The Challenge Facing Academic Radiotherapy Physics in the UK

Medical physics has been central to the scientific and technical development of radiotherapy since its inception as a treatment modality for cancer patients. As well as delivering a safe and effective cancer treatment, radiotherapy centres are routinely implementing innovations into the clinic [1] and physicists are central to innovation generation and innovation adoption. Bortfeld and Jeraj [2] highlighted the historic achievements of physics research in radiation therapy (radiotherapy) and argued for the continuing role and the need to develop academic medical physics and radiotherapy physics research.

Source: Clinical Oncology - July 21, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: A.R. Hounsell, M.A. Hawkins, P. Evans, National Cancer Research Institute Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group (CTRad) Executive and Workstream 4 Tags: Editorial Source Type: research