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ptjunkie t1_ivnun4u wrote

Reply to comment by Mounta1nK1ng in Experimental “FLASH” cancer treatment aces first human trial by tonymmorley

This proton therapy system isn’t really intended for limbs. It specializes in sensitive areas where you need the radiation dose to penetrate the skin, but not exit the other side of the body. Typical uses are ocular, brain, and prostate.

I suspect that they are just testing this FLASH delivery on less sensitive areas before they blast someone in the head with it.

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Mounta1nK1ng t1_ivpaqay wrote

I was looking in the article to see whether it was a photon or proton based system, since you can do FLASH with both, but I must have missed it. I understand it's not intended for limbs. We already do palliative treatments in one fraction with little to no side effects.

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