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Panorama// The HZDR Research Magazine WWW.Hzdr.DE 40 41 Dresden project links health care to research One of East Germany's first-ever proton therapy facility's main advantages is that patients will benefit early on from further innovations of this form of cancer therapy, which is still fairly new, thanks to the broad spectrum of clinically oriented research projects at the OncoRay center. HZDR scientists used an accompanying exhibit to inform interested guests about laser-based proton acceleration research. The Dresden cancer researchers’ consensus is that proton therapy will only be able to become the new standard if it's possible to develop compact accelerators that are practical for use in the hospital setting. Be that as it may, in the new OncoRay building, there is ample space for a first-ever and unparalleled prototype designed for purposes of comparative examination. Hidden inside At its heart, the building houses a particle accelerator, which weighs a ton and which was festively inaugurated by Federal Minister of Research Wanka (left) and Minister President Tillich (fifth from the left) on September 17. Along with Minister of Research von Schorlemer, Mayor Orosz, OncoRay Director Baumann, HZDR Scientific Director Sauerbrey, DKFZ Chairman of the Board Wiestler, and the University Hospital’s Administrative Director Winzer (from left to right), they took the opportunity prior to the official kick-off event to take a peek inside a hall that under normal circumstances is inaccessible to the public. Inside said hall, accelerated protons will soon be guided through a series of pipes and apertures – for their ultimate delivery to cancer patients in the hospital setting. Contact _Institute of Radiooncology at HZDR / National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology – OncoRay Prof. Michael Baumann michael.baumann@oncoray.de www.oncoray.de With a firm push of the button "I'm simply thrilled that OncoRay has become one of the World's top sites for radiation research in oncology. I’m quite certain that the new proton therapy center is going to advance radiation research here in Dresden. This way, we have taken an important step in the direction of cancer research and therapy," says Federal Minister Johanna Wanka before placing her hand on the proton accelerator's on-switch. State Minister Sabine von Schorlemer, Minister President Stanislaw Tillich, Mayor Helma Orosz, the HZDR's Scientific Director Roland Sauerbrey, OncoRay Director Michael Baumann, DKFZ Chairman of the Board Otmar Wiestler, and Helmholtz Association President Jürgen Mlynek followed suit. Photo: Frank Bierstedt

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