Beaumont Hospitals' new $159 million proton beam cancer therapy center has once again been put on hold - this time because it's been unable to secure the $35 million ...
Tucked in a corner of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital campus is the country’s 28th proton therapy center, which treated its first patient on March 29. It is a small but state-of-the-art ...
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Hemoltz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf ...
One of the great modern accomplishments of medical science is that cancer patients are living longer than ever before. This is largely attributed to the improved ability to fight cancer with improved ...
Over the next year, engineers will assemble the proton beam accelerator and gantries, which will be used to deliver high doses of radiation to cancerous tumors. Crews prepare a 15-ton gantry cylinder, ...
Experimental setup showing the two ultrafast silicon detectors used to determine the energy of clinical proton beams. (Courtesy: Anna Vignati) Beam energy is a key parameter in particle therapy, ...
Mayo Clinic receives $100 million donation to construct new building, expand proton therapy capacity
ROCHESTER — Mayo Clinic will expand its proton beam facility into a new building, doubling appointment access for cancer patients with a $100 million, multiyear gift from the Fred C. and Katherine B.
A federal judge blasted UnitedHealthcare last month for its “immoral and barbaric” denials of treatment for cancer patients. He made the comments in recusing himself from hearing a class-action ...
A 15-year-old boy with a rare brain tumour will today become one of the first patients to undergo proton-beam therapy at Britain’s first dedicated treatment centre. Ashya King 'cured of cancer' by ...
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