The use of Cherenkov imaging for real-time treatment delivery verification improves the quality and safety of radiation therapy
Read article: Visualizing the treatment beam improves radiation therapy delivery
Radiation therapy providers in the US need to start preparing now for the introduction of the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO-APM)
Read article: Reimagining reimbursement in radiation oncology
Researchers combine strengths of two cutting-edge research tools to interpret long-term health outcomes among childhood cancer survivors
Read article: Updated heart model takes radiotherapy outcome research to new frontiers
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
