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 …

Ultra‐high dose rate dosimetry: challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiation therapy

F Romano, C Bailat, PG Jorge, MLF Lerch… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical translation of FLASH radiotherapy (RT) requires challenges related to dosimetry
and beam monitoring of ultra‐high dose rate (UHDR) beams to be addressed. Detectors …

Ultra‐high dose rate electron beams and the FLASH effect: from preclinical evidence to a new radiotherapy paradigm

E Schüler, M Acharya, P Montay‐Gruel… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In their seminal paper from 2014, Fauvadon et al. coined the term FLASH irradiation to
describe ultra‐high‐dose rate irradiation with dose rates greater than 40 Gy/s, which results …

Quantification of oxygen depletion during FLASH irradiation in vitro and in vivo

X Cao, R Zhang, TV Esipova, SR Allu, R Ashraf… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Delivery of radiation at ultrahigh dose rates (UHDRs), known as FLASH, has
recently been shown to preferentially spare normal tissues from radiation damage compared …

FLASH: New intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, and cancer medicine

MC Vozenin, BW Loo Jr, S Tantawi, PG Maxim… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Ultrahigh dose rate, FLASH radiotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising
innovations over the past decade in the field of radiation oncology, with the potential to …

The current status of preclinical proton FLASH radiation and future directions

ES Diffenderfer, BS Sørensen, A Mazal… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We review the current status of proton FLASH experimental systems, including preclinical
physical and biological results. Technological limitations on preclinical investigation of …

Establishment and initial experience of clinical FLASH radiotherapy in canine cancer patients

E Konradsson, ML Arendt, K Bastholm Jensen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
FLASH radiotherapy has emerged as a treatment technique with great potential to increase
the differential effect between normal tissue toxicity and tumor response compared to …

FLASH radiotherapy with photon beams

P Montay‐Gruel, S Corde, JA Laissue… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultra‐high‐dose rate “FLASH” radiotherapy (FLASH‐RT) has been shown to drastically
reduce normal tissue toxicities while being as efficacious as conventional dose rate …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for quality assurance of ultrahigh dose rate clinical trials investigating FLASH effects and current technology gaps

W Zou, R Zhang, E Schüler, PA Taylor… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT), delivered with ultrahigh dose rate (UHDR),
may allow patients to be treated with less normal tissue toxicity for a given tumor dose …

[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 …