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Marco Durante1, Elke Bräuer-Krisch2, Mark Hill3.
Abstract
Recent results from the Franco-Swiss team of Institute Curie and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois demonstrate a remarkable sparing of normal tissue after irradiation at ultra-high dose rate (>40 Gy s-1). The "FLASH" radiotherapy maintains tumour control level, suggesting that ultra-high dose rate can substantially enhance the therapeutic window in radiotherapy. The results have been obtained so far only with 4-6 MeV electrons in lung and brain mouse model. Nevertheless, they have attracted a great attention for the potential clinical applications. Oxygen depletion had been discussed many years ago as a possible mechanism for reduction of the damage after exposure to ultra-high dose rate. However, the mechanism underlying the effect observed in the FLASH radiotherapy remains to be elucidated.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29172684 PMCID: PMC5965780 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20170628
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Radiol ISSN: 0007-1285 Impact factor: 3.039