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Current physics research challenges in radiation medicine

 a, b,  a, b, c,  a, b,  a, b,  a, b,  a, b,  b, d,  a, d,  a, c,  b,  a, e,  a, f,  g,  a, b
a Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
b Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
c GBUZ Moscow Clinical Scientific Center named after Loginov MHD, Shosse Entuziastov 86, Moscow, 111123, Russian Federation
d Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, ul. Samory Mashela 1, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation
e Gamma Knife Center JSC Business Center for Neurosurgery, 4 Tverskaya-Yamskaya str., Moscow, 125047, Russian Federation
f State budgetary Institution of Healthcare of the Moscow City Scientific and Practical Clinical Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies of the Moscow Department of Health, Petrovka str. 24, bld. 1, Moscow, 127051, Russian Federation
g FSBI Federal Scientific Clinical Center for Medical Radiology and Oncology of FMBA of Russia, Kurchatova Str. 5v, Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, 433506, Russian Federation

This review discusses the fundamental physical concepts being developed by physicists and medical researchers to improve existing and create new high-technology radiation-based methods for cancer treatment. It presents a broad overview of current research in the physics of radiation technologies for medicine, including approaches to advancing radiation therapy and imaging using photon, electron, and proton beams, the integration of artificial intelligence into these technologies, and the development of novel methods for radiation dose verification and monitoring. These approaches, founded on innovative physical principles, are currently being developed and translated into clinical practice in radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging. The review describes the underlying physical principles of these technologies and discusses their prospects for future application in the treatment of cancer patients. It also highlights the role of Moscow State University in advancing a wide range of world-class research in radiation medicine through collaboration with scientists and clinicians from leading oncology institutions.

Keywords: radiation, dose, radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine
PACS: 87.19.xj, 87.55.−x, 87.56.−v (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2026.03.040160
Citation: Chernyaev A P, Lykova E N, Studenikin F R, Shcherbakov A A, Kim A A, Zheltonozhskaya M V, Loginova A A, Zharkova A P, Kopilova E A, Kobyakova T A, Novikova E A, Kublinskaya Yu A, Kiselev V A, Adoniev S R "Current physics research challenges in radiation medicine" Phys. Usp., accepted

25th, March 2026

Оригинал: Черняев А П, Лыкова Е Н, Студеникин Ф Р, Щербаков А А, Ким А А, Желтоножская М В, Логинова А А, Жаркова А П, Копылова Е А, Кобякова Т А, Новикова Е А, Кублинская Ю А, Киселев В А, Адоньев С Р «Актуальные физические научные задачи для радиационной медицины» УФН, принята к публикации; DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2026.03.040160

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