The MedAustron Center for Ion Therapy has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of both, proton and carbon ion therapy for the treatment of skull based chordomas, a bone located cancer. In a recent publication in Cancers, the institution presented conclusive data from the treatment of 44 patients with this rare cancer.
. It is based on charged particles such as protons or carbon ions that are targeted at tumors with high energy. One of its main advantages over radiotherapy is the fact that the particle beams can be stopped in a precise location of the tissue, thereby reducing the exposure of healthy tissue. However, generating particle beams requires a particle accelerator.
Summarizing the results, Dr. Slavisa Tubin, Director of Clinical Radiobiology and Co-Scientific Director at MedAustron, comments,"Overall particle treatment achieved a local control of tumor growth of 95,5 % after two years and 90,9 % after three years. The progression-free survival rates in the same time intervals were also all above 90%. This is an excellent result for a therapy targeting a cancer type that is known to be resistant to radiotherapy.
Patients were treated with either proton or carbon ions , with carbon ions available from July 2019 onwards .
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