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Proton therapy

Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Leo Cancer Care targets proton therapy access with $65m Series D financing

Leo Cancer Care has raised $65 million in Series D financing to scale its integrated upright cancer care platform, which is designed to image and treat patients in a seated position rather than the conventional lying-down setup. The oversubscribed round supports manufacturing scale-up, commercial deployment and continued development across upright proton therapy, photon therapy and

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Mevion’s European expansion gains momentum with Southern Italy proton therapy project

Proton therapy is precise but hard to scale. Mevion’s Naples win tests whether compact systems can shift access across Southern Europe.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Can Mevion’s S250-FIT make proton therapy practical for more cancer centers?

Proton therapy has long had an infrastructure problem. Mevion’s S250-FIT asks whether existing LINAC vaults can change that.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

How UNC Health’s Mevion deployment reflects a reset in proton therapy economics

UNC Health selects Mevion’s compact proton system. Discover what this means for proton therapy economics, workflows, and academic cancer care.

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Pharma & Biotech

Proton therapy delivers survival gain in head and neck cancer: Could this Lancet trial shift payer and policy resistance?

A new phase III clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that proton therapy significantly improves overall survival and reduces treatment-related toxicities in patients with oropharyngeal cancers compared to traditional photon-based radiation. Conducted across 21 U.S. institutions and led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the study is the

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