CERN and Theryq Collaborate on FLASH Radiotherapy for Cancer Treatment
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Summary
French company Theryq is collaborating with CERN to develop FLASH radiotherapy, a new cancer treatment approach using ultra-high dose rate radiation. The FLASHKNiFE system targets superficial tumors with electron beams, and the technology leverages particle physics infrastructure and expertise from high-energy physics labs like CERN and SLAC. The article describes the technical setup at the Swiss-French border facility where physicists are preparing linear particle accelerators for this medical application.
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· 5 pulledThe French company Theryq is collaborating with the particle physics research facility CERN to develop FLASH radiation therapy.
Theryq's FLASHKNiFE system targets superficial tumors with electron beams of 6 or 9 megaelectron volts.
Inside a cavernous hall at the Swiss-French border, the air hums with high voltage and possibility.
From his perch on the wraparound observation deck, physicist Walter Wuensch surveys a multimillion-dollar array of accelerating cavities, klystrons, modulators, and pulse compressors—hardware being readied to drive a new generation of linear particle accelerators.
CERN, SLAC and other high-energy physics labs are collaborating with medical researchers on a new cancer treatment called FLASH radiotherapy.
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