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Editorial articles RSS feedMedical physicists: preparing for change
Oct 27, 2008 (6 comments)
As the boundaries between medical disciplines become increasingly blurred and those between diagnosis, therapy and management follow suit, how can medical physicists adapt to these changing needs?
Radiotherapy: challenges old and new
Sep 24, 2008
Long-standing tasks such as dealing with organ motion, as well as the new challenges arising from state-of-the-art beam-delivery systems, were the talk of this year's ESTRO meeting.
Ionizing radiation: the double-edged sword
Aug 15, 2008
With cancer survivors now younger and living longer, it's pertinent to ask whether recent advances in conformal radiotherapy modalities come at a latent cost.
High-performance computing: shaping medicine's future
Jul 14, 2008
Tools such as grid networks and supercomputers will play a vital supporting role in biomedical research and clinical development.
Particle therapy: protons and beyond
May 14, 2008
Most particle-therapy treatments are performed using proton beams; but could carbon ions ever become a practical alternative?
Setting the standards for IMRT
Mar 20, 2008 (1 comment)
Wide variations in dose prescription and delivery between institutions highlight the pressing need for universal IMRT planning and reporting guidelines.
Technology assessment: why magical thinking won't do
Feb 25, 2008
Newer isn't always better, which is why a rigorous examination of emerging clinical technologies is in everyone's interest.
New year, new plans
Jan 2, 2008
It's our job to make your job easier. Take it as read, we'll be redoubling our efforts to do just that throughout 2008.
Season's greetings
Dec 20, 2007
It's time for some festive giveaways from medicalphysicsweb, plus a preview of our editorial plans for 2008.
Therapeutic ultrasound: variations on a theme
Nov 19, 2007
Scientists are pioneering the use of therapeutic ultrasound in a range of clinical contexts, including treatment of stroke, Parkinson's disease, internal bleeding and cancer.
Molecular imaging assumes priority status
Oct 22, 2007
Germany's leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies opt for collaboration to capitalize on the country's strengths in molecular imaging R&D.
The collective conversation: work in progress
Jul 13, 2007 (1 comment)
It's been a year since we went live, but medicalphysicsweb remains a work in progress. Watch this space for our new print supplement, more blogging and the rest.
The burden of toxicity: seeing the big picture
Jun 21, 2007
A new concept for comparing the overall toxicity burden of different cancer therapies could prove useful in treatment selection.
Why clinical trials matter on the IGRT roadmap
May 7, 2007
Does image-guided radiation therapy measure up when it comes to patient survival and reduced toxicity? The best to way to find out is to subject the latest technologies to controlled clinical trials.
Number crunch: why cancer screening has to add up
Feb 12, 2007
New European cancer figures demand a proactive response from governments, senior health professionals and the biomedical research community.
The ones to watch in 2007
Jan 3, 2007
medicalphysicsweb editors get the crystal ball out and make their predictions on the research, technology development and clinical innovation that could be making news over the coming year.
Taking stock, making plans
Dec 21, 2006
The collective conversation has only just started here on medicalphysicsweb. Watch this space in 2007.
Crunching the numbers on cell phones and cancer
Dec 11, 2006
The commoditization of cell-phone technology has raised public concern about potential health risks among users. Those concerns don't appear to be justified.
Up close and personal at ASTRO's annual meeting
Nov 20, 2006
With more than 1200 conference papers and in excess of 11,000 delegates, the 48th annual ASTRO meeting was the place to be for the latest advances in therapeutic radiology and oncology.
Risk, radiation therapy and childhood cancer
Nov 4, 2006
A US study sheds new light on the link between radiation exposure and the incidence of subsequent tumours of the central nervous system in childhood-cancer survivors.