Equipment taking aim at cancer
By Shan Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-27 08:07
50-70% of patients in China need radiation therapy, according to expert
The country's first heavy-ion medical accelerator is expected to be used in cancer radiotherapy by the end of the year.
Heavy-ion cancer therapy, a cutting edge radiotherapy approach, kills malignant tumors by irradiating them with high-energy beams produced by a large accelerator.
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