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Particle therapy

Particle therapy

Proton therapy lowers side effects in treatment of locally advanced cancers

08 Jan 2020 Tami Freeman
Proton therapy
The use of protons as part of concurrent chemoradiotherapy could reduce treatment toxicity. This photo shows the proton therapy suite at the Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales. (Credit: Rutherford Cancer Centres)
Concurrent chemoradiotherapy, in which chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy are used together, i

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