Grant Award View - GA386205
From relativity to respiration: How ideas from Einstein's general theory...
Tumours and organs move as lung cancer patients breathe during radiation therapy. Without real-time tracking, radiation beams miss tumours and damage healthy tissue. The research team has developed a way of tracking tumours and healthy tissue in real-time, by borrowing ideas from general relativity. This project will establish the clinical feasibility of the method. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island people. Tragically, lung cancer mortality rates have increased for First Nations people over the past two decades. As this method does not any require specialised equipment, it could help reduce inequities in cancer care by offering cutting-edge tracking technology to this underserved community.