Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions

A Sorensen, K Agarwal, KW Brown, Z Chajęcki… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The nuclear equation of state (EOS) is at the center of numerous theoretical and
experimental efforts in nuclear physics. With advances in microscopic theories for nuclear …

Carbon ion radiobiology

W Tinganelli, M Durante - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiotherapy with carbon ions has been used for over 20 years in Asia
and Europe and is now planned in the USA. The physics advantages of carbon ions …

Physics and biomedical challenges of cancer therapy with accelerated heavy ions

M Durante, J Debus, JS Loeffler - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Radiotherapy should have low toxicity in the entrance channel (normal tissue) and be very
effective in cell killing in the target region (tumour). In this regard, ions heavier than protons …

Roadmap: helium ion therapy

A Mairani, S Mein, E Blakely, J Debus… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Helium ion beam therapy for the treatment of cancer was one of several developed and
studied particle treatments in the 1950s, leading to clinical trials beginning in 1975 at the …

International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: sinonasal tumors

EC Kuan, EW Wang, ND Adappa… - International forum of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Sinonasal neoplasms, whether benign and malignant, pose a significant
challenge to clinicians and represent a model area for multidisciplinary collaboration in …

Radioprotection and radiomitigation: from the bench to clinical practice

E Obrador, R Salvador, JI Villaescusa, JM Soriano… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of protective agents against harmful radiations has been a subject of
investigation for decades. However, effective (ideal) radioprotectors and radiomitigators …

Ferroptosis: a novel regulated cell death participating in cellular stress response, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy

X Zheng, X **, F Ye, X Liu, B Yu, Z Li, T Zhao… - … Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Background Ferroptosis is a regulated cell death mode triggered by iron-dependent toxic
membrane lipid peroxidation. As a novel cell death modality that is morphologically and …

Focused VHEE (very high energy electron) beams and dose delivery for radiotherapy applications

L Whitmore, RI Mackay, M Van Herk, JK Jones… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This paper presents the first demonstration of deeply penetrating dose delivery using
focused very high energy electron (VHEE) beams using quadrupole magnets in Monte Carlo …

The proton-boron reaction increases the radiobiological effectiveness of clinical low-and high-energy proton beams: novel experimental evidence and perspectives

P Bláha, C Feoli, S Agosteo, M Calvaruso… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Protontherapy is a rapidly expanding radiotherapy modality where accelerated proton
beams are used to precisely deliver the dose to the tumor target but is generally considered …

Biological mechanisms to reduce radioresistance and increase the efficacy of radiotherapy: state of the art

F Busato, BE Khouzai, M Mognato - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatment with ionizing radiation (IR) is a well-established and effective clinical
method to fight different types of tumors and is a palliative treatment to cure metastatic …