Heavy ion therapy — the most potent form of radiotherapy — may finally become available in the United States. The irony is that it was first investigated in the United States, but decades later, it ...
The MedAustron Center for Ion Therapy has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of both, proton and carbon ion therapy for the treatment of skull based chordomas, a bone located cancer. In a recent ...
Ion beam therapy represents an advanced modality in radiotherapy that employs charged particles—primarily protons and carbon ions—to deliver highly conformal doses to malignant tissues. The ...
The research project “BARB – Biomedical Applications of Radioactive Ion Beams” funded by a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Marco Durante, head of the Biophysics Department at the GSI ...
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), a world leader in heavy-ion therapy system, in collaboration as a consortium with DK Medical Solutions, a Korean leading global medical ...
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Fla.) opened a $320 million cancer center, which will house the first carbon ion therapy program in the the Americas. The 228,000-square-foot Duan Family Building opened June ...
A research team has discovered a novel mechanism to process DNA damage induced by a next-generation cancer therapy (heavy ion therapy). A team of scientists led by Dr. Kei-ichi TAKATA from the Center ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a bold step to transform cancer care, Mayo Clinic is bringing new hope for patients diagnosed with the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers. Today, Mayo Clinic ...