Real-time Adaptive Particle Therapy of Cancer (RAPTOR)
RAPTOR brings together 13 Beneficiaries and 15 partner organizations with one aim in common: To bring adaptive particle therapy to the clinic.
Beneficiaries & partners
Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the EU.
Introduction
The high precision of PT comes as a double-edged sword since PT is normally less robust than X-ray radiotherapy. Several uncertainties, such as changes in anatomy, positioning, organ delineation and systematic uncertainties can have a significant impact on where the final dose is delivered. The reliability of PT has increased in recent years with robust treatment planning, however, it still remains sensitive to larger uncertainties that have to be minimized to exploit the full benefit of PT.
The clinical workflow in PT has been adopted from conventional X-ray radiotherapy, where the treatment plan is based on the initial computed tomography (CT) scan of a patient. Since, the treatment usually lasts several weeks, it is likely that the initial treatment plan becomes less valid due to the changes of the patient anatomy as the treatment progresses.
We propose a shift in the paradigm
- Preparing a daily PT treatment plan for each patient, that is based on current patient images, would significantly increase treatment accuracy since most of the uncertainties would be minimized.
- The advantages of PT could be better utilized in an interventional capacity.
- Due to its flexibility and rapid adaptation, RAPTOR will enable treating patients in the sitting and standing positions, which will facilitate simpler, more compact, and less costly beamline designs.
- RAPTOR will therefore make the benefits of proton therapy available to many more patients.
Our research projects
News & Articles
RAPTOR White Paper
Towards Interventional Particle Therapy for Advanced Cancer Care Introduction Particle therapy (PT) has advantageous physical properties for radiotherapy when compared to conventional X-rays. Instead of
RAPTOR White Paper
Towards Interventional Particle Therapy for Advanced Cancer Care Introduction Particle therapy (PT) has advantageous physical properties for radiotherapy when compared to conventional X-rays. Instead of
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RAPTOR brings together 13 Beneficiaries and 15 partner organizations from all over Europe with one aim in common: To bring adaptive particle therapy to the clinic.
