Proton Beam Therapy at OSF Healthcare's Peoria Cancer Institute.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Dr. James McGee is the director of the oncology service line. He says proton beam therapy allows for “pencil” radiation treatment.
"[Protons] enter the body, give up a little bit of energy, and then go a certain distance based on their energy,” McGee said. “And then they just stop and give up all their energy, where they stop, that’s called the Bragg peak. And that's a characteristic we can use to increase the intensity of radiation to certain tumors, but in virtually all cases, restrict the dose of radiation to normal tissues.”
It sounds so cool!
Outstanding!