High technology in radiation therapy
The success of Stereotactic Radiation Surgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy (SABR) techniques depends critically on having an adequate collection and algorithmic handling of the image data describing the patient body and organ motion. …Read more…….
Breathing causes organs to move How do you treat a moving target with an X-ray beam? Especially when it is a lung tumour moving while the patient breathes? Often the treatment targets are small and the planned dose distributions have steep gradients with potentially very high doses delivered in a small Read more…
Cancer Council Australia lists lung cancer as one of the five most commonly diagnosed cancers. It has the poorest 5-year survival cure rate in the group, of 17%. Whether it be by chemotherapy, surgery, or radiotherapy, there are medical and technical difficulties in treating lung cancer patients……. Read More
Cancer treatment typically involves systemic therapy such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy, in combination with a local therapy. Local therapy such as surgery, radiation therapy or other energy ablation treatment options are used. For small tumours, stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is an emerging standard of care. SABR is a non-invasive Read more…
Stereotactic Radiotherapy is an advanced external beam radiotherapy technique. It differs to most other external beam radiotherapy in that it delivers a focused higher dose to a small tumour target……….Read More
Join up now! Diagnostic medical imaging is becoming more routinely used in radiotherapy, from planning to response assessment. The Medical Image Registration Special Interest Group (MIRSIG) is a new focus group formed by the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM). It’s open to all interested parties Read more…
Personalised medicine or individualised therapy is an approach that was greatly advocated over the last decade and remains the leitmotif in the forthcoming years. The “one size fits all” system that used to dominate the world of radiotherapy and oncology is no more an accepted way of treatment……….Read More
The Foundation is proud to be involved in the #ModelLinac project; – the design, creation, launch and distribution of an innovative model lego mini linac machine, officially unveiled at the EPSM conference in October 2019. The model linac has been developed in two formats: – a health provider model and Read more…
At the 26th AIIA National iAwards held in Melbourne 27 – 29 August, Wen was announced as the National winner of the ‘Inspiration of the Year Award’……… ….Read More
The list of articles for patient information is steadily growing. Check out the latest article on ‘Deep Inspiration Breath Hold’ (DIBH) for breast cancer treatment courtesy of Mikaela Dell’Oro…..Read More…
