Cancer treatment has come a long way in a short time, however as new drugs and treatments are developed, the therapeutic index of treatments needs to be assessed. In their study “Inhibition of ataxia telangiectasia related-3 (ATR) improves therapeutic index in...
Radiotherapy enhances innate and adaptive antitumor immunity; however, the effects of radiation on suppressive immune cells, such as regulatory T cells (Treg), in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are not fully elucidated. Although previous reports suggest an increased...
Sydney Vital, a translational cancer research centre funded by the Cancer Institute New South Wales (CINSW) and the University of Sydney, is the first centre in Australia to acquire an Xstrahl Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP). Sydney Vital’s aim is to...
Sydney Vital, a translational cancer research centre funded by the Cancer Institute New South Wales (CINSW) and the University of Sydney, is the first centre in Australia to acquire an Xstrahl Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP). Sydney Vital’s aim is to...
High-precision radiotherapy requires precise positioning, particularly with high single doses. Fiducial markers in combination with onboard imaging are excellent tools to support this. In the study “BioXmark for high-precision radiotherapy in an orthotopic pancreatic...
The development of image-guided small animal irradiators represents a significant improvement over standard irradiators by enabling preclinical studies to mimic radiotherapy in humans. The ability to deliver tightly collimated targeted beams, in conjunction with...
The UK SARRP user group workshop is fast approaching but you still have a good chance to register to attend and find out the latest developments in the area of pre-clinical research. The event is taking place on Wednesday June 27th following the 2018 ARR meeting at...
Chemotherapy has been successfully used to reduce radiation dose and volume for most pediatric patients. However, because of the failure of chemotherapeutic agents to cross the blood-brain barrier and the lack of response of some brain tumors to these agents,...
In recent years, small animal image-guided irradiators have been widely utilized in preclinical studies involving rodent models. However, the dosimetry commissioning of such equipment involving kilovoltage small-field dosimetry has not received as much interest as the...