4B. Management of a proton therapy facility installation: needs, constraints, prerequisites

The market of particle therapy is still rapidly growing worldwide and this modality is now being considered as one modality of radiation therapy, in complementarity with other types of RT treatments.However, the number of facilities and patient treated remains negligible compared to photon RT (less than 1 mainly due to the complexity and therefore overall costs of the particle (proton and moreover ion) facility. Due to the current technology employed and the size/costs, a particle therapy project cannot be managed like a standard radiation therapy project.

Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - November 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: R. Ferrand Source Type: research