Russia to Open Europe's Largest Cancer Clinic Using Cutting Edge Proton Therapy

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The new clinic in Russia's Ulyanovsk Oblast is being fitted with cyclotron, and will be Europe's largest radiotherapy center after it opens next year, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on Saturday.

A clinic in the city of Dimitrovgrad, in Russia's Ulyanovsk Oblast, is receiving revolutionary new medical equipment for the treatment of cancer and other illnesses, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on Saturday. 

The equipment is a type of particle accelerator called a cyclotron, and is being installed by Belgian company IBA. A cyclotron is used to carry out proton therapy, a revolutionary new cancer treatment which uses protons rather than X-rays to treat cancer

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Source: Sputnik