AUTHOR=Dosanjh Manjit , Cirilli Manuela , Myers Steve , Navin Sparsh 

TITLE=Medical Applications at CERN and the ENLIGHT Network

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2016

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2016.00009

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2016.00009

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=State-of-the-art techniques derived from particle accelerators, detectors, and physics computing are routinely used in clinical practice and medical research centres: from imaging technologies, to dedicated accelerators for cancer therapy and nuclear medicine, simulations and data analytics. Principles of particle physics themselves are the foundation of a cutting edge radiotherapy technique for cancer treatment: hadron therapy. This article is an overview of the involvement of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in medical applications, with a specific focus on hadron therapy. It also presents the history, achievements, and future scientific goals of the European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy (ENLIGHT), whose coordination office is at CERN.