Research Groups

The Focus and Strategy of OncoRay are aimed at the practical need for preclinical and clinical translational research in radiation oncology.

Interdependent fields of inquiry with particularly high promise for innovation will be integrated into five complementary groups of scientists: the improvement of radiotherapy by combining it with new types of specific biological agents ("Biological and Molecular Targeting" research group); the exploitation of new spatial representations of biological functional activity in the tumor for purposes of individualised treatment planning ("Biological and Molecular Imaging" research group); the transformation of the imaged-derived biological information into treatment planning of the highest technical level (state-of-Saxony-financed research group "Medical Radiation Physics"); the characterization and targeted modulation of pathological diversifications of the micromilieu and the metabolism of tumors in comparison with normal tissue (“Pathophysiology of Tumors”) and the development of high intensive lasers for radiation treatment (“Laser-Radiooncology”), to operate within the framework of the participating institutions.