Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act.
Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to tumors — assuming the beam is in the right place. Now, using a radioactive beam, scientists pinpointed the beam’s location while treating tumors in mice. It’s the first successful treatment of tumors with a radioactive beam, scientists report in a paper submitted September 23 at arXiv.org.
The technique could eventually allow scientists to treat human patients with millimeter precision — particularly important when a tumor is nestled next to a sensitive organ such as the spinal cord or brain stem.
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