How rapid advances in imaging are defining the future of precision radiation oncology

L Beaton, S Bandula, MN Gaze, RA Sharma - British journal of cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Imaging has an essential role in the planning and delivery of radiotherapy. Recent advances
in imaging have led to the development of advanced radiotherapy techniques—including …

High-tech in radiation oncology: should there be a ceiling?

SM Bentzen - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To analyze some of the limitations to improvement of the outcome of
radiotherapy (RT) expected from the introduction of sophisticated treatment planning and …

Imaging in radiation oncology: a perspective

LA Dawson, C Ménard - The oncologist, 2010 - academic.oup.com
An inherent goal of radiation therapy is to deliver enough dose to the tumor to eradicate all
cancer cells or to palliate symptoms, while avoiding normal tissue injury. Imaging for cancer …

Radiation oncology in the era of precision medicine

M Baumann, M Krause, J Overgaard, J Debus… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Technological advances and clinical research over the past few decades have given
radiation oncologists the capability to personalize treatments for accurate delivery of …

Contemporary radiotherapy: present and future

RA Chandra, FK Keane, FEM Voncken, CR Thomas - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Oncology care is increasingly a multidisciplinary endeavour, and radiation therapy
continues to have a key role across the disease spectrum in nearly every cancer. However …

Image-guided radiotherapy: rationale, benefits, and limitations

LA Dawson, MB Sharpe - The lancet oncology, 2006 - thelancet.com
Technological advances have greatly enhanced the specialty of radiation oncology by
allowing more healthy tissue to be spared for the same or better tumour coverage …

Theragnostic imaging for radiation oncology: dose-painting by numbers

SM Bentzen - The lancet oncology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Theragnostic imaging for radiation oncology is the use of molecular and functional imaging
to prescribe the distribution of radiation in four dimensions—the three dimensions of space …

The role of imaging in radiation therapy planning: past, present, and future

GC Pereira, M Traughber… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The use of ionizing radiation for cancer treatment has undergone extraordinary development
during the past hundred years. The advancement of medical imaging has been critical in …

Image-guided radiotherapy: from current concept to future perspectives

DA Jaffray - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2012 - nature.com
Radiotherapy is a highly effective, targeted therapy for the management of cancer.
Technological innovations have enabled the direct integration of imaging technology into …

Clinical use of PET-CT data for radiotherapy planning: what are we looking for?

A Chiti, M Kirienko, V Grégoire - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2010 - thegreenjournal.com
Personalized medicine is the new driving force in the modern era of medicine. In oncology,
personalized management of a patient's disease means the application of specific …