As the first NHS patient to be treated by proton beam therapy draws nearer, we review the special issue with its Guest Editor and also discuss how the UK radiotherapy research community plans to make the most out of this new technology.

We discuss the radiation physics and associated biology underlying the science of proton beam and particle therapy

We discuss the experience of proton beam therapy within the US and the associated benefits and challenges

We discuss the aims of ARTNET (Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies Network) - which was recently awarded a CRUK Network Accelerator Award

We speak with Prof David Dodwell, based at Leeds Cancer Centre, about his recent editorial in Clinical Oncology on how to improve breast cancer care

We speak with Prof Nick Reed, based at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow. He is a guest editor on the latest Clinical Oncology Special Issue on thyroid cancer

In conjunction with the latest Clinical Oncology Special Issue we hear in part 2 of the podcast from Dr Jesper Grau Eriksen, Prof Yolande Lievens, Dr Mei-Ling Yap, Dr Danielle Rodin and Dr Mora Mel about how we can solve the massive inequality in radiotherapy provision across the world.

In conjunction with the latest Clinical Oncology Special Issue we hear from Prof Yolande Lievens, Dr Mei-Ling Yap, Dr Danielle Rodin and Dr Mel Mora

We speak with Prof Hardev Pandha, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Surrey, about his excellent Science in Focus article from earlier this year - Oncolytic Viruses: New Multifunctional Immunotherapeutics

We speak with Prof Anthony Chalmers, Chair of Clinical Oncology at the University of Glasgow, about the exciting area of combining radiotherapy with drugs targeting the DNA damage response