Read article: Novel brachytherapy device treats eye cancer with intensity-modulated radiation
A brachytherapy eye plaque with gold shielding delivers conformal radiation to ocular tumours
Read article: Personalized 3D-printed shields protect healthy tissue during radiotherapy
Patient-specific shielding based on CT images can reduce dose to healthy tissue during radiotherapy
Read article: Reinforcing the case for independent QA in the radiation oncology clinic
Patient safety, enhanced treatment outcomes and workflow efficiency all follow when radiotherapy clinics implement a rigorous and independent approach to quality assurance
Read article: Automation and standardization: redefining best practice in stereotactic radiosurgery
Brainlab’s treatment planning software and patient imaging systems provide key building blocks in the stereotactic radiosurgery programme at Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center
Read article: Reimagining patient-specific QA in proton and ion therapy facilities
Medical physicists from the Austrian particle therapy centre MedAustron explain how – and why – they’ve put an independent QA solution at the heart of their patient treatment programme
Read article: FLASH radiotherapy: oxygen depletion is not the sole cause
Irradiation experiments suggest that oxygen depletion alone is not a suitable mechanism to explain the FLASH effect
Read article: Elekta Unity: when biological targeting meets adaptive radiotherapy
Researchers within Elekta’s MR-Linac Consortium are opening up new frontiers in cancer treatment through the collaborative development of biological image-guided adaptive radiotherapy (BIGART)
Read article: Automated 3D dose-volume verification: gearing up for complex planning scenarios
LAP is prioritizing clinical awareness, uptake and application of the automated 3D dose-check functionality now incorporated into its RadCalc QA software
Read article: LATTICE radiotherapy plus immunotherapy shows promise for treating advanced bulky tumours
Spatially fractionated LATTICE radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint blockade could provide a powerful treatment for advanced bulky tumours
Read article: High-energy electron beams target tumours more precisely
Radiotherapy using focused beams of very high-energy electrons could target tumours while avoiding healthy tissue
