SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2022 – FLASH radiation treatment – which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second – may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors ...

A faster and safer radiation treatment may one day be available to cancer patients, thanks in part to a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Scientists at Penn Medicine's Abramson ...

Someday, specialized systems could barrage cancer patients with particles to deliver a full course of radiation therapy in mere microseconds, new research suggests. Using an emerging technique known ...

DKFZ researchers (left to right) Jan Knoll, Jeannette Jansen and Joao Seco are investigating the mechanisms underlying FLASH radiotherapy. (Courtesy: Joao Seco) Radiotherapy using rapid irradiation at ...

Jian-Yue Jin is using computational modelling to study the potential mechanisms underlying FLASH radiotherapy. (Courtesy: Jian-Yue Jin) “FLASH radiotherapy is potentially a game-changing technology,” ...

Flash radiation therapy was used to treat the first patient in the world earlier this week during the start of a clinical trial at the Proton Therapy Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, ...

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mevion Medical Systems presented publicly the first pre-clinical results of its research demonstrating the FLASH effect using a commercial MEVION S250i proton ...

Professor Marco Durante, Head of the Biophysics Department at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and Professor at the Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt, Institute of Condensed Matter ...

Radiation therapy kills cancer cells, but it can also damage healthy cells, causing side effects like fatigue, nausea, and skin changes. Certain medications may help. Radiation therapy is a common ...

After receiving radiation therapy for uterine cancer, you may experience fertility challenges, vaginal dryness, and bowel or bladder problems. Options to manage and relieve your side effects can vary.