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Tata Memorial Centre to focus on research for maximum use of proton therapy for cancer

The TMC's Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) will launch the projects in partnership with global researchers, he said. On the occasion of completion of one year of proton therapy facility at the leading cancer hospital, Professor Siddhartha Laskar, Deputy Director (Academics and Proton Therapy), TMC, told reporters that 15-20 per cent of patients receiving radiation therapy could potentially benefit from treatment using proton beams.