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When neurosurgeon Lars Leksell and radiobiologist Börje Larsson first collaborated to use the proton beam at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, one would doubt that they were concerned whether the procedure would be reimbursed by the health care system. The development of radiosurgery throughout the 1950s to 1970s was largely funded by private and public research monies. According to Professor Erik-Olof Backlund, MD, PhD, during the early era of radiosurgery, procedures by Lawrence’s group (using heavy particles at Berkeley), Kjellberg (using the cyclotron at Harvard University), and Leksell (who traveled from Stockholm to Uppsala to use the proton beam to treat patients) were either free to patients or the physician accepted what the patient was able to pay (E.O. Backlund, personal conversations, 1996–1999).
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Emerick, R. (2008). Regulatory and Reimbursement Aspects of Radiosurgery. In: Chin, L.S., Regine, W.F. (eds) Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71070-9_67
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