Manchester gets UK's first high-energy proton beam cancer therapy machine

Ninety-tonne cyclotron at Christie hospital will give NHS patients access to treatment that is currently only available abroadA 90-tonne machine that will allow cancer patients to receive state-of-the-art high-energy proton beam therapy on the NHS for the first time is to be installed at a hospital in Manchester.The cyclotron delivers a special type of radiotherapy currently only available overseas. The NHS has been paying for patients to travel abroad for the treatment since 2008.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 22, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Frances Perraudin North of England reporter Tags: NHS Cancer Cancer research Health Medical research Science Society Source Type: news