Why should radiological oncology do translational research?

Publication date: January–February 2019Source: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, Volume 24, Issue 1Author(s): Rut Cañas, Isabel Linares, Ferran Guedea, Miguel Ángel BerenguerAbstractRadiological Oncology, like the rest of medical specialties, is beginning to provide can personalized therapies. The ongoing scientific advances enable a great degree of precision in diagnoses and therapies. To fight cancer, from a radiotherapy unit, requires up-to-date equipment, professionals with different specialties working in synchrony (doctors, physicists, biologists, etc.) and a lot of research. Some of the new therapeutic tendencies are immunotherapy, nanoparticles, gene therapy, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, etc. A new clinical paradigm in which new professional networks are inevitable is arising. The mission of translational research is to become a scientific engine in the clinical space.
Source: Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research