‘Blink of an eye’: Penn researchers launch clinical trial for faster form of cancer radiation therapy

‘Blink of an eye’: Penn researchers launch clinical trial for faster form of cancer radiation therapyFLASH radiation therapy delivers a high-velocity proton beam at tumor sites.Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are now testing a new type of radiation treatment that they hope is both faster and more effective at sparing healthy tissue. Known as FLASH proton therapy, the team is launching the first pilot clinical trial of its kind this fall, Penn Medicine officials announced Tuesday. The pilot study will recruit about 10 patients this fall with recurring head and neck cancers that cannot be removed with surgery and need additional radiation therapy.Sources

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