Heavy ion therapy — the most potent form of radiotherapy — may finally become available in the United States. The irony is that it was first investigated in the United States, but decades ...

"Carbon ion therapy and other heavy particle therapies are the advanced radiation therapies of our future," Dr. Cheryl Willman, the cancer center's executive director, said.

DNA lesions generated by heavy ion bombardment (high LET radiation) are more "complex" than those induced by traditional radiation therapy (low LET radiation).

The MedAustron Center for Ion Therapy has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of both, proton and carbon ion therapy for the treatment of skull based chordomas, a bone located cancer.

Radiation therapy is a standard cancer treatment, but it often damages not only tumors but also surrounding healthy tissues. The FLASH effect, discovered in 2014, shows that delivering radiation ...