PROTON THERAPY

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• Proton therapy is a type of Radiation therapy which is also called proton beam therapy.
  
  
• It uses protons rather than x-rays to treat cancer. At high energy, protons can destroy cancer cells.
  
  
• It can also be combined with x-ray radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and/or immunotherapy.
  
  
• Like x-ray radiation, proton therapy is a type of external-beam radiation therapy.
  
  
• In India, Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), a grant-in-aid Institution under Department of Atomic Energy, has initiated collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) for research in proton therapy.