A mouse model for microbeam radiotherapy of the lung

Radiotherapy is an important treatment component for patients with lung cancer. However, the survival time gained with clinical radiotherapy techniques is relatively short.Data from pre-clinical experiments suggest that synchrotron microbeam radiotherapy (MRT) could be much better suited to control malignant brain tumours than current clinical concepts of radiotherapy. Even at peak doses of several hundred Gy, the extent of functional deficits is amazingly low.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Biology Contribution Source Type: research