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The current technique of cancer radiotherapy makes use of radiation beams directed on the body of the patient to deposit a large amount of energy in the tumour cells. Very positive results have been obtained using photon beams and a significant improvement can be expected with the use of light ion beams. Along these lines, in the framework of the TERA project, we are developing a sampling clorimeter...