Particle Therapy 2017

Clinical results of Par0cle-therapy

Protons „2012“

70‘s

80‘s

90‘s

Carbon Ions „2012“

Treated pa)ents world wide:

Protons~ 100‘000 Pa)ents

Carbon-Ions ~ 10000 (10%)

Par0cle therapy:

„the clinical evidence“

3 decades: 100,000 pts.

2014: 13K pts.

“Rare Diseases” – “established indica0ons”:

Skull base; paraspinal; sarcomas; uveal melanomas; peds

Prostate Cancer

Lung,

Liver

Lung

Breast

H&N

Unprecedented Era of clinical trials in par0cle

therapy:

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single-ins*tu*on or mul*-ins*tu*onal clinical

trials (NRG, PCG, COG)

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Phase III: Lung, Prostate, H&N

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Dose escala*on trials (lung)

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Mul*ple Phase II trials (breast, GI, re-

treatment, prostate, etc.etc.

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