New Swedish clinic treats first cancer patients with proton therapy

The newly opened Skandion clinic (Skandionkliniken) in Uppsala, Sweden, treated its first cancer patients using a recently installed proton therapy system. Most of the patients treated so far have been irradiated for slow-growing brain tumors.

Dr. Håkan Nyström, Chief Physicist at Skandionkliniken, commented: “We are delighted to have reached our goal of making proton therapy available to Swedish cancer patients, offering them the well-known benefits of radiation therapy while reducing the risk of harmful side effects inherent to conventional radiation modalities. In other words, improving their chances to successfully conquer cancer.”