Nuclear particle accelerators being used to fight cancer in hospitals
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, January 2, 2008
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Since 2000, nuclear particle accelerators have become more common to treat cancer, reports The New York Times. More often found in the physics lab, these giant machines, which each require a building as big as a football field with 18-foot thick walls, are being used to fight cancer. The nuclear particle accelerators have the ability to focus protons moving at the speed of light to more specific areas than the x-rays used in radiation therapy.
Five facilities with such machines exist in the U.S today but more than 12 are planned for the coming years. Not everyone agrees this is the best way to spend money, or the best way to treat certain types of cancer, however.
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