Stanford Medicine’s new proton therapy facility is ready for patients. On June 4 a child with a rare brain tumor became the first to receive treatment.

A lively debate at the ESTRO 2026 meeting concluded with nearly 70% of the audience backing upright proton therapy as a mainstream treatment option by 2035

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Trials of local therapies where progression-free survival is equivalent but overall survival is improved raise the spectre of confounding. The overall survival improvement seen in the phase 3 trial by...

Very High-Energy Electron (VHEE) radiotherapy stands as a promising alternative to proton therapy in view of the FLASH effect, which allows for differ…

Now two trials with different conclusions?? What can we learn?

What's worse than the Death Star of medicine? A carbon ion Death Star. At least if you listen to our own field.

The FLASH effect, defined as normal tissue sparing while maintaining tumor control with ultra-high dose-rate irradiation, has been demonstrated preclinically in different tumors and tissues. Although ...

Use of rectal spacer gel has been associated with decreased risk of radiation therapy (RT)-related rectal toxicity in clinical trials and has been increasingly adopted. Optimal management of spacer-re...

Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) is an innovative delivery technique characterized by spatially modulated radiation. It was shown to increase the therapeutic index in preclinical glioma model...

The UAE’s first proton therapy centre will be built in Dubai, marking a major step forward in cancer treatment in the region.

Scientific Reports - Laser driven FLASH radiobiology using a high dose and ultra high dose rate single pulse proton source

Background Ultra-high dose rate, or FLASH, radiotherapy has shown promise in preclinical experiments of sparing healthy tissue without compromising tumor control. This “FLASH effect” can compound wi...

TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle is now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is increasingly widespread in radiation oncology. However, patient engagement to dat…

THERYQ is developing a radiotherapy system that uses very high-energy electrons to treat deep-seated tumours, and can also enable FLASH treatments

Proton therapy is undergoing a revolutionary transformation with the advent of upright patient positioning, promising improved precision and comfort in cancer treatment.

Purpose: The FLASH effect, defined as normal tissue sparing while maintaining tumor control with ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) irradiation, has been demonstrated preclinically in different tumors and ti...

Scientific Reports - Effects of whole brain proton irradiation at conventional or ultra-high dose rate (FLASH), in adult male Sprague Dawley rats

IPEM has released a statement in response to the Government's decision to abolish NHS England

IPEM code of practice for proton therapy dosimetry based on the NPL primary standard proton calorimeter calibration service, Green, Stuart, Lourenço, Ana, Palmans, Hugo, Lee, Nigel, Amos, Richard A, Souza, Derek D’, Fiorini, Francesca, Van Den Heuvel, Frank, Kacperek, Andrzej, Mackay, Ranald, Pettingell, John, Thomas, Russell

Scientific Reports - Carbon minibeam radiation therapy results in tumor growth delay in an osteosarcoma murine model

MD Anderson says the collaborative, set to begin in 2026, will combine the two institutions’ patient populations to “increase pediatric cancer clinical trials.”

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

Background Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a binary radiotherapy based on the intravenous administration of a borated drug to the patient and the subsequent irradiation with a low-energy neu...

Human cerebral organoids provide insights into mechanisms behind the formation of choroid plexus (CP)-like structures that may contribute to radiation-induced brain image changes.

Fan and colleagues show that FLASH radiation promotes proinflammatory polarization of tumor-associated macrophages, which in turn increases T cell influx in medulloblastoma and synergizes with CAR-T c...

Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) [1] is a type of spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) [2], which uses submillimetric (0.5–1.0 mm) proton beams spaced by 1.0 to 4.0 mm. The dose pr...

Background and purpose: The FLASH effect expands the therapeutic ratio of tumor control to normal tissue toxicity observed after delivery of ultra-high (>100 Gy/s FLASH-RT) vs. conventional dose rate ...

The battle against cancer remains a top priority for society, with an urgent need to develop therapies capable of targeting challenging tumours while preserving...

Fan and colleagues show that FLASH radiation promotes proinflammatory polarization of tumor-associated macrophages, which in turn increases T cell influx in medulloblastoma and synergizes with CAR-T c...

Proton therapy can achieve a highly targeted treatment by utilising the advantageous dosimetric characteristics of the Bragg Peak. Protons traversing through a material will deposit their maximum ener...

Combining microbeam radiotherapy with targeted radiosensitizers could treat tumours while sparing normal brain tissues

The battle against cancer remains a top priority for society, with an urgent need to develop therapies capable of targeting challenging tumours while preserving...

A multidisciplinary team at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is poised to make significant advancements in cancer treatment by designing a proton therapy centre in Cape Town, aimed at serving both th...

Applications of laser-plasma accelerated protons in fundamental, applied and medical sciences crucially depend on the creation of stable collimated beams with high repetition rates. Here the authors d...

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Ultrahigh dose-rate FLASH radiation therapy has emerged as a modality that promises to reduce normal tissue toxicity while maintaining tumor control. Previous studies of gastrointestinal toxicity usin...

In the last year UCL’s staff, students and alumni have continued to change the world with their research, innovation and achievements. From making key discoveries in dementia and cancer research, to b...