Abstract
Elucidation of the molecular mechanissm of cell death induced by ionizing radiation is a main topic in the field of radiation biology. Recently, many modes of cell death, such as apoptosis, autophagy, mitotic catastrophe, senescence like cell death etc. have been reported. These modes presented the main topics of the last year symposium which we organized under the title" Radiation induced cell death". In this year, we will organize a second symposium under the title "Reconsidering new roads for radiation-induced cell death" to focus on strategies in cancer therapy with a discussion on the mechanisms of cell killing and the implication in radiation treatment .
