Carbon-ion therapy
Heavier charged particles that kill even radiation-resistant tumours, available at only a handful of centres worldwide.
Higher biological effectiveness than protons for hypoxic and slow-growing tumours (sarcoma, chordoma, adenoid cystic, pancreatic). About 15 centres worldwide (Japan, Germany, Italy, China, Austria); first US centre under construction at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.
How it works
Carbon nuclei deposit dense ionisation tracks causing clustered DNA damage with a sharp Bragg peak.
- Effective in radioresistant tumours
- Very few facilities
- Cost
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