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“ Technology in the proton industry is changing very rapidly . Less than 10 years ago , our industry thinking was to build multi-room facilities which would see us develop four or five rooms with larger equipment ,” explains Beranek . “ It meant there are four completely different gantries but there is still only one cyclotron that can deliver the protons to each of these rooms . Although cost is a major issue , technology has helped to reduce the size of this significantly . I believe the proton industry is going towards single room facilities , which will also substantially reduce the overall cost of the project itself . Technology decreases the size of the scope , equipment , physical facility and size of the space and it remains absolutely vital to us .”
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Proton therapy centers began less than three decades ago with just a handful of centers in the US and Europe . However , in recent years the treatment method has become increasingly prominent in the industry and now holds just under 30 operating centers in the US as well as several in 28 other countries around the world . Beranek points out that protons have become more widely-used as a method of cancer treatment due to the influx of patients that have a greater understanding to
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