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Proton therapy in physics research laboratories
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Unique selectivity offered by proton therapy
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Attracted specialists in paediatric oncology, neurosurgery and
surgeons specialized in treating bone and soft-tissue tumours
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These specialists joined the physicists, engineers and radiation
oncologists who were treating patients in physics research centres
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Together, they formed specialized teams who further improved the
therapeutic results thereby consolidating their top-reference
position and centralizing treatment of these rare tumours.
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This sequence of events resulted in the ‘historical niche of
proton indications’