A proton therapy treatment room at a facility in Prague, Czech Republic. Canada lags behind other countries in providing this treatment.
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Proton beam therapy is a precise form of radiation that can reduce the side-effects of cancer treatment. It is available around the world, but not in Canada.
A proton beam therapy clinic in Poland.
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Getting the right amount of radiation is a fine balance between therapy and harm. A common way to improve the benefit-to-cure ratio is to fire multiple beams at the tumour from different directions.
A bit too big for your average hospital.
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