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RaySearch and IBA expand their partnership in proton therapy

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) and IBA announce that they expand their partnership in proton therapy within the areas of FLASH radiotherapy, proton ARC therapy, and treatment of moving tumors.

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  • STOCKHOLM, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) and IBA announce that they expand their partnership in proton therapy within the areas of FLASH radiotherapy, proton ARC therapy, and treatment of moving tumors.
  • RaySearch and IBA have had a strategic partnership on a global level since 2013.
  • The result will be a turnkey solution for all software and hardware needed to deliver outstanding proton therapy treatments.
  • Johan Lf, founder and CEO, RaySearch, says: "Today the combination of RaySearch's RayStation and IBA's Proteus is an industry standard within proton therapy.

Maryland Proton Treatment Center Celebrates 3000 Patients Treated

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

b'BALTIMORE, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC), located in Baltimore, Maryland, treated its 3000th cancer patient this week.\nSince opening its doors in 2016 as the first and only proton center in Maryland, MPTC has become the most experienced proton center in the DC/Maryland/Virginia region.

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  • b'BALTIMORE, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC), located in Baltimore, Maryland, treated its 3000th cancer patient this week.\nSince opening its doors in 2016 as the first and only proton center in Maryland, MPTC has become the most experienced proton center in the DC/Maryland/Virginia region.
  • Proton therapy was the right kind of radiation treatment he needed for a tumor in his brain.\n"The Maryland Proton Treatment Center was full of kind people we were blessed to meet," says Owen\'s mom, Kristy Bailey.
  • "\nThe Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) offers proton therapy, a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that can increase the radiation dose to a tumor while decreasing the dose to healthy, surrounding tissues.
  • The ability of proton therapy to reduce side effects is especially important for children with cancer and for patients whose tumor came back in an area that was already treated with radiation therapy.For more information about proton therapy and the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, visit mdproton.com or call 86-MDPROTON.\n'

Mevion Proton Systems Demonstrate FLASH Effect at Bragg Peak

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Monday, November 9, 2020

The study results showed a clear signal in the survival curves, where the FLASH effect has been delivered at the Bragg Peak.

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  • The study results showed a clear signal in the survival curves, where the FLASH effect has been delivered at the Bragg Peak.
  • Mevion proton accelerators are inherently able to deliver ultra-high dose rates and speeds necessary for a successful FLASH effect due to its Direct Beam Delivery (DBD) system architecture.
  • This design, exclusive to Mevion, enables a Bragg Peak FLASH effect at ultra-high dose rates.
  • These core strengths allow Mevion systems to deliver both conformality and FLASH dose sparing, which are critical for clinical FLASH proton therapy treatments.