ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Five years after the launch of its $188 million program, Mayo Clinic is the world leader in proton beam cancer treatment and its proponents are looking to build a second center in ...

Proton beam writing (PBW) and ion beam applications represent a cutting‐edge suite of techniques for material patterning and modification at the micro‐ and nanoscale. PBW utilises focussed MeV proton ...

Mayo Clinic is expanding its proton beam therapy program by spending $200 million to build a new 110,000-square-foot facility in downtown Rochester. The announcement was made this morning that the ...

Experimental setup showing the two ultrafast silicon detectors used to determine the energy of clinical proton beams. (Courtesy: Anna Vignati) Beam energy is a key parameter in particle therapy, ...

Kansas City area resident George Benner, right, traveled to Minnesota to receive proton beam treatments for prostate cancer at the Mayo Clinic. Cancer survivors and their loved ones who attend ...

MR images acquired using GE (top row) and IRGE (bottom row) sequences during proton irradiation, with expected proton ranges of (left to right) 4.2, 6.4, 8.6 and 12.2 cm at 9 nA. (Courtesy: S ...

Two studies led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (PA, USA) contribute to the growing consensus that proton beam therapy is safe and effective. Proton beam therapy is a type of ...

Until this week, Mayo Clinic had tested its $180 million proton beam accelerator only on water, a cadaver and cuts of meat donated by Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe in Rochester. But Monday, with a turn of a ...

A proton is a positively charged subatomic particle. Protons are used within Proton Therapy, also known as Proton Beam Therapy, which is a treatment for cancer. At high energy, the protons can kill ...

Proton therapy is a form of radiation that reduces the total amount of radiation to the tissues surrounding the tumor, which could potentially lead to fewer side effects. If you have prostate cancer, ...

A contingent of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy staff attended the National Association of Proton Therapy (NAPT) Conference in Boston last month. The conference, which hosted 335 members ...