ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The 2019 Medical Physics Scientific Conference (MPSC): "Pilipinas towards improving radiation use in cancer detection and treatment" is an activity being organized by the Radiation Oncology Medical Physics (ROMP) residents Batch 2016. This is in cooperation with the Society of Medical Physicists in the Republic of the Philippines (SMPRP).

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This conference is designed to lay out current and improvements in the practices and technologies in cancer detection (diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine) and radiation therapy (linear accelerator, tomotherapy, and brachytherapy) in the country. It also aims to highlight the importance of radiation as well as its safe used in the said fields. The applicable regulatory guidelines that govern such radiation use shall also be discussed.