Radiation oncologists at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine have treated the first patient using its upright, compact proton therapy delivery system at the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center in Palo Alto, Calif.
Physicians expect to treat the 7-year-old patient, who had a malignant brain tumor, with six more proton therapy sessions and send the patient home by mid-June, according to a June 4 news release from the health system.
The Sridhar B. Seshadri Proton Therapy Suite is the first of its kind in the world and was designed by Stanford Medicine in collaboration with Mevion Medical Systems and Leo Cancer Care.
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