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How particles can be therapeutic

Aug 1, 2003

Note added 2 December 2003. This article received a Special Commendation in the General Medical category of the Medical Journalism Awards 2003.

Subatomic particles are proving highly effective in treating cancer, as Matthew Chalmers reports. The goal today is to get them out of physics labs and into hospitals

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