SGD100 mn system to beat cancer with less harm in Singapore
19-Aug-16, The Straits Times
Singapore is investing close to SGD100 mn (USD74 mn) on a proton beam therapy system to treat cancers which causes much less damage to healthy tissue than current radiation therapy.
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With about three in five cancer patients requiring radiation, the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has been studying the technology for a decade, but cost and size have been major inhibitors.
The machine will occupy three floors in the basement of the new cancer centre at the Outram campus when it opens in 2021, according to NCCS director Soo Khee Chee who announced that the machine would be from Hitachi. The Japanese company beat six other firms to clinch the deal.