Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) – Thales industrialisation agreement

Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), the developer of next-generation proton therapy systems for cancer treatment, announces that it has entered into an industrialisation agreement with Thales, for its proprietary LIGHT system. This agreement with Thales provides Advanced Oncotherapy with the support needed to move from the first LIGHT system, currently being developed for use at the Company’s flagship […]

Hardman & Co – Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) – China- an emerging opportunity

Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) – Focused on delivering a more affordable, novel proton-based radiotherapy system, based on a technology originally developed and tested at the world renowned CERN facility in Switzerland. Commercial momentum is building, having recently secured a second purchase order in China, formed a JV with Circle to operate potentially the first proton therapy facility […]

Proton beam cancer therapy ‘effective with fewer side effects’ – BBC News

by Dominic Howell   A cancer treatment at the centre of an NHS controversy in 2014 causes fewer side effects in children than conventional radiotherapy, according to new research. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, suggests proton beam therapy is as effective as other treatments. Researchers looked at 59 patients aged between three and […]

Proton therapy saved our girl’s sight – Daily Express

When Myla Adams’ parents Tony and Stephanie noticed a swelling in her right eye in June last year they assumed it was a minor eye infection that a course of antibiotics would soon clear up.     by Laura Milne, Daily Express But after four trips to their GP in Drighlington, Leeds and with the […]

Work Starts On First UK Proton Therapy Centre – Sky News

By Tom Platt, Sky News Reporter. The private clinic, due to open by the end of the year, means cancer patients can be treated in Britain rather than go abroad. Construction will begin today on the first UK clinic set to provide proton therapy. The private centre in Newport is expected to open by the […]

Advanced Oncotherapy to present at the Innovators & Investors Forum 2016

Advanced Oncotherapy to present at the Innovators & Investors Forum 2016. (From Stockmarket Wire)   Nicolas Serandour, CFO of proton therapy systems developer Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), [AVO] is to present at the Innovators & Investors Forum 2016 in London on Tuesday 2nd February 2016.  The Innovators & Investors Forum is organised in partnership with Cenkos […]

New cancer therapy soon to be available in Phoenix

New cancer therapy soon to be available in Phoenix.  A $182 million underground clinic in Phoenix, set to open in March, will house Arizona’s only proton beam therapy program, which aims to minimize damage to surrounding tissue during cancer tumor radiation. The concrete facility, still under construction and built entirely with private donations, is on […]

Scientists put final pieces into place for seeing cancer with protons – Advanced Oncotherapy

From The Guardian – University of Lincoln. Scientists are putting together a unique medical imaging platform which could improve treatment for millions of cancer sufferers by making proton therapy a viable option. Members of the multi-national research team behind the PRaVDA (Proton Radiotherapy Verification and Dosimetry Applications) project, led by the University of Lincoln, UK, […]

Ashya King goes back to school full time

Published in The Guardian today. Parents of brain cancer survivor say they are proud of their son, who has recovered well after proton beam therapy in Prague. The father of brain cancer survivor Ashya King has said he is proud as his son returns to school full time. Brett King said six-year-old Ashya was doing very […]