There is growing interest in the radiotherapy community in the application of FLASH
radiotherapy, wherein the dose is delivered to the entire treatment volume in less than a …

Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) is a novel therapeutic strategy that combines
the normal tissue sparing of sub-millimetric, spatially fractionated beams with the improved …

The concept of spatial fractionation in radiotherapy was developed for better sparing of
normal tissue in the entrance channel of radiation. Spatial fractionation utilizing proton …

This paper presents the experimental results on the Terapia Oncologica con Protoni-
Intensity Modulated Proton Linear Accelerator (TOP-IMPLART) beam that is currently …

Purpose Radiotherapy plays an important role for the treatment of tumor diseases in two‐
thirds of all cases, but it is limited by side effects in the surrounding healthy tissue. Proton …

Simple Summary Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) is a novel therapeutic
strategy that combines the tissue sparing potential of submillimetric, spatially fractionated …

Cancer therapy with ions has several advantages over X-ray and proton therapy, but its
diffusion remains limited primarily because of the size and cost of the accelerator. To …

Recently presented RF cavity prototypes printed entirely from pure copper illustrate the
potential of additive manufacturing (AM), and particularly laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) …

Hadron therapy has been first proposed in 1946 by Robert Wilson as an advanced form of
radiotherapy. Hadrons, such as protons and light ions, release the largest part of their …

In this chapter, we address the role of radiation as treatment modality in the context of
oncological treatments given to patients. Physical aspects of the use of ionizing radiation …