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Radiation Oncology Leaders Win $2.1M SBIR Grant to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children With Brain Tumors

August 26, 2024

The grant enables scientists to advance an AI-driven clinical decision support technology that will transform how doctors plan brain radiation therapy.

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Research and Breakthroughs

4 Innovations Improving Pediatric Radiation Therapy

October 27, 2023

Experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and USC share how spatially fractionated radiation therapy and VMAT are enhancing radiation treatment for kids.

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PENTEC: World Experts Team Up to Improve Outcomes for Children After Radiation Therapy

May 13, 2021

More than 150 specialists worldwide provide evidence-based guidance to reduce long-term effects of radiation therapy in children.

Research and Breakthroughs

Improving Long-Term Effects of Radiation in Children: A Research-Based Labor of Love

May 13, 2021

More than 150 experts worldwide have teamed up to help shape the future of radiation therapy for children with cancer.

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Working to Advance Radiation Therapy for Children with Cancer

April 26, 2019

Doctors at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles continue to lead the field of radiation oncology by pushing the leading edge of technological advances. A new report by Arthur Olch, PhD, highlights use of

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Research and Breakthroughs

Protons vs. Photons: One Letter Could Make a Big Difference in Brain Tumors

March 2, 2016

Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor occurring in children, is a fast-growing cancer that affects nearly 2 million people – including adults – annually. Traditionally

Arthur Olch, PhD, FAAPM News

Radiation Oncology Leaders Win $2.1M SBIR Grant to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children With Brain Tumors

4 Innovations Improving Pediatric Radiation Therapy

PENTEC: World Experts Team Up to Improve Outcomes for Children After Radiation Therapy

Improving Long-Term Effects of Radiation in Children: A Research-Based Labor of Love

Working to Advance Radiation Therapy for Children with Cancer

Protons vs. Photons: One Letter Could Make a Big Difference in Brain Tumors

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