For over a century, radiation therapy has been a cornerstone in cancer treatment. Now, physicists from the Radiation Detector and Imaging group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, in collaboration with the Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute (HUPCI), are exploring ways to enhance radiation therapy methods. Their efforts include assessing whether accelerator-based proton therapy could replace treatments using radioactive sources like cobalt-60.
Cameron Clarke, a Jefferson Lab staff scientist, leads the study alongside colleagues Michael Dion and Eric Christy. “As an early-career scientist who has just joined the lab as a staff member working explicitly to further the BRIC initiative, I am very excited to have received this green light from the DOE.“ Clarke said.