Nature sub-journal: Laser-accelerated proton beam irradiation for tumor therapy

Radiation therapy using conventional accelerator proton beams has been used to treat different types of cancer
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Recent studies have shown that using ultra-high radiation dose rates several orders of magnitude higher than current clinical standards may be less likely to destroy healthy tissue surrounding tumor cells than using currently recommended radiation dose rates, an effect also known as the FLASH effect

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Radiation therapy using conventional accelerator proton beams has been used to treat different types of cancer
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On March 14 , 2022 , researchers from the Helmholtz - Dresden - Rosendorf Research Center in Germany published a paper entitled: Tumour irradiation in mice with a laser-accelerated proton beaminNaturePhysics, a sub-journal of Nature .

This pilot study reports the results of irradiating mouse tumors with protons generated by a stable, compact laser plasma accelerator

The research team constructed a research platform that enables ultra-high peak dose rate irradiation of tumors in small animal models using a proton beam from a laser plasma accelerator

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The research team constructed a research platform that enables ultra-high peak dose rate irradiation of tumors in small animal models using a proton beam from a laser plasma accelerator

The inherently high dose rates of laser plasma accelerators demonstrate their potential value for studying the mechanisms behind the FLASH effect, according to a " News and Views " article in the journal Nature Physics, titled: Ready for translational research.

The inherently high dose rates of laser plasma accelerators demonstrate their potential value for studying the mechanisms behind the FLASH effect, according to a " News and Views " article in the journal Nature Physics, titled: Ready for translational research.

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