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Proton therapy construction projects in the United States [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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12 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States. Department of Health and Human Services, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
Proton and heavy-ion radiation therapy has been taking place now for 40 years, at many accelerator laboratories around the world, essentially all of these centers built originally for physics research. The high degree of promise shown for using these particles for treating and curing cancer has stimulated the medical community to look seriously at building dedicated accelerator facilities in a hospital setting, where more rapid progress can be made in clinical research, and development of effective treatments with these beams. In the United States, the first such facility, at the Loma Linda University Medical Center, has been in operation now for two years, and is currently treating a total of 35 to 40 patients per day. Two new projects are being designed at present, one at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, the second a joint project of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the University of California at Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. This paper will discuss accelerator and beam characteristics relevant to the proton-therapy application, and will present performance and operations characteristics for the Loma Linda facility, as well as details of the plans, process and progress towards construction of the new facilities in Boston and Sacramento.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:lbl--33210
E 1.99: conf-9210224--2
conf-9210224--2
lbl--33210
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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/01/1992.
"lbl--33210"
" conf-9210224--2"
"DE93007719"
": Grant CA-56932"
13. national particle accelerator conference,Dubna (Russian Federation),13-15 Oct 1992.
Alonso, J.R.
Funding Information:
AC03-76SF00098
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