STAR in a Second: Ultra-High-Dose-Rate Spread-Out Bragg Peak Proton Therapy for Breath-Hold Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation
Pavitra Ramesh, Marco Schwarz, Caroline Colbert, Xinyuan Claire Chen, Neil Panjwani, Stephen R Bowen, Clemens Grassberger, Chen Wei, Uyanga Batnyam, Babak Nazer, Matthew J Nyflot · 2026
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Pavitra Ramesh and co-authors tested a fast proton therapy plan for dangerous heart rhythms in two thousand twenty-six. The treatment, called STAR, uses radiation to ablate heart tissue that causes ventricular tachycardia. Breathing and heartbeat motion usually force large margins or slow gated delivery.
They re-planned five past cases with ultra-high-dose-rate protons shaped by a custom modulator. Each beam could be delivered in about a second, within a single breath hold. Target coverage matched the quality of the clinical photon plans, and doses to the heart, esophagus, and stomach were reported. The authors say the speed offers a way to manage motion without long treatment times.
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| CREATOR | Pavitra Ramesh, Marco Schwarz, Caroline Colbert, Xinyuan Claire Chen, Neil Panjwani, Stephen R Bowen, Clemens Grassberger, Chen Wei, Uyanga Batnyam, Babak Nazer, Matthew J Nyflot |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |