Flash Radiotherapy: Innovative Cancer Treatment

• Published in: Encyclopedia (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 808 - 823
• Main Authors: Chow, James C. L., Ruda, Harry E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Naples MDPI AG 26.06.2023
• Subjects: Cancer therapies; dose delivery; flash radiotherapy; Pneumonia; preclinical model; radiation dosimetry; Radiation therapy; radiobiology; Tumors; ultra-high dose rate; X-rays

Flash radiotherapy (Flash-RT) is an innovative technique used in radiotherapy for cancer treatment because it delivers an extremely high dose of radiation (>40 Gy/s) to the tumour in a very short period of time, typically within a fraction of a second. This ultra-fast delivery of radiation distin...