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bonsai_spoolyesterday at 9:45 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, all of your points are presented as arguments to pay for this (children, comorbodities, specialization, specific cancers)


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somethingsometoday at 1:32 AM

I think we agree in general, I don't disagree that maybe Proton therapy is not better than radiotherapy, it might but we lack some evidence.

I only argue that if they are equal in quality of treatment and the 'total cost' is the evaluation parameter, it is way more complex than the treatment itself, and it could be justified to use proton therapy, even if more expensive.

Nice talk anyways :)