3. Inside cancer treatment with x-ray and proton beams

08/04/2020 33 min
3. Inside cancer treatment with x-ray and proton beams

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Episode Synopsis

Dr Catarina Veiga describes her research into improving cancer treatments with x-ray and proton beams. She talks about the new proton therapy centre at UCLH, why protons beams are better, and why sometimes they aren't.
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