21 Feb '14

€40 million for proton therapy centre to battle cancer

Summary

A new centre at Leuven’s University Hospital will battle cancer in children and rare cancers in adults through proton therapy

New centre to be located in Leuven

The University of Leuven and the French-speaking Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) are establishing a centre for proton therapy with the help of the University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent). Leuven and UCL are investing €40 million in the centre, which will be set up at the University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven).
 

The centre will accommodate doctors from UZ Leuven, UZ Gent and the University Hospital Saint-Luc. But other university and non-university hospitals can also join the project to treat their patients. Researchers and experts from the industrial sector will collaborate in the centre to further develop proton therapy treatments.

Proton therapy is especially effective to treat cancers in children and rare cancers in adults, such as tumours near the optic nerve. Doctors in Belgium are currently using the therapy to help more than 200 patients per year.

€40 million for proton therapy centre to battle cancer in Leuven

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