THPM058

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URL	https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2023-THPM058
Title	Conceptual design of a compact synchrotron-based facility for cancer therapy and biomedical research with helium and proton beams
Authors	M. Vretenar, G. Tranquille, J. Borburgh, K. Palskis, L. Bottura, M. Angoletta, T. Torims European Organization for Nuclear Research D. Adliene Lithuanian Association of Medical Physicists and Engineers E. Benedetto South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies M. Sapinski Paul Scherrer Institut R. Taylor CERN e. Gershkevitsh Estonian Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics e. korobeinikova Lithuanian Society for Radiation Therapy m. kalnina Latvian Association of Radiologists
Abstract	Thanks to their superior dose conformality and higher radiobiological effectiveness with respect to protons, helium ions are considered as the new tool of choice in the fight against cancer using particle beams. A facility to produce helium beams at therapeutical energy can also accelerate protons, at energies permitting both standardised treatment and full body radiography, and heavier ions for treatment of shallow tumours and for research. Equipped with FLASH extraction, it will be able to couple the protection to healthy tissues provided by Bragg peak and FLASH effect. This paper will present the basic layout of a facility based on a compact synchrotron of new design that can accommodate a wide research programme with patient treatment, sharing the beam between two treatment rooms and an experimental room. The linac accelerator may be designed to allow a programme for production of new radioisotopes for therapy, diagnostics and theragnostics using helium ions, in parallel with the operation as synchrotron injector. Overall cancer and conventional radiotherapy statistics, along with an estimate on the number of patients that can benefit from this facility will be presented for the case of the Baltic States, a candidate for hosting the facility.
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Conference	14th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
Location	Venice, Italy
Date	07-12 May 2023
Publisher	JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board	Ralph Assmann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Peter McIntosh - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC/DL/ASTeC) Giovanni Bisoffi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN/LNL) Alessandro Fabris - Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. Ivan Andrian - Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. Giulia Vinicola - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN/LNF)
Online ISBN	978-3-95450-231-8
Online ISSN	2673-5490
Received	03 May 2023
Revised	08 May 2023
Accepted	19 June 2023
Issued	26 September 2023
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2023-THPM058
Pages	5024-5027
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