Optimising radiation therapy delivery for cancer patients using daily image guidance to maximize cure and reduce normal tissue side effects

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1023031

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

When using radiotherapy to kill tumours, the radiation beams need to be targeted at the tumour, plus a margin of error around it to ensure that it receives sufficient dose despite uncertainties in its exact location relative to reference points used for beam alignment. Advanced statistical modelling techniques applied to data collected from patients will be used to determine the optimal margin width for individual patients to maximise cancer cure while minimising normal tissue side effects.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $510,968.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

biostatistics | diagnostic imaging | imaging | medical physics | radiation oncology | radiology

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