St. Jude and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first clinical study to evaluate the use of proton therapy for rare brain cancers in children younger than 3 years old.
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