Erasmus MC Radiotherapie : Research projects

Radiotherapie

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Research projects

Scope and outline of current research projects of the program.

Head and neck cancer.
Scope and outline of head and neck cancer
Prostate cancer – linac-based EBRT
Research on external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: scope, outline and selected publications.
Cyberknife treatment of lung cancer and pulmonary metastases
Scope and outline of Cyberknife treatment of early stage lung cancer and pulmonary metastases. Hypofractioned treatment with tumor tracking to compensate for respiratory motion.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for liver tumors
Clinical evaluation, development of image-guided and adaptive RT, computer optimization of non-coplanar beam set-ups.
Brachytherapy
Scope and outline of brachytherapy.
Inverse planning and beam orientation optimization
Research aimed at development, clinical implementation, and clinical evaluation of new algorithms for treatment plan generation.
Dosimetry and quality control
Development and application of dosimetric and QA techniques.