Progress in Heavy Ion Cancer Therapy at IMP

After basic research of almost two decades on heavy ion therapy at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, techniques of heavy ion beam delivery and treatment planning have been established. Clinical trial of heavy ion therapy has gotten started since 2006 at IMP. Due to the encouraging clinical results, two dedicated heavy-ion therapy facilities are now under construction in Lanzhou and Wuwei, China, through the efforts of the IMP researchers. The progress of the project of heavy ion cancer therapy at IMP is introduced concisely in this paper.