Proton beam therapy is an advanced form of external radiotherapy that uses high-energy proton beams instead of photon x-ray beams or electrons. Carefully measured doses of protons are delivered to the precise area needing treatment, using the latest IBA ProteusONE technology. This ensures that the delivery of proton beam therapy is highly accurate and prevents the risk of radiation reaching surrounding healthy tissue.
Radiotherapy is used to kill and destroy cancer cells. It utilises radiation in the form of high-energy x-rays, known as photons, to kill and damage the cancerous cells and prevent their growth and reproduction. It can be used as a non-surgical option to treat cancer, and it can also be used to shrink a tumour or in combination with other treatments.
The Rutherford Cancer Centres and Elekta are bringing the next generation of personalised adaptive radiotherapy technology to oncology centres across the UK, with the new MR-linac Elekta Unity now available at the Rutherford Cancer Centre North West in Liverpool.
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Dr Cheng Boon is Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Worcester Oncology Centre at Worcester Royal Hospital. He completed medical training at the University of Manchester Medical School.
Dr Boon specialises in the non-surgical management of solid organ malignancies of the head and neck and upper gastrointestinal tract, in radiotherapy for plasmacytoma and lymphoma as well as in chemotherapy for gynaecological malignancies. His objective is to harness technology to offer complex, modern radiotherapy, improving survival and limiting toxicities to normal tissue.
Dr Boon sits on a panel of clinicians that helps screen early clinical trial proposals for radiation safety and exposure purposes.
This consultant has received training from the Rutherford Cancer Centres in the delivery of proton beam therapy. The programme, Proton Therapy Clinical Education, in conjunction with The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and IBA, the leading proton beam therapy solutions manufacturer, involves oncologists gaining practical experience in Penn’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center – one of the world’s leading centres of proton therapy research and expertise.
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiology (United Kingdom)
Clinical Oncology Specialist Register of the General Medical Council (United Kingdom)
Clinical Radiation Expert (CRE) for Health Research Authority (HRA), National Health Service (NHS)
Honorary Senior Lecturer (Radiotherapy Quality Assurance), Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE)
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