Particle therapy using a mix of carbon-, oxygen- and neon-ion beams helps tune the fine balance between range robustness, uniform dose and high linear energy transfer
Read article: Multi-ion cancer therapy tackles the LET trilemma
Adding shoot-through proton layers to static proton arcs improves plan quality and reduces treatment times for upright proton therapy
Read article: Optimizing upright proton therapy: hybrid delivery provides faster, sharper treatments
Researchers demonstrate the first treatment of an animal tumour using radioactive carbon ion beams
Read article: Radioactive ion beams enable simultaneous treatment and imaging in particle therapy
Ultraclean monolayer amorphous carbon can be used to generate high-current, low-scattering proton treatment beams
Read article: Amorphous carbon membrane creates precision proton beams for cancer therapy
Patient with rare cancer is the first in the US to be treated with highly accurate step-and-shoot proton arc therapy
Read article: Proton arc therapy eliminates hard-to-treat cancer with minimal side effects
Researchers develop a method for experimental verification of linear energy transfer in intensity-modulated proton therapy plans
Read article: Miniaturized pixel detector characterizes radiation quality in clinical proton fields
Proton arc therapy offers a superior dose distribution compared with existing state-of-the-art proton delivery techniques
Read article: World’s first patient treatments delivered with proton arc therapy
Researchers in Switzerland have integrated online daily adaptation into the clinical proton therapy workflow
Read article: Daily adaptive proton therapy employed in the clinic for the first time
Speakers at the ESTRO 2024 meeting discussed the potential for upright treatment to increase global access to radiotherapy, particularly particle therapy
Read article: Hope or hype: can upright treatment increase access to advanced radiotherapy?
A radiation-transparent MRI body coil could provide the image guidance required to deliver particle therapy in combination with patient rotation
Read article: Radiation-transparent RF coil designed for MR guidance of particle therapy
