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Particle therapy

Particle therapy

How a wedge can increase beam transmission in conventional proton therapy

28 Jul 2023
PSI researchers Vivek Maradia and Serena Psoroulas
Beamline innovation Vivek Maradia (left), Serena Psoroulas (right) and colleagues at PSI are developing a way to achieve higher doses and shorter treatment times for cancer patients undergoing proton therapy. (Courtesy: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer)
At the beginning of 2023 there were 89 proton therapy clinics worldwide (according to the Particle T

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Catherine Steffel is a science writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. Catherine was previously a PhD student contributor to Physics World.
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