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Why should radiological oncology do translational research?
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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.
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
Translational research; Radiotherapy; Nanoparticles; Gene therapy; Artificial intelligence; Networks
About this articleTitle
Why should radiological oncology do translational research?
Journal
Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
Issue
Pages
60-64
Published online
2019-01-01
DOI
10.1016/j.rpor.2018.10.008
Bibliographic record
Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2019;24(1):60-64.
Keywords
Translational research
Radiotherapy
Nanoparticles
Gene therapy
Artificial intelligence
Networks
Authors
Rut Cañas
Isabel Linares
Ferran Guedea
Miguel Ángel Berenguer Francés