First Patients Treated with Proton Therapy in Spain at the Quirónsalud Proton Therapy Center in Madrid
(WorldNews Belgium)

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 17 January 2020 - IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA), the world`s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, is pleased to announce that the Quirónsalud Proton Therapy Center in Madrid, Spain, began treating patients on its IBA Proteus®ONE* on December 26, 2019. These are the first patients to receive proton beam therapy in Spain. Quirónsalud has been able to treat its first patients following the 12-month Proteus®ONE installation period. IBA`s compact proton therapy system installed in Madrid includes the latest generation Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS), isocenter volumetric imaging (Cone Beam CT) capabilities as well as the Philips Ambient...