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New era in cancer treatment

With the opening of the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT) in November 2009 cancer treatment entered a new era. The HIT is the world’s first therapy facility with a movable radiation source for heavy ions. “We are embarking on a very promising journey in radiation oncology. Ion beam radiation will help many cancer patients”, says HIT’s managing director, Professor Juergen Debus. Read the full interview with Professor Debus, and learn what the HIT will mean for cancer patients whose tumor growth cannot be controlled with conventional radiation therapy.