Carnevali di Sicilia tra tradizione e innovazione

Toxicologie predictive: les voies du futur

Use of 70 MeV proton beam for medical applications at INFN-LNS: CATANA project

The project CATANA (Centro di Adro Terapia ed Applicazioni Nucleari Avanzate) is a collaboration between the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Physics Department, Ophthalmology Institute and Radiology Institute of the Catania University and CSFNSM Catania. The main goal of CATANA is the study and the application of protontherapy for the treatment of shallow tumors (4 cm max) like uveal melanomas and subfoveal macular degenerations.