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 …

FLASH radiotherapy: mechanisms of biological effects and the therapeutic potential in cancer

O Yan, S Wang, Q Wang, X Wang - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Radiotherapy is an important treatment for many unresectable advanced malignant tumors,
and radiotherapy-associated inflammatory reactions to radiation and other toxic side effects …

FLASH radiation reprograms lipid metabolism and macrophage immunity and sensitizes medulloblastoma to CAR-T cell therapy

H Ni, ZJ Reitman, W Zou, MN Akhtar, R Paul, M Huang… - Nature Cancer, 2025 - nature.com
FLASH radiotherapy holds promise for treating solid tumors given the potential lower toxicity
in normal tissues but its therapeutic effects on tumor immunity remain largely unknown …

FLASH radiotherapy sparing effect on the circulating lymphocytes in pencil beam scanning proton therapy: Impact of hypofractionation and dose rate

A Galts, A Hammi - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Purpose. The sparing effect of ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy has been reported,
but its potential to mitigate depletion of circulating blood and lymphocytes (CL) has not been …

Redefining flash radiation therapy: The impact of mean dose rate and dose per pulse in the gastrointestinal tract

K Liu, T Waldrop, E Aguilar, N Mims, D Neill… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose The understanding of how varying radiation beam parameter settings affect the
induction and magnitude of the FLASH effect remains limited. We sought to systematically …

[HTML][HTML] Stereotactic body proton therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: Clinical indications and recommendations

MT McMillan, M Kang, AF Shepherd, W Liu… - … of Radiosurgery and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has emerged as a standard treatment approach
for early-stage lung cancer and intrathoracic oligometastatic or oligoprogressive disease …

Development and characterization of a dedicated dose monitor for ultrahigh-dose-rate scanned carbon-ion beams

M Yagi, S Shimizu, N Hamatani, T Miyoshi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The current monochromatic beam mode (ie, uHDR irradiation mode) of the scanned carbon-
ion beam lacks a dedicated dose monitor, making the beam control challenging. We …

Navigating the Critical Translational Questions for Implementing FLASH in the Clinic

BW Loo Jr, II Verginadis, BS Sørensen… - Seminars in Radiation …, 2024 - Elsevier
The “FLASH effect” is an increased therapeutic index, that is, reduced normal tissue toxicity
for a given degree of anti-cancer efficacy, produced by ultra-rapid irradiation delivered on …

Possible mechanisms and simulation modeling of FLASH radiotherapy

Y Shiraishi, Y Matsuya, H Fukunaga - Radiological Physics and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) has great potential to improve patient outcomes. It
delivers radiation doses at an ultra-high dose rate (UHDR:≥ 40 Gy/s) in a single instant or a …

FLASH effect is not always induced by ultra-high dose-rate proton irradiation under hypoxic conditions

S Nomura, M Hasegawa, N Kamiguchi… - Anticancer …, 2024 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Pre-clinical studies have shown that irradiation with electrons at an ultra-
high dose-rate (FLASH) spares normal tissue while maintaining tumor control. However …