New approach for range prediction improves accuracy of proton therapy

(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Today marks the beginning of a new era in treatment planning at the University Proton Therapy Dresden of the University Hospital in Dresden: for the worldwide first time, a new approach increases the accuracy, safety and probably also the tolerability of proton therapy. The range prediction procedure was developed and extensively validated by medical physicists from the Dresden OncoRay Center, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news