Radiation Therapy in a FLASH: a review of current literature on ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy
Dan Mulrow (Hosted by Dickhoff), Washington University, PhD Student in Nuclear Chemistry and Radiation Oncology
My talk will cover an emerging radiation therapy, called FLASH, which utilizes ultra-high dose rates to treat cancer. There is growing evidence that this mode of treatment is more efficacious than what is presently used (CONV). A clear explanation for the apparent biological
outcomes, between FLASH and CONV, does not exist. There is, however, a rapidly growing research effort to understand the relevant physical, chemical and biological processes, and their overlapping time scales. This presentation will principally cover the beam properties, and thus machines, required for FLASH and compare to those used for CONV.