Flash radiotherapy: Expectations, challenges, and current knowledge

A Borghini, L Labate, S Piccinini, CMV Panaino… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Major strides have been made in the development of FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH RT) in
the last ten years, but there are still many obstacles to overcome for transfer to the clinic to …

[HTML][HTML] The oxygen puzzle in FLASH radiotherapy: A comprehensive review and experimental outlook

A Scarmelotto, V Delprat, C Michiels, S Lucas… - Clinical and translational …, 2024 - Elsevier
FLASH radiotherapy is attracting increasing interest because it maintains tumor control while
inflicting less damage to normal tissues compared to conventional radiotherapy. This …

Luminescence imaging of water irradiated by protons under FLASH radiation therapy conditions

K Yogo, S Kodaira, T Kusumoto… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. FLASH radiation therapy with ultrahigh dose rates (UHDR) has the potential to
reduce damage to normal tissue while maintaining anti-tumor efficacy. However, rapid and …

Modeling for predicting survival fraction of cells after ultra-high dose rate irradiation

Y Shiraishi, Y Matsuya, T Kusumoto… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) with ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) irradiation
(ie> 40 Gy s− 1) spares the function of normal tissues while preserving antitumor efficacy …

Microfluidic-based electrically driven particle manipulation techniques for biomedical applications

J Wang, X Cui, W Wang, J Wang, Q Zhang, X Guo… - RSC …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic chips exhibit unique advantages in both economy and rapidity, particularly for
the separation and detection of biomolecules. In this review, we first introduced the …

Effect of Ultrahigh Dose Rate on Biomolecular Radiation Damage

D Sforza, F Bunz, J Wong, D Miles… - Radiation …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Dose rate is one of the important parameters in radiation-induced biomolecular damage.
The effects of dose rate have been known to modify radiation toxicity in biological systems …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of FLASH proton therapy on primary bronchial epithelial cell organoids

ME Kuipers, F van Liefferinge, E van der Wal… - Clinical and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Purpose The effects of conventional (CONV) and FLASH proton therapy on primary
bronchial epithelial cell (PBEC) organoids from individuals with chronic obstructive …

[HTML][HTML] Position in proton Bragg curve influences DNA damage complexity and survival in head and neck cancer cells

T Heemskerk, C Groenendijk, M Rovituso… - Clinical and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Understanding the cellular and molecular effect of proton
radiation, particularly the increased DNA damage complexity at the distal end of the Bragg …

Dose Rate Effects on Hydrated Electrons, Hydrogen Peroxide, and a OH Radical Molecular Probe Under Clinical Energy Protons

T Kusumoto, A Danvin, T Mamiya… - Radiation …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
We report the dose rate dependence of radiation chemical yields (G value) of water
radiolysis products under clinical energy protons (230 MeV) to understand mechanisms of …

Modeling of DNA Radiation damage and Biological Response using Monte Carlo Simulation technique

MM Salama, M Ali, MM Khalil… - Advances in Basic and …, 2024 - abas.journals.ekb.eg
The simulation of DNA damage and the subsequent biological response using Monte Carlo
simulation techniques is a pivotal area of research in radiation biology and biophysics …