Proton therapy and beyond – advances in radiotherapy
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Proton therapy is more precise than conventional photon radiotherapy, but has not become as commonplace. Two reasons for this are cost, with a proton therapy machine around 10 times the price of a conventional photon therapy device, and size, as proton generators are much bigger, so facilities take longer to build. Manufacturers are working on these issues to develop cheaper and more user-friendly solutions, finds Madeleine Armstrong