Pre-clinical experiments in the deep-seated tumor heavy-ion therapy terminal at HIRFL-CSR

Abstract

A heavy-ion therapy terminal dedicated to deep-seated tumor treatment has been constructed at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou - Cooling Storage Ring (HIRFLCSR). Pre-clinical experiments such as beam test, irradiation field shaping and cell radiobiological assay have been carried out in the therapy terminal using carbon ions with energies in the range of 150 to 200MeV/u. These tests prove that the deep-seated tumor therapy terminal can provide basic conditions suitable for conducting clinical trial of heavy ion therapy. First deep-seated tumor patient treatments with carbon ions are expected to get started in the therapy terminal at HIRFL-CSR in the near future. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.