<ul><li>Step-and-shoot proton arc therapy has been successfully used to treat head-and-neck cancer in a human patient, offering precise treatment with minimal side effects.</li><li>Proton therapies like step-and-shoot technology provide continuous and automated radiation delivery to tumors, optimizing treatment plans.</li><li>This new technique was trialed on a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma, resulting in minimal side effects and no radiation toxicity to other body areas.</li><li>Researchers aim to further develop the dynamic proton arc technique, known as DynamicARC, for more advanced cancer treatment.</li></ul>

Proton arc therapy eliminates hard-to-treat cancer with minimal side effects

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