Is giving an entire course of radiation therapy in less than 1 second possible?

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Cancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second rather than coming in for treatment over the course of several weeks
researchers detail how they used proton radiation to generate the dosage needed to theoretically give a cancer patient their entire course of radiotherapy in one rapid treatment
It’s known as FLASH radiotherapy, and it’s an experimental paradigm that could represent a sea change for the world of oncology in the future
In this study, researchers also found FLASH demonstrated the same effect on tumors as traditional photon radiation while sparing healthy tissue due to the shorter exposure time
“This is the first time anyone has published findings that demonstrate the feasibility of using protons – rather than electrons – to generate FLASH doses, with an accelerator currently used for clinical treatments,”
Researchers said they are already beginning to optimize how they would use this down the road for clinical trials

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