At the Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) radiation therapy is performed by means of proton beams. Protontherapy is one of the particle therapies, in which energetic ions (mostly protons and carbon ions) areused to treat cancer patient by irradiating the tumor with high precision. At PSI the radiation doseis applied by a proton beam of max 250 MeV. In this chapter, the interactions of energetic ions withmatter (tissue) and the way particle therapy is applied are discussed, followed by a description of thePSI’s medical proton cyclotron and the treatment rooms in which the dose is applied to the patient
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The Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS), Switzerland