Particle therapy Research update Proton minibeams tackle aggressive brain tumours Proton minibeam radiation therapy could increase tumour control and reduce neurotoxicity in treatments of high-grade gliomas Read article: Proton minibeams tackle aggressive brain tumours
Particle therapy Research update Clinical proton system could enable small-animal studies A compact clinical proton therapy system with an adaptive aperture could be employed for pre-clinical animal research Read article: Clinical proton system could enable small-animal studies
Particle therapy Research update MRI guidance is feasible for proton therapy Integrating an MR scanner with a static proton beam line reveals the technical feasibility of simultaneous proton irradiation and MR imaging Read article: MRI guidance is feasible for proton therapy
Particle therapy Research update Proton therapy: not all RBE models are equal An investigation into published models of relative biological effectiveness reveals that the choice of model strongly affects the resulting dose estimates Read article: Proton therapy: not all RBE models are equal
Particle therapy Video What is proton beam therapy? Ranald Mackay explains the physics behind treating tumours with protons Read article: What is proton beam therapy?
Particle therapy Research update Mobile CT scanner lines up for adaptive proton therapy A mobile helical CT scanner provides 3D volumetric imaging for image-guided and adaptive proton therapy Read article: Mobile CT scanner lines up for adaptive proton therapy
Particle therapy Research update How does the interplay effect impact paediatric proton therapy? Studies of the interplay effect help predict which paediatric cancer patients are candidates for pencil-beam scanning proton therapy Read article: How does the interplay effect impact paediatric proton therapy?
Particle therapy Research update Variable RBE impacts proton therapy of liver cancer Assuming a constant relative biological effectiveness of 1.1 may overestimate the therapeutic ratio for proton therapy of liver tumours Read article: Variable RBE impacts proton therapy of liver cancer
Particle therapy Video Working in medical physics: proton therapy Imran Patel discusses his career at The Christie’s new proton therapy centre Read article: Working in medical physics: proton therapy
Particle therapy News Maryland Proton Treatment Center adds hyperthermia to proton therapy Maryland Proton Treatment Center now offers deep-tissue external thermal therapy combined with proton therapy to improve cancer treatments Read article: Maryland Proton Treatment Center adds hyperthermia to proton therapy