cyclotron

University College London Hospital (UCLH) has received the 90-tonne cyclotron that will form the heart of its proton beam therapy (PBT) centre.  Having travelled 400 miles from Germany via Holland the machine was lowered into its specially constructed vault, a key milestone in the construction of the 11-storey facility. The NHS has one of the […]

Former patients Lucy Thomas and Emma Payton started the crane that moved the cyclotron into position. The Christie in Manchester has installed its state-of-the-art Varian proton beam therapy cyclotron, marking a major milestone in a national NHS plan to provide high energy proton beam therapy in the UK from next year. Together with the Department […]