The protective effect of FLASH irradiation enables proton treatments with beams shooting straight through the patient
Read article: Shoot right through: FLASH protons could eliminate Bragg peak constraints
A research collaboration is building the world's first prototype proton therapy system that can track moving tumours with MRI in real time during treatment
Read article: One step closer to real-time MR imaging in proton therapy
Researchers characterize a prototype proton radiography system that will help verify and improve treatment plans
Read article: Proton radiography: one step closer to clinical use
This podcast features an artist who collaborates with physicists and a medical accelerator expert
Read article: Artist draws on her physics background for inspiration, improving proton therapy for better cancer care
Combining proton therapy with deep inspiration breath-hold can lower the dose to the heart and lung during breast cancer treatments
Read article: Breath holds protect the heart during proton therapy for breast cancer
An algorithm that optimizes both dose and dose rate during FLASH treatment planning could tailor dose delivery to improve sparing of healthy tissue.
Read article: Dose-rate optimization increases healthy tissue sparing during FLASH proton therapy
Identifying anatomic changes on MRI scans during proton therapy, and adapting treatment plans accordingly, could improve treatment quality and safety
Read article: MRI during treatment could improve paediatric proton therapy
Feasibility study demonstrates for the first time that proton beam range can be accurately verified with online MRI in liquid phantoms
Read article: Online MR imaging verifies proton beam range
Ilyas Khan of Cambridge Quantum Computing is our guest this week
Read article: Quantum software company tackles big computing challenges
Carbon-ion radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors could offer a promising new approach for treatment of metastatic cancer
Read article: Carbon ions team up with immunotherapy to tackle advanced tumours
