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Compact system targets cancer more precisely.(INNOVATIONS)
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Radiation Therapist: The Journal of the Radiation OncologySciences
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September 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 American Society of Radiologic Technologists. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A new compact radiation therapy system that relies on proton beams can target cancer more precisely than conventional methods, according to the technology's developers. Researchers said the compact machine is far less expensive than full-scale equipment.
Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation therapy that replaces the high energy x-rays of conventional radiation therapy with proton beams. While x-rays deliver energy to all the tissues they travel through, proton beams deposit almost all their energy in their target, with a low amount of radiation deposited in tissues from the surface of the skin to the front of tumor and almost no exit dose beyond the tumor. This ...
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MAKING PROTON THERAPY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO CANCER PATIENTS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 15, 2007 ;
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......first compact proton therapy system...reality. Proton therapy is considered...research, the compact system was developed...helping to make proton therapy more available...to develop compact, high-current...to make proton therapy widely ...
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FIRST COMPACT PROTON THERAPY MACHINE FOR CANCER TREATMENT ENTERS...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 14, 2007 ;
787 words
......first compact proton therapy system...reality. Proton therapy is considered...research, the compact system was developed...helping to make proton therapy more available...to develop compact, high-current...to make proton therapy widely ...
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ProCure and U Penn team up on proton therapy research. (NUCLEAR MEDICINE).
Medical Imaging;
March 1, 2008 ;
Vasko, Cat;
557 words
......University of Pennsylvania's Roberts Proton Therapy Center, Philadelphia, have announced...and accredit medical professionals in proton therapy. The expansion of this technology...which looks at expanding research on proton therapy delivery and developing new protocols...
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Cancer Patient Receives First Proton Therapy Treatment at University of...
PR Newswire;
August 14, 2006 ;
787 words
......treatment at the new University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, the first time the most...said Dr. Nancy Mendenhall, the UF Proton Therapy Institute's medical director. In this...54-year-old patient will receive daily proton therapy for the next four to six weeks. Each...
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High cost; of high tech; Outlay vs. benefit of expensive medical devices...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
March 30, 2008 ;
GUY BOULTON;
787 words
......effective than existing treatments. Proton therapy, which can deliver higher and more...Despite that controversy, roughly a dozen proton therapy centers have been proposed throughout...develop a less expensive way of providing proton therapy. The company says it will take at least...
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Healthcare Design That Strips the Atom.
Building Design & Construction;
February 1, 2007 ;
787 words
...By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor Proton therapy is changing the way physicians treat...offer the revolutionary therapy. In proton therapy, the medical team directs a beam of...would damage the surrounding tissue. Proton therapy utilizes a more controlled dose of...
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DESIGNING AMERICA'S FIRST PRIVATELY OWNED PROTON THERAPY CENTER
Healthcare Design;
May 1, 2008 ;
Mastaglio, Linda;
787 words
......requirements for high-tech cancer care? Proton therapy treatment centers are opening the door...radiation treatment for cancer patients. Proton therapy targets a controlled beam of protons...young, growing bodies. The approval of proton therapy by Medicare and independent insurance...
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Varian Medical Systems acquires ACCEL Instruments.(ONCOLOGY)(Accel...
Medical Imaging;
March 1, 2007 ;
Vasko, Cat;
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......ACCEL, a privately held supplier of proton-therapy systems, will enable Varian to offer...delivering image-guided, intensity-modulated proton therapy. Medical Imaging spoke with Spencer...about the company's plan to usher proton therapy into the US market. MI: Why did Varian...
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Proton Therapy Used More to Treat Cancer
AP Online;
August 22, 2006 ;
784 words
......Anderson Cancer Center's new $125 million Proton Therapy Center. It is the largest of the nation...doctors to precisely target a tumor, proton therapy allows higher levels of radiation...technology. But he said studies have shown proton therapy allows a higher level of radiation...
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Proton therapy Used More to Treat Cancer
AP Online;
August 22, 2006 ;
784 words
......Anderson Cancer Center's new $125 million Proton Therapy Center. It is the largest of the nation...doctors to precisely target a tumor, proton therapy allows higher levels of radiation...technology. But he said studies have shown proton therapy allows a higher level of radiation...
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ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 22, 2007 ;
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......Illinois University's plan to bring proton therapy, the most sophisticated form of cancer...annually, providing state-of-the-art proton therapy to patients across Illinois and the Midwest. Proton therapy is an advanced, highly effective...
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY MOVES AHEAD ON CANCER TREATMENT FACILITY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 7, 2006 ;
550 words
......that will deliver state-of-the-art proton therapy to patients from across the Midwest...NIU President John Peters said. "The proton therapy center will eventually treat as many...two types of accelerator systems for proton therapy that are available on the commercial...
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PLANNING CUTTING-EDGE CANCER CENTER IN DUPAGE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 25, 2006 ;
787 words
......that will provide state-of-the-art proton therapy to patients across the Midwest. The...begin formal planning for a non-profit proton therapy center at the DuPage National Technology...the late 1980s developed the first proton-therapy accelerator for use in cancer treatment...
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