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An innovative upgrade to @IowaRadOnc’s MRI-Linac is featured as an Editor’s Choice article in Physics World . Following the introduction of Comprehensive Motion Management (CMM) to the Elekta Unity MR Linac, the team noted the ability of the system to perfectly track target motion even during...
A drinkable carbon monoxide (CO) foam is the latest development in a series of gas-entrapped materials (GEMs) that deliver therapeutic doses to cancer cells.
Congrats to the Michelle Howard and her team of researchers on the successful renewal of funding from the The Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund
James Byrnes, MD, PhD secures a Catalyst Award from the Falk Medical Trust
Congrats to: the Griguer lab who won a $2.2 million NIH grant to continue their research into understanding the mechanisms that lead to the development of radio-resistance in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM); an aggressive brain tumor. The five-year study “Mitochondria electron...
Rad Onc wins second Patient Experience Award
Gas Entrapping Materials used to treat cancer
Congratulations to the students who presented at this years SFRBM annual meeting. Casey Pulliam, Khaliunaa "Una" Bayanbold, Mekhla Singhania and Mike Petronek all presented their research. Additionally, Mike Petronek earned the Irwin Fridovich YIA Award; for one of the top two scored abstracts/...
Dr Anderson shared the results of the Phase 3 Trial of Avasopasem Manganese (GC4419) to Reduce Severe Oral Mucositis Due to Concurrent Radiotherapy and Cisplatin For Head and Neck Cancer at the ASTRO Annual Meeting, 2022. The next development will seek to obtain FDA approval for this treatment!
Ryan Flynn, PhD and his team of researchers received funding to further develop Rotating Shield Brachytherapy for clinical and commercial use. The STTR (Small Business technology Transfer) grant awarded will fund the development of a rechargeable, therefore reusable Ytterbium-169 source for the...