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Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to tumors \u2014 assuming the beam is in the right place. Now, using a radioactive beam, scientists pinpointed the beam\u2019s location while treating tumors in mice. It\u2019s the first successful\u00a0treatment of tumors with a radioactive beam<\/a>, scientists report in a paper submitted September 23 at arXiv.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technique could eventually allow scientists to treat human patients with millimeter precision \u2014 particularly important when a tumor is nestled next to a sensitive organ such as the spinal cord or brain stem.<\/p>\n\n\n