Towards clinical translation of FLASH radiotherapy

MC Vozenin, J Bourhis, M Durante - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2022 - nature.com
The ultimate goal of radiation oncology is to eradicate tumours without toxicity to non-
malignant tissues. FLASH radiotherapy, or the delivery of ultra-high dose rates of radiation …

Reinventing radiobiology in the light of FLASH radiotherapy

CL Limoli, MC Vozenin - Annual Review of Cancer Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Ultrahigh–dose rate FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) is a potentially paradigm-shifting
treatment modality that holds the promise of expanding the therapeutic index for nearly any …

FLASH with carbon ions: Tumor control, normal tissue sparing, and distal metastasis in a mouse osteosarcoma model

W Tinganelli, U Weber, A Puspitasari… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The FLASH effect is a potential breakthrough in radiotherapy
because ultra-high dose-rate irradiation can substantially widen the therapeutic window …

FLASH: New intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, and cancer medicine

MC Vozenin, BW Loo Jr, S Tantawi, PG Maxim… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Ultrahigh dose rate, FLASH radiotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising
innovations over the past decade in the field of radiation oncology, with the potential to …

Dual beam‐current transformer design for monitoring and reporting of electron ultra‐high dose rate (FLASH) beam parameters

K Liu, A Palmiero, N Chopra… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the usefulness and effectiveness of a dual beam‐current transformer
(BCTs) design to monitor and record the beam dosimetry output and energy of pulsed …

[HTML][HTML] A new solution for UHDP and UHDR (Flash) measurements: Theory and conceptual design of ALLS chamber

F Di Martino, D Del Sarto, MG Bisogni, S Capaccioli… - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultra-High dose-per-pulse regimens (UHDP), necessary to trigger the “FLASH” effect, still
pose serious challenges to dosimetry. Dosimetry plays a crucial role, both to significantly …

Flash radiotherapy: Innovative cancer treatment

JCL Chow, HE Ruda - Encyclopedia, 2023 - mdpi.com
Definition Flash radiotherapy (Flash-RT) is an innovative technique used in radiotherapy for
cancer treatment because it delivers an extremely high dose of radiation (> 40 Gy/s) to the …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for quality assurance of ultrahigh dose rate clinical trials investigating FLASH effects and current technology gaps

W Zou, R Zhang, E Schüler, PA Taylor… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT), delivered with ultrahigh dose rate (UHDR),
may allow patients to be treated with less normal tissue toxicity for a given tumor dose …

[HTML][HTML] FLASH radiotherapy treatment planning and models for electron beams

M Rahman, A Trigilio, G Franciosini, R Moeckli… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The FLASH effect designates normal tissue sparing at ultra-high dose rate (UHDR,> 40
Gy/s) compared to conventional dose rate (∼ 0.1 Gy/s) irradiation while maintaining tumour …

Independent reproduction of the FLASH effect on the gastrointestinal tract: a multi-institutional comparative study

A Valdés Zayas, N Kumari, K Liu, D Neill… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The ability of ultra-high dose rate FLASH radiation therapy (RT) to reduce
normal tissue toxicity without affecting tumor response relative to conventional dose rate …