UWA Medical Physics Group

Congratulations, Ashlesha Pikes, on presenting part of your research at !

Your presentation appears to have been very well received, and the findings from this study may help shape future margin recommendations.

Great to see impactful research that has potential to improve care for patients with .

UWA Research North Metropolitan Health Service Charlies Foundation for Research

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Congratulations to our wonderful graduate Jasper Greenland and team for publishing in the International Journal of Particle Therapy, the official journal of the PARTICLE THERAPY COOPERATIVE GROUP.

The title of paper is: "Emerging Outcome Trends From Proton Therapy for Pediatric CNS Tumors: A Systematic Review".

The study was Jasper's masters project in Medical Physics at UWA.

This systematic review of in CNS tumors synthesizes 77 studies and shows generally strong long-term survival and disease control, particularly in low-grade glioma and craniopharyngioma, with significant outcome trends also seen in medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and skull base chordoma.

It also highlights important late toxicities (endocrine, neurologic, vascular, and hearing effects) that vary by tumor type. Overall, the study provides clearer prognostic benchmarks to guide treatment planning and family counseling in pediatric proton therapy.

Well done Jasper and team!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpt.2026.101317

UWA Engineering and STEM UWA Research North Metropolitan Health Service

It is great to see our PhD candidate, Ashlesha Pikes's (Ashlesha Gill) paper selected as Editor's Choice in the phiRO - Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology journal (Official Journal of The European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology).

Well done Ashlesha! Great achievement!

https://lnkd.in/gWGmjQxm

Today our PhD student Gabriella La Macchia presented at the Cancer Network Forum: Inspiring the Future of Excellence in Cancer Care.
The title of Gabriella’s presentation was: Developing an Integrated Radiation Oncology Real-World Clinical Registry: Literature Review and Clinician Survey Insights.

Well done Gabriella!

Photo Credit: Juliet Li