ReviewJournal of physics D: Applied physics2025
Emerging strategies in radiation therapy: promises and challenges of spatial fractionation, ultra-high dose rates, and nanoparticles.
Review in Journal of physics D: Applied physics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bibliometric analysis of global research trends in spatially fractionated radiotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- pH responsive nanoplatforms for radiosensitization and radioprotection in cancer therapy.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Biomimetic model for the identification of distinctive microenvironmental factors in glioblastoma radiosensitivity.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT): a scoping review of dosimetric and biological evidence supporting a valley dose-driven translational framework.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2026Article
- SFRT alleviates symptoms associated with bulky advanced cancer: a retrospective single-center cohort analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Pulse-by-pulse ultra-high resolution scintillation imaging of proton FLASH beams produced by a gantry-mounted synchrocyclotron.Physics in medicine and biology · 2025Article
- A review on radiochromic film dosimetry in radiation therapy.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2025Review
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Abstract
Radiation therapy (RT) employs ionizing radiation to kill cancerous cells. However, delivering radiation to tumors, typically embedded within normal tissues, inevitably exposes healthy organs to radiation, leading to collateral damage. This creates a tradeoff between the tumor control probability and normal tissue complication probability, ultimately limiting the dose that can be safely administered. While highly conformal RT techniques have improved tumor targeting and treatment efficacy, they remain inadequate for treating large and radioresistant tumors, pointing out the need for alternative strategies. Spatially fractionated RT, ultra-high dose rate RT, and nanoparticle-enhanced RT are emerging techniques with promise in enhancing tumor control while minimizing normal tissue toxicity. Successful clinical translation of these advanced techniques requires cross-disciplinary efforts aimed at technological innovation, a deeper understanding of the underlying radiobiological mechanisms, and the development of early-phase clinical trials. This paper provides an overview of these techniques and their associated challenges and opportunities.
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