Cancer radiotherapy 2020: accounting for tumour deformation in real time to improve treatment outcome

肺癌和前列腺癌的肿瘤在放射治疗过程中会改变形状。在目前的护理中没有考虑到这一点，从而影响了治疗效果。我们将开发第一个可以实时调整辐射束以跟随肿瘤形状变化的放射治疗系统。我们将评估该系统的性能并量化其临床益处。预计该技术的临床应用将提高治愈率，降低治疗毒性。

Tumours in lung and prostate cancer change shape during radiotherapy treatment. This is not accounted for in current care, compromising the therapeutic efficacy. We will develop the first radiotherapy system that can adjust the radiation beam in real time to follow the changing tumour shape. We will assess the performance of the system and quantify the clinical benefit. It is expected that clinical implementation of this technique will improve the cure rates and decrease the treatment toxicity.