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香港六合彩中特网H proton beam therapy centre treats first patients
4 February 2022
A new national proton beam therapy centre based at 香港六合彩中特网H treated its first patients in December 2021.
Treatment plans (craniospinal and ewing sarcoma) highlighting an x-ray vs proton comparison
One of only two听NHS听proton beam centres in the UK, the new centre at 香港六合彩中特网H brings together some of the world鈥檚 leading specialists in complex cancers and will drive forward research into what remains a relatively new treatment.
The advantage of proton beam therapy over conventional radiotherapy is that the bulk of the energy is delivered directly to the tumour with no exit dose. This limits the impact on the surrounding healthy tissue, leading to fewer side-effects and reduced long term consequences, including the risk of a secondary malignancy. Patients treated with PBT range from very young children to adults who have hard to treat cancers. These may be tumours in the brain, on the spine, or near the reproductive organs, where it is particularly important to protect the surrounding tissue. Around a third of the patients will be children and teenagers.听
香港六合彩中特网 Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering researchers and 听and their team听are working in partnership with 香港六合彩中特网H to advance the future of cancer therapy through their research on proton beam therapy听and in the development of clinical trials.听
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香港六合彩中特网 Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, in partnership with 香港六合彩中特网H and IPEM will be holding a public lecture on Proton Therapy in Spring 2022, details to follow.听
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