CNAO

The National Centre of Oncological Hadronotherapy (CNAO) is a foundation that aims to treat tumors through the use of protons and carbon ions.

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CERN70: From physics to medicine

Ugo Amaldi helped create a European network of cancer therapy centres using beams of ions, in particular carbon ions

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14 November, 2024
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14 November, 2024

Giorgio Brianti (1930 – 2023)

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Accelerators
05 May, 2023
Accelerators
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05 May, 2023

Clinical trials using carbon ions begin at CNAO

This week, for the first time at the CNAO hadrontherapy centre in Italy, a beam of carbon ions was used to treat a cancer patient

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16 November, 2012
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16 November, 2012