Radiotherapy

Globally, around 350,000 people have been treated with proton therapy since the 1960s. It is a form of radiation therapy that is uniquely suited to treat hard-to-reach tumours located near sensitive organs such as the brain or the spinal cord.

Stereotactic radiosurgery – using focused beams of radiation to treat tumours and other abnormalities – was the brainchild of Swedish neurosurgeon, Lars Leksell. It has become widely deployed to treat brain metastases with a machine that bears his name – the Leksell Gamma Knife.