Radiotherapy using beams of very high-energy electrons could treat large, deep-seated tumours while sparing healthy tissue
Read article: Very high-energy electrons could treat tumours deep within the body
Intrafraction motion adaptation strategies could make stereotactic ablative radiotherapy more accessible for prostate cancer patients
Read article: Gating and MLC tracking could increase access to real-time adaptive radiotherapy
Increasing commercial effort in developing boron neutron capture therapy facilities could bring this highly targeted cancer treatment into wider clinical use
Read article: Boron neutron capture therapy is back on the agenda
We talk about reducing the global disparity in cancer treatment and Venusian phosphine
Read article: Evidence for life is found on Venus, wider access to the best radiotherapy
A collaboration between CERN and Lausanne University Hospital plans to use high-energy physics technologies to implement a clinical system for FLASH radiotherapy
Read article: CERN accelerator technology to underpin FLASH radiotherapy facility
EmpowerRT aims to bring advanced radiotherapy technology to resource-limited cancer clinics in low- and middle-income countries at just 5–10% of the current cost
Read article: Advanced radiotherapy – at a fraction of the cost
A radiotherapy technique based on X-ray focusing optics could improve the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration
Read article: Focused X-ray beams provide personalized treatment for common eye disease
An optical fibre dosimeter monitors the radiation dose received during prostate cancer brachytherapy
Read article: Fibre dosimeter could improve the accuracy of prostate cancer brachytherapy
Exploiting the increased sound wave generation during FLASH radiotherapy could enable real-time monitoring of both the deposited dose and the patient’s anatomy
Read article: Acoustic imaging promises real-time dose measurement for FLASH radiotherapy
Reducing cardiac dose at the expense of dose to the lungs might not always be a good strategy in oesophageal radiotherapy
Read article: Caution required when balancing lung versus heart radiotherapy dose
