ESTRO PT 2018

Proton therapy in physics research laboratories

• Unique selectivity offered by proton therapy – Attracted specialists in paediatric oncology, neurosurgery and surgeons specialized in treating bone and soft-tissue tumours – These specialists joined the physicists, engineers and radiation oncologists who were treating patients in physics research centres – Together, they formed specialized teams who further improved the therapeutic results thereby consolidating their top-reference position and centralizing treatment of these rare tumours. • This sequence of events resulted in the ‘historical niche of proton indications’