A lively debate at the ESTRO 2026 meeting concluded with nearly 70% of the audience backing upright proton therapy as a mainstream treatment option by 2035 The debate team Left to right: session co-chair Till Tobias Böhlen, speakers Petra Trnkova, Tomas Kron, Livia Marrazzo and Carles Gomà, and co-chair Ye Zhang. (Courtesy: Ye Zhang)"> The debate team Left to right: session co-chair Till Tobias Böhlen, speakers Petra Trnkova, Tomas Kron, Livia Marrazzo and Carles Gomà, and co-chair Ye Zhang. (Courtesy: Ye Zhang) Two years ago, the ESTRO 2024 meeting in Glasgow dedicated a conference session to the discussion of upright radiotherapy . In particular, the speakers pondered whether this emerging technique – in which patients are treated sitting up rather than lying down – offers hope of increasing access to advanced radiotherapy, or whether it’s merely hype. Things have moved on since then.…