In vivo dosimetry can detect treatment errors and ensure the accurate and safe delivery of radiotherapy, so why is it not used more in the clinic?
Read article: In vivo dosimetry should play a pivotal role in radiation therapy
Priya Saini, a medical physicist at SMS Medical College and Hospitals in Jaipur, describes her efforts to maintain a radiotherapy service in the midst of a pandemic
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our physics and dosimetry facilities were vacated for COVID-19 patients’
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
