British Medical Journal – A (relatively) risky business: the link between prostatic radiotherapy and second malignancies

This article published yesterday in the British Medical Journal and showing the link between radiotherapy and secondary tumour, highlights the need for a more targeted radiotherapy – i.e. Proton Beam Therapy There is a well recognized association between exposure to radiation and carcinogenesis. The development of second malignancies after therapeutic radiation depends on the primary […]

Advanced Oncotherapy – Birmingham University Supporting Cancer Treatment Research

The University of Birmingham is supporting ground-breaking research to create a proton Computed Tomography (CT) image that will help to facilitate the treatment of cancer patients in the UK. The researchers are using the University’s centrally funded HPC service, which was built by OCF, to simulate 1000 million protons, which takes just 3% of the time […]

Proton beam unit ‘for 700 patients’

Proton beam unit ‘for 700 patients’ Editor – Health News The first cancer patients to get proton beam therapy at a UK centre will be treated in Newport by Christmas 2016. Experts say it should “transform” treatment for 700 patients a year, including children with hard to reach tumours. A former clinic will be converted […]

Global proton therapy market will hit $1 billion by 2019

by Lauren Dubinsky , Staff Writer at DOTmed.com In 2014, there were 141 operational proton therapy treatment rooms globally, but by 2019 that number will jump to 330, according to a new MEDraysintell report. In addition, the proton therapy world market is expected to hit $1 billion by 2019. “There is a growing [amount] of […]