4–6 Sept 2019
CNA Seville
Europe/Madrid timezone

Proton FLASH - a perspective

Not scheduled
1h 30m
Salón de Actos (CNA Seville)

Salón de Actos

CNA Seville

Venida Thomas Alva Edison n º 7 Parque Tecnológico Cartuja '93 E‐41092 Seville – Spain

Speaker

Simon Busold (Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH)

Description

FLASH radiotherapy is a novel treatment modality, which promises reduced normal tissue toxicity while keeping the same tumor control. This so-called "FLASH effect" can be observed when delivering high doses of radiation in very short time and was demonstrated by Favaudon et al. in 2014 using a 4.5 MeV electron beam to irradiate mouse lungs in vivo. Since then multiple other experiments followed, mainly using electrons, but also with X-rays or proton beams. The creation of "FLASH beams" is technically demanding and in the range of currently clinically available treatment machines only specific particle therapy systems like Varian's ProBeam system might be able to provide these beams.

Primary author

Simon Busold (Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH)

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