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 …

[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 …

Proton FLASH radiation therapy and immune infiltration: evaluation in an orthotopic glioma rat model

L Iturri, A Bertho, C Lamirault, M Juchaux… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT) is a promising radiation technique that uses
ultrahigh doses of radiation to increase the therapeutic window of the treatment. FLASH-RT …

VHEE FLASH sparing effect measured at CLEAR, CERN with DNA damage of pBR322 plasmid as a biological endpoint

HC Wanstall, P Korysko, W Farabolini, R Corsini… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) irradiation has been shown to have a sparing effect on healthy
tissue, an effect known as 'FLASH'. This effect has been studied across several radiation …

Nonlinear pulse compression of a 200 mJ and 1 kW ultrafast thin-disk amplifier

Y Pfaff, G Barbiero, M Rampp, S Klingebiel, J Brons… - Optics express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present a high-energy laser source consisting of an ultrafast thin-disk amplifier followed
by a nonlinear compression stage. At a repetition rate of 5 kHz, the drive laser provides a …

Enhanced laser wakefield acceleration utilizing Hermite–Gaussian laser pulses in homogeneous plasma

V Sharma, V Thakur - Journal of Optics, 2023 - Springer
The paper investigates the phenomenon of laser wakefield acceleration in a collisionless
underdense plasma using Hermite–Gaussian laser pulses. Laser wakefield acceleration is a …

A 2D strip ionization chamber array with high spatiotemporal resolution for proton pencil beam scanning FLASH radiotherapy

Y Yang, C Shi, CC Chen, P Tsai, M Kang… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Experimental measurements of two‐dimensional (2D) dose rate distributions in
proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) FLASH radiation therapy (RT) are currently lacking. In …

Treatment planning consideration for very high-energy electron FLASH radiotherapy

G Zhang, Z Zhang, W Gao, H Quan - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Very high-energy electron (VHEE) can make up the insufficient treatment depth of
the low-energy electron while offering an intermediate dosimetric advantage between …

Very high-energy electrons as radiotherapy opportunity

J Fischer, L Whitmore, C Desrosiers… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2024 - epjplus.epj.org
The use of very high-energy electrons (VHEEs) with energies in the range of 100-250 MeV
has recently garnered significant attention for use in radiotherapy. VHEE beams manifest …

Impact of multiple beams on the FLASH effect in soft tissue and skin in mice

A Mascia, S McCauley, J Speth, SA Nunez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose FLASH proton pencil beam scanning (p-PBS) showed a reduction in mouse skin
toxicity and fibrosis when delivered as a single, uninterrupted, high-dose fraction. Clinical p …