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Proton beam therapy holds no advantages in medallublastoma, Ashya's form of cancer, said Wilson.

The PTC, in a statement on its website, outlined the difference between proton beam therapy and conventional radiotherapy.

Proton beam therapy does not cure any more children than conventional radiotherapy.

Proton beam therapy is a kind of radiation used to treat cancers.

But it emerged last month that NHS England had agreed to fund proton beam therapy for Ashya under the reciprocal healthcare arrangements that exist within the EU.

It is anticipated that NHS demand for proton beam therapy abroad will reach 1,500 patients by 2017, according to the company.

The long period of treatment for external beam therapy and its perceived side effects were cited as reasons to reject it.

The arrival of the proton beam therapy to Manchester is one more piece of equipment in the search for effective cancer treatments.

Proton beam therapy targets radiation directly at the tumour, avoiding healthy surrounding tissue, but it is still unclear whether it is as good at destroying cancerous tissue.

They also said that an application to a specialist board for NHS funding for proton beam therapy for Ashya was turned down earlier this week.

The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced a £250m investment in two new proton beam therapy centres expected to open in London and Manchester in 2018.