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Tumors Under Laser Fire

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MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 16, 2009 – Much to the delight of oncologists, a highly energetic ion beam in an accurately defined dose that provides a pin-sharp (and cost-effective) radiation treatment of tumors has been experimentally demonstrated.  Physicists at the Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics (MAP), led by Dr. Dietrich Habs, professor at Ludwig Maximilian University, in cooperation with scientists at the Max Born Institute in Berlin, have published their results in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters. MAP is a German Research Foundation Cluster of Excellence. According to the group, modern techniques based...Read full article

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    Published: December 2009
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