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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(23):1682-1684; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj510
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NEWS

Research Groups Promoting Proton Therapy "Lite"

Karyn Hede

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For decades, the standard bearer of radiation treatment has been photons generated by an X-ray beam. Now, a mix of advanced physics and marketing is poised to promote proton therapy as the next move in radiation treatment.


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  		Mark Rhodes and George Caporaso adjust a prototype generator in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's compact proton accelerator.

Credit: Jacqueline McBride/LLNL

 
Two research teams of physics laboratories and cancer centers are creating clinical proton therapy units that they say can deliver protons to patients safely for a fraction of the $125 million price tag of current facilities. The new units could lower the barrier to offering proton therapy at midsized hospitals.

Proton therapy has been available for 40 years, but its use has been limited by the small number of facilities that offer it to cancer patients. Generating protons requires a building the size of a stadium to house the cyclotron and a staff . . . [Full Text of this Article]

At a Hospital Near You

Are Protons Ready for Prime Time?

Testing in Clinical Trials

New Treatment Possibilities


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