Eur. Phys. J. D (2016) 70: 86
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-70156-y

Editorial

Nano-scale processes behind ion-beam cancer therapy^*

¹ Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA
² Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
³ Deptartment of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
⁴ MBN Research Center, Altenhoferallee 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

^a e-mail: solovyov@mbnresearch.com

Received: 1 March 2016
Published online: 14 April 2016

Abstract

This topical issue collates a series of papers based on new data reported at the third Nano-IBCT Conference of the COST Action MP1002: Nanoscale Insights into Ion Beam Cancer Therapy, held in Boppard, Germany, from October 27th to October 31st, 2014. The Nano-IBCT COST Action was launched in December 2010 and brought together more than 300 experts from different disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology) with specialists in radiation damage of biological matter from hadron-therapy centres, and medical institutions. This meeting followed the first and the second conferences of the Action held in October 2011 in Caen, France and in May 2013 in Sopot, Poland respectively. This conference series provided a focus for the European research community and has highlighted the pioneering research into the fundamental processes underpinning ion beam cancer therapy.