Second proton therapy system coming to Barnes Jewish Hospital in early 2020

A new type of medical scanning technology that would provide precise, radiation therapy for cancer patients will be coming to Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2020. The technology known as pencil-beam scanning will deliver extremely precise treatments of proton therapy, a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancers of the head, chest, spine and other sensitive areas, as well as pediatric cancers. Siteman Cancer Center is also the home to another…
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