IBA opens Korea proton therapy center

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 15, 2007

Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said that the National Cancer Center (NCC) of Ilsan, Korea, has begun treating patients using a $38 million proton therapy system from IBA.

The first patient was treated for prostate cancer, according to IBA of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 16, 2007

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