Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

The history of radiotherapy

• 1895 - Röntgen discovered X-rays • 1896 - first treatment of cancer with X-rays

• 100+ years later the technology has changed! • ICRU reports are here to help us

• Series began with Report 50 and Supplement 62 (1993 + 1999) • ICRU 71 (2004) added a few details

• ICRU 83 (2010) was designed for IMRT