X-change symposium: status and future of modern radiation oncology—from technology to biology
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Future radiation oncology encompasses a broad spectrum of topics ranging from modern clinical trial design to treatment and imaging technology and biology. In more detail, the application of hybrid MRI devices in modern image-guided radiotherapy; the emerging field of radiomics; the role of molecular imaging using positron emission tomography and its integration into clinical routine; radiation biology with its future perspectives, the role of molecular signatures in prognostic modelling; as well as special treatment modalities such as brachytherapy or proton beam therapy are areas of rapid development. More clinically, radiation oncology will certainly find an important role in the management of oligometastasis. The treatment spectrum will also be widened by the rational integration of modern systemic targeted or immune therapies into multimodal treatment strategies. All these developments will require a concise rethinking of clinical trial design. This article reviews the current status and the potential developments in the field of radiation oncology as discussed by a panel of European and international experts sharing their vision during the "X-Change" symposium, held in July 2019 in Munich (Germany).
Source: Radiation Oncology
Institutions: LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Antwerp, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, University of Liège, University of Freiburg, University Medical Center Freiburg, Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Helmholtz Munich, Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Technical University of Munich
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,690
OpenAlex ID: W3127857244