组讨论会“无癌世界路线图”上发言。（照片来源：L. Gil/原子能机构）
The IAEA is heavily involved in the fight against cancer through the application of nuclear techniques including radiotherapy, brachytherapy and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. These efforts contribute to the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages).
“Cancer care should be carried out comprehensively…we have incorporated a cancer control program into our national health system,” said keynote speaker Nila F. Moeloek, Indonesia’s Minister of Health. Sustainable collaboration and coordination with all stakeholders is key, she added.
Alan Jackson, Chair of the Continuous Update Panel on Nutrition and Cancer & Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom talked about the role of nutrition and physical activity in the prevention and management of cancer.
“There are a range of opportunities that are being developed and promoted involving isotopic techniques in the prevention and treatment of cancer,” Jackson said. “There is an emerging international collaboration involving the link between nutrition and cancer.”
Joanna Kasznia-Brown, a UK radiologist and member of the International Committee of the Royal College of Radiologists, discussed the role of medical imaging in cancer management, including diagnosis and determining the treatment plan. “If we catch the cancer in its early stages, we can treat patients with much better results,” she said.
Mack Roach III, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Director, Particle Therapy Research Program & Outreach, Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California-San Francisco, emphasized the importance of the multidisciplinary management of cancer, and in particular the role of radiotherapy.
“Radiotherapy continues to be one of the oldest, most effective and cost-effective treatments for cancer available today,” Roach said. Improvements in computers, imaging and material sciences have resulted in major advances in the accuracy and safety of radiotherapy, he added.
Jake Van Dyk, President of Medical Physics for World Benefit & Professor Emeritus of Oncology and Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada discussed the use of medical physics as an integral part of the path towards a cancer-free world.
“Medical physicists are important members of a radiotherapy team,” Van Dyk said. “They are critical for positive patient outcomes, and training of the next generation of medical physicists, radiation oncologist and radiation therapists is critical.”
Ntokozo Ndlovu, Radiation Oncologist & Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Zimbabwe discussed the role of nuclear techniques for cancer treatment in Africa.
“The IAEA has been instrumental in building capacity in radiotherapy in Africa, particularly through an African Regional Project on Radiotherapy,” Ndolovu said. “This project led to the creation of the African Radiation Oncology Network (AFRONET), a telemedicine initiative to improve the quality of clinical decisions and radiotherapy treatment, strengthen the education of medical residents and improve treatment outcomes.”
“The IAEA World Cancer Day event highlighted the importance of advances in radiation medicine in fighting cancer as well as nutrition for prevention and served as a bridge between science and policy,” said May Abdel-Wahab, Director of the IAEA’s Division of Human Health.
The event was livestreamed on our Facebook page. The recording is available here.
Mack Roach III, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Director, Particle Therapy Research Program & Outreach, Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California - San Francisco speaks during the panel discussion at the IAEA World Cancer Day event A Roadmap to a Cancer-free World. (Photo: L. Gil/IAEA)