Medical Physics

虽然越来越多的加拿大人在诊断后至少存活五年，但癌症仍然是加拿大的主要死因，预计约30%的加拿大人将死于癌症。两种新的放射治疗方式，FLASH治疗和微束治疗，已显示出改善癌症放射治疗结果的前景。不幸的是，他们的测试和临床实施需要高度专业化，昂贵的机器。我建议建立和测试三个辐照FLASH/微束平台，这将成为科学家彻底研究这些技术的理想环境，这将加速它们的临床转化。

Although increasingly Canadians are surviving at least five years past their diagnosis, cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in Canada and about 30% of Canadians are expected to die from cancer. Two novel radiotherapy treatment modalities, FLASH therapy and therapy delivered with microbeams, have shown promise in improving outcomes of cancer radiotherapy. Unfortunately, highly specialized, expensive machines are needed for their testing and clinical implementation. I propose to build and test three irradiation FLASH/microbeam platforms that will serve as an ideal environment for scientists to thoroughly investigate these techniques, which will accelerate their clinical translation.