The last 12 months has seen radiation medicine specialist Elekta unveil a host of new radiotherapy products
Read article: Elekta offers ongoing innovation in precision radiation medicine
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
