Benefits of Proton Beam Vs X-ray Beam Radio Therapy
Proton beams can be conformed and controlled more easily and precisely. Less dispersion within tissue for proton beams. Proton beams leave the protons at the target.
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Lawrence
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The first particle accelerator (cyclotron) developed by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929
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Berkeley Laboratorys 60 inch cyclotron
Produced 16 MeV deuteron beams.
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Harvard Cyclotron
Provides a 160 MeV proton beam
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Artist view of cyclotron
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Synchrotron
Produces 6 GeV protons
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Synchro-Cyclotron
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Betatron
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Types of Cancers Typically Treated Today
Conformal Beam Therapy is best utilized for tumors that are isolated and hard or impossible to slice out. Cancerous tumors of the brain and spinal chord (any tumor touching the spinal chord) Eye diseases and cancers Some cancers of the head and neck including nasal Lung cancer (non-small cell) Prostate cancer and other pelvic cancer