Absolute dosimetry for FLASH proton pencil beam scanning radiotherapy

Abstract A paradigm shift is occurring in clinical oncology exploiting the recent discovery that short pulses of ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) radiation—FLASH radiotherapy—can significantly spare healthy tissues whilst still being at least as effective in curing cancer as radiotherapy at conventional...

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Main Authors: Ana Lourenço, Anna Subiel, Nigel Lee, Sam Flynn, John Cotterill, David Shipley, Francesco Romano, Joe Speth, Eunsin Lee, Yongbin Zhang, Zhiyan Xiao, Anthony Mascia, Richard A. Amos, Hugo Palmans, Russell Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28192-0