Accidental high-dose radiation exposure can result in mortality or severe morbidity through acute radiation syndrome (ARS). The early risk of death from ARS can be attributed mainly to radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (RIGS). Currently, there are no readily...
BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with poor survival rates. A more patient-tailored approach based on predictive biomarkers could improve outcome. We aimed to predict radiotherapy (RT) response by imaging tumor hypoxia with 18F-FAZA PET/CT in an...
In this study, we investigate the use of multifunctional smart radiotherapy biomaterials (SRBs) loaded with immunoadjuvants for boosting the abscopal effect of local radiotherapy (RT). SRBs were designed similar to currently used inert RT biomaterials, incorporating a...
Radiotherapy is a proven skin cancer treatment modality with cure rates comparable to surgery. To make sure of its effectiveness while being safe, it is necessary to provide conformal dose coverage at the target (tumour) while sparing the surrounding normal tissues....
Radiotherapy remains one of many treatment options available for patients diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). NMSC is a radiation-responsive cancer and patients treated with definitive radiotherapy can expect excellent local control rates of >90–95%....
PURPOSE: The aim was to reduce radiation exposure of the lung in experimental models to increase overall survival of mice to study late radiation-induced heart disease. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A new irradiation plan was established on the Small Animal Radiation...
Background Radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (RIGS) results from the acute loss of intestinal stem cells (ISC), impaired epithelial regeneration, and subsequent loss of the mucosal barrier, resulting in electrolyte imbalance, diarrhea, weight loss, sepsis,...
ASTRO Interview with Dr. Eric Ford A few months ago, I received the opportunity to sit down with notable physicist, professor, and experimental radiobiology researcher, Dr. Eric Ford. As one of the masterminds behind the Precision Proton Radiotherapy Platform, which...
Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy utilize DNA-PK and PARP inhibitors to sensitize cancer cells, however these inhibitors have so far only been limited to homologous recombination repair deficient tumors, exploiting synthetic lethality. In the study “Sensitizing ewing...