Why should radiation oncology do translational research? [corrected]

Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2019 Jan-Feb;24(1):60-64. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2018.10.008. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Abstract

Radiological Oncology, like the rest of medical specialties, is beginning to provide can personalized therapies. The ongoing scientific advances enable a great degree of precision in diagnoses and therapies. To fight cancer, from a radiotherapy unit, requires up-to-date equipment, professionals with different specialties working in synchrony (doctors, physicists, biologists, etc.) and a lot of research. Some of the new therapeutic tendencies are immunotherapy, nanoparticles, gene therapy, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, etc. A new clinical paradigm in which new professional networks are inevitable is arising. The mission of translational research is to become a scientific engine in the clinical space.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Gene therapy; Nanoparticles; Networks; Radiotherapy; Translational research.

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