MIBS carried out the first proton therapy to the child on the equipment Varian

In March, 2018 it became known that the Medical  institute  of  Berezina  of Sergey  (MIBS)  carried out the first procedure of proton therapy to the child, using the ProBeam system from Varian Medical Systems company. According to forecasts of organization, thanks to ProBeam every year in the center it will be possible to cure about 1000 cancer patients.

Scanning by a pencil bunch (pencil beam scanning, PBS) or an ostronapravlenny beam — the advanced method in use of protons for cancer therapy applied so far in the few proton centers of the world. The command of the Center of proton therapy of MIBS mastered PBS technology.

System of proton therapy ProBeam

In March, 2018 at a meeting with workers of health sector in St. Petersburg the Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the oncology becomes one of priorities in development of health care, and the state will allocate additional resources for treatment of oncological diseases using radiological methods.^[1]

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