A debate at the ESTRO 2020 congress questioned whether there is a future for adaptive radiotherapy without an MR-linac
Read article: Is the MR-linac the future of adaptive radiotherapy?
Speakers at the ESTRO 2020 congress discussed the use of nanoparticles to preferentially sensitize tumour cells to irradiation and improve radiation treatments
Read article: Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness
A research paper describing the first clinical use of an MRI-Linac for MRI-guided radiotherapy has won the 2020 PMB citations prize
Read article: First report of clinical MRI-Linac treatments wins journal citations prize
Increased multileaf collimator leaf speed may help improve the quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy plans
Read article: Optimizing MLC leaf speed could improve radiotherapy plan quality
The annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), originally due to take place in April, is now being staged as a fully digital event
Read article: ESTRO 2020 enables digital dialogue on radiation oncology
Lunar expert Hannah Sargeant is our guest this week
Read article: Making water on the Moon, radiotherapy for COVID-19, gear-changing particle colliders
The benefits of FLASH radiotherapy may be due in part to the sparing of circulating immune cells at high dose rates
Read article: FLASH radiotherapy mechanism may arise from immune cell sparing
PTW’s modular RUBY phantom is being optimized to support daily and end-to-end quality assurance (QA) for the Elekta Unity MR-Linac treatment system
Read article: Defining QA best practice in MR-guided radiotherapy
Early data suggest that low-dose radiotherapy can improve outcomes for COVID-19 patients, but any irradiation regimen must be considered with care
Read article: Can low-dose radiotherapy treat COVID-19-related pneumonia?
Simulations shed light on how spatially fractionated mini- or micro-beams destroy tumours while sparing nearby normal tissue
Read article: Could hydrogen peroxide generation underlie mini- and micro-beam radiotherapy efficacy?
