Graduate School of Medicine, Division of health Science
I am researching ultra-high dose rate carbon ion beams. Carbon ion therapy has the advantage of enabling localized treatment and a higher antitumor effect compared to X ray therapy. Ultra-high dose rate has the advantages of significantly reducing treatment time and potentially inducing FLASH effect. FLASH effect occurs when irradiated with ultra-high dose rate radiation. The effect reduces normal tissue damage while maintaining the cell-killing effect to tumors. The mechanism of this effect is not yet understood, and I am also conducting research on FLASH effect.
So far, our team has conducted cellular experiments using an irradiation method that expands the field of ultra-high dose rate carbon ion beams in a planar manner, and we have measured significant cellular effects. As the next step, we plan to measure the cellular effects using an irradiation method that expands the field of ultra-high dose rate carbon ion beams in three dimensions.
Ultimately, I aim to contribute to advancement of radiotherapy by introducing ultra-high dose rate carbon ion beams into clinical practice.