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Daily adaptive proton therapy
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English - March 23, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.73 MBScience Technology science research outreach education stem learning academic technology impact scicomm Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Proton therapy is an effective technique for fighting cancer. In order to optimise treatment, it is clear that each patient must be carefully assessed each time and radiation plans must be adapted based on the results.
The daily adaptive proton therapy workflow proposed by the Paul Scherrer Institute is an excellent start on the path to achieving this, and there are many more opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy for treatment.
Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac2b84