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CATANA protontherapy facility: The state of art of clinical and dosimetric experience

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After nine years of activity, about 220 patients have been treated at the CATANA Eye Protontherapy facility. A 62MeV proton beam produced by a Superconducting Cyclotron is dedicated to radiotherapy of eye lesions, as uveal melanomas. Research and development work has been done to test different dosimetry devices to be used for reference and relative dosimetry, in order to achieve dose delivering accuracy. The follow-up results demonstrated the efficacy of proton beams and encouraged us in our activity in the fight against cancer.

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  1. Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, Catania, Italy

    G. Cuttone, G. A. P. Cirrone, S. Pittera, F. Romano, M. G. Sabini & L. M. Valastro

  2. Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy

    G. Di Franco, V. La Monaca, J. Ott, G. Privitera, L. Raffaele, A. Reibaldi, V. Salamone, M. Sanfilippo & C. Spatola

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy

    S. Lo Nigro

  4. Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy

    M. G. Sabini & L. M. Valastro

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Cuttone, G., Cirrone, G.A.P., Di Franco, G. et al. CATANA protontherapy facility: The state of art of clinical and dosimetric experience. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 126, 65 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2011-11065-1

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