The Development of Flash Radiotherapy for Treatment of Oncologic Diseases

This paper presents an overview of current experiments and calculations on a new method of radiation therapy, that is, flash radiotherapy. This method involves an increase of the average dose rate to 40 Gy/s and higher, thus providing better protection of healthy tissue compared to conventional radi...

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Published inMoscow University physics bulletin Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors Lykova, E. N., Chernyaev, A. P., Korotkikh, S. K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.02.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bremsstrahlung
Dosage
Electron beams
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Proton beams
Radiation therapy
Theoretical
electron
radiotherapy
nuclear physics methods in medicine
photon beams
flash radiotherapy with proton
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Summary:This paper presents an overview of current experiments and calculations on a new method of radiation therapy, that is, flash radiotherapy. This method involves an increase of the average dose rate to 40 Gy/s and higher, thus providing better protection of healthy tissue compared to conventional radiotherapy. This article analyzes the results of recent experiments on flash radiotherapy with proton beams, electrons, and bremsstrahlung radiation. It also describes technical problems of achieving high dose rates and the possible ways to solve them. Flash radiotherapy with different particles appears to be promising and probably will be applied in the future. However, there are still many issues that should be solved before applying it for medical purposes.
ISSN:0027-1349
1934-8460
DOI:10.3103/S002713492201026X