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The research here, he told AFP during a recent visit, is aimed at creating very high energy beams of electrons – the negatively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom – that eventually could help to combat cancerous cells more effectively.
They are researching a "technology to accelerate electrons to the energies that are needed to treat deep-seated tumors, which is above 100 million electron volts" (MeV), Corsini explained.
The idea is to use these very high-energy electrons (VHEE) in combination with a new and promising treatment method called FLASH.
Reducing 'collateral damage'
This method entails delivering the radiation dose in a few hundred milliseconds, instead of minutes as is the current approach.
This has been shown to have the same destructive effect on the targeted tumor but causes far less damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
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