Read article: Proton arc therapy eliminates hard-to-treat cancer with minimal side effects
Patient with rare cancer is the first in the US to be treated with highly accurate step-and-shoot proton arc therapy
Read article: Miniaturized pixel detector characterizes radiation quality in clinical proton fields
Researchers develop a method for experimental verification of linear energy transfer in intensity-modulated proton therapy plans
Read article: World’s first patient treatments delivered with proton arc therapy
Proton arc therapy offers a superior dose distribution compared with existing state-of-the-art proton delivery techniques
Read article: Daily adaptive proton therapy employed in the clinic for the first time
Researchers in Switzerland have integrated online daily adaptation into the clinical proton therapy workflow
Read article: Hope or hype: can upright treatment increase access to advanced radiotherapy?
Speakers at the ESTRO 2024 meeting discussed the potential for upright treatment to increase global access to radiotherapy, particularly particle therapy
Read article: Radiation-transparent RF coil designed for MR guidance of particle therapy
A radiation-transparent MRI body coil could provide the image guidance required to deliver particle therapy in combination with patient rotation
Read article: FLASH irradiation spares immune cells during proton therapy
Ultrahigh dose rates could reduce the level of immune cell depletion during pencil-beam scanning proton therapy of brain cancer
Read article: Caution required: anaesthesia with supplemental oxygen can impact proton therapy
A preclinical evaluation demonstrates the need to optimize anaesthesia protocols for both conventional and FLASH proton therapy of brain tumours
Read article: OncoRay launches world’s first whole-body MRI-guided proton therapy system
This week saw the inauguration of the first research prototype for MRI-guided proton therapy
Read article: Shoot-through proton FLASH: a robust approach to brain tumour treatment
Proton therapy using shoot-through FLASH beams reduces LET in critical organs and is robust against density variations
