Mayo Clinic and Google Health have developed an algorithm trained on de-identified CT scan contours from head and neck cancer patients to improve time efficiency and standardization for radiation therapy planning.
A new conducted in both mice and a small group of patients with advanced cancers has shown that so-called ‘cold’ tumors that are nearly devoid of immune cells—and therefore unresponsive to immunotherapy—can be turned ‘hot’ with extremely low doses of radiation and the rational use of existing therapies.
The X1, from RefleXion Medical, uses biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) that combines PET imaging with targeted radiation therapy in one session.
Cancer patients in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region have access to proton radiation therapy, now available at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Proton Therapy Center.
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