Read article: PET/CT-guided chemoradiotherapy improves lung cancer outcomes
The PERTAIN trial is examining the impact of FDG PET/CT-guided chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries
Read article: Optical imaging to monitor cancer response early in the treatment process
A $2.03 million grant will help researchers develop optical technologies to monitor treatment response during head-and-neck cancer therapy
Read article: Automated radiotherapy planning benefits clinicians and patients
Auto-generated radiotherapy plans reduce plan preparation time, decrease plan variation and improve healthy tissue sparing
Read article: Innovation: patent applications review
A round-up of some recent international patent applications in radiation therapy
Read article: FLASH radiotherapy: from preclinical promise to the first human treatment
Could irradiation at ultrahigh dose rates provide the next leap forward in cancer therapy?
Read article: Instantaneous brain irradiation limits cognitive impairment
Avoiding neuroinflammation caused by conventional dose-rate irradiation is key to minimizing brain damage in ultrarapid FLASH radiotherapy in mice
Read article: Young investigators focus on brachytherapy, dose modelling and deep learning
The winners of AAPM's 2019 Young Investigator award presented their research on brachytherapy needle guidance, blood cell dose during radiotherapy and heart segmentation
Read article: Immunotherapy plus radiotherapy benefits metastatic lung cancer patients
Two studies reveal the potential of combining ablative radiotherapy with immunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Read article: AI framework uses medical images to individualize radiotherapy dose
An image-based artificial intelligence framework predicts a personalized radiation dose that minimizes the risk of treatment failure
Read article: Ruptured oxygen-infused microbubbles combat tumour hypoxia
Ultrasound-induced rupture of injected oxygen-infused microbubbles can reduce hypoxia and enhance tumour response to radiation therapy
