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SUMMARY:Treating Cancer with Proton Beam Therapy - Simon Jolly: University
  College London
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CONTACT:Dr Paul Swallow
DESCRIPTION:Proton beam therapy (PBT) offers several advantages over conve
 ntional radiotherapy for cancer treatment\, particularly for those tumours
  close to sensitive structures. Through precise control of the proton beam
  position and energy\, healthy tissue can be spared more comprehensively w
 hilst still delivering the necessary dose to the tumour\, resulting in bet
 ter outcomes for patients\, particularly children. Comprehensive Quality A
 ssurance (QA) is necessary at every clinical PBT centre: measurements of t
 he proton pencil beam position\, size\, dose and range in water are requir
 ed each morning before treatment to ensure that treatment is delivered saf
 ely.\n\nA pair of quality assurance detectors for proton beam therapy are 
 under development within the UCL High Energy Physics group. These detector
 s are intended to improve both the speed and accuracy of the QA process\, 
 allowing QA to be carried out more quickly and comprehensively.\n\nThis ta
 lk will give an overview of cancer treatment with PBT and discuss the dete
 ctor development programme within HEP to develop clinical prototypes for P
 BT QA.
LOCATION:Seminar Room -- RDC D2.002 
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