Varian and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center Announce Initial Patient Treated in the FAST-01 First Human Clinical Trial of FLASH Therapy for Cancer

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Nov 19, 2020
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- First patient in the world to participate in a clinical trial of FLASH therapy

- Physicians and researchers at Cincinnati's Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center are using a Varian ProBeam® proton therapy system modified to deliver radiation treatment at ultra-high dose rates

- FLASH therapy delivers radiation at ultra-high dose rates up to 100 times faster compared to conventional radiation therapy

- Study was designed in collaboration with the FlashForwardTM Consortium

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