Faster and safer? FLASH ultra-high dose rate in radiotherapy

Recent results from the Franco-Swiss team of Institute Curie and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois demonstrate a remarkable sparing of normal tissue after irradiation at ultra-high dose rate (>40 Gy/s). The “FLASH” radiotherapy maintains tumor control level, suggesting that ultra-high...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Durante, M, Brauer-Krisch, E, Hill, M
Format: Journal article
Published: British Institute of Radiology 2017