Due to the limited number of particle therapy centres worldwide, the outcome of these two
surveys is very powerful and proved a broad overview of actual clinical practice. Assessing …

Background and purpose Organ motion compromises accurate particle therapy delivery.
This study reports on the practice patterns for real-time intrafractional motion-management in …

Background and purpose Many 4D particle therapy research concepts have been recently
translated into clinics, however, remaining substantial differences depend on the indication …

The major aim of radiation therapy is to provide curative or palliative treatment to cancerous
malignancies while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Charged particle radiotherapy …

Acta Oncologica has for more than two decades sponsored scientific symposia on emerging
issues in all fields of oncology. The most recent symposia within radiation oncology have …

For more than 100 years, our specialty has directed great ingenuity toward the challenge of
delivering high doses of radiation to gross cancer, lower doses to microscopic cancer, and …

Background and purpose Anatomical changes may compromise the planned target
coverage and organs-at-risk dose in particle therapy. This study reports on the practice …

Dose uncertainty induced by respiratory motion remains a major concern for treating
thoracic and abdominal lesions using particle beams. This Task Group report reviews the …

A key challenge in radiation oncology is accurate delivery of the prescribed dose to tumours
that move because of respiration. Tumour tracking involves real-time target localisation and …

In this review article, we introduced the importance of “motion management” in advanced
particle therapy. Several publications have reported that organ motion causes dose …