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SUMMARY:Nuclear physics for next-generation cancer therapy
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Marco Durante\n\nParticle therapy is a rapidly growi
 ng and potentially the most effective and precise radiotherapy technique. 
 However\, physics research is needed to address a few problems that hamper
  its wider diffusion1.\nFirst\, particle therapy is too expensive. Cheaper
  and smaller accelerators and beam delivery systems are necessary2. Second
 \, the position of the Bragg peak in the body is known with insufficient a
 ccuracy3. Range uncertainties jeopardize the benefits of the sharp Bragg p
 eak and force to use wide margins extending in the normal tissue. In addit
 ion\, new detectors can improve imaging and dose monitoring while high-pre
 cision fragmentation measurements can improve transport codes used in trea
 tment plans4.\nIn this lecture we will give some examples of applications 
 of nuclear physics to particle therapy. Among the examples\, we will discu
 ss nuclear fragmentation in therapy\,  possible use of heavier ions\, and
  recent ERC grants addressing range uncertainty reduction using radioactiv
 e ion beams5 or co-acceleration of light and heavy ions.\n1.       D
 urante\, M.\, Golubev\, A.\, Park\, W.-Y. & Trautmann\, C. Applied nuclear
  physics at the new high-energy particle accelerator facilities. Phys. Rep
 . 800\, 1–37 (2019).\n2.       Maradia\, V. et al. Accelerator tec
 hnologies for proton and ion beam therapy. Nat. Phys. 21\, 1363–1373 (20
 25).\n3.       Durante\, M.\, Debus\, J. & Loeffler\, J. S. Physics 
 and biomedical challenges of cancer therapy with accelerated heavy ions. N
 at. Rev. Phys. 3\, 777–790 (2021).\n4.       Durante\, M. & Pagane
 tti\, H. Nuclear physics in particle therapy: A review. Reports Prog. Phys
 . 79\, (2016).\n5.       Boscolo\, D. et al. Image-guided treatment 
 of mouse tumours with radioactive ion beams. Nat. Phys. 21\, 1648–1656 (
 2025).\n\nhttps://indico.global/event/18379/
LOCATION:Besprechungsraum 3\, 3. Obergeschoss (PSK)
URL:https://indico.global/event/18379/
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