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PROTON THERAPY

13.10.17
PROTON THERAPY

This breakthrough technology for deep-seated tumor irradiation has become one of the ­leading forms of tumor and cancer treatment around the world. With proton therapy, tumor tissues are destroyed using protons.

This ­enables ­malignant tumors to be irradiated with ­extremely high precision, thereby preventing their growth while sparing healthy tissue ­surrounding the target. It is particularly ­important in the treatment of ocular melanomas, brain, skull-base or spinal cord tumors, or sarcomas. The widely-used spot-scanning technique for proton therapy was developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.