PROTON THERAPY FACILITY TO OPEN THIS YEAR IN ITALY

1st treatment room in AtreP is under final testing

Installation of an IBA Proton Therapy System composed of two state-of-the-art patient treatment rooms is on schedule at Italy’s most advanced cancer center, the Agenzia Provinciale Per la Protonterapie (ATreP) in Trento.

The first treatment room is now being tested before acceptance by the facility’s technical personnel. Once this important phase is passed, the ATreP team will commission the room clinically treating ATreP’s first proton patient by the end of 2013. Commissioning is a process that includes confirming proton beam uniformity and accuracy.