ESTRO PT 2018

Physics research laboratories: sites of clinical proton therapy

• Patient treatment was a side activity • Beam shared between physics experiments and clinical treatment • Medical treatments were grouped in periods of a few weeks 2-3 times per year • Highly selective medical activity – Uncommon cancers – Challenging tumour locations nearby normal tissue – Paediatric cancer avoiding • Growth and development disturbances • Secondary cancer

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