Proton therapy induces biologic response to attack treatment-resistant cancers – Science Daily

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a novel proton therapy technique to more specifically target cancer cells that resist other forms of treatment. The technique is called LEAP, an acronym for “biologically enhanced particle therapy.” The findings are published today in Cancer Research, the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.”The human body receives tens of thousands of DNA lesions per day from a variety of internal and external sources,” says Robert Mutter, M.D., a radiation…

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