Modern methods of radiotherapy would fight cancer more effectively and safely if treatments could be planned, taking into ...

Proton beam therapy, or proton therapy, is a type of radiation that destroys tumor cells in your body. This therapy is an option if you have advanced ovarian cancer. Proton therapy doesn’t use X ...

Modern methods of radiotherapy would fight cancer more effectively and safely if treatments could be planned taking into ...

Proton beam therapy, available since the 1970s, also has been suggested as superior treatment for treating child cancer patients, since any radiation at all may interfere with growth and development.

Children with craniopharyngiomas have better neurocognitive outcomes when they are treated with proton-beam radiation instead of the usual approach ― traditional photon radiation ― without ...

Proton beam therapy, or proton therapy, uses protons to destroy cancer cells instead of X-rays like traditional radiation therapy. Healthcare professionals have used it to treat cancer in clinics ...

Treating sarcoma with Dr. Stephanie Schaub, radiation oncologist Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more ...

Radiation therapist Melissa Berg gets a proton beam therapy treatment room ready for the next patient in Mayo Clinic's Jacobson Building in downtown Rochester on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Proton therapy can play a role in treating gastrointestinal, testicular and skin cancers Proton therapy is often a preferred form of radiation for cancers such as head and neck, brain, eye and lung.

Results of the first study showed use of proton beam therapy in the U.S. increased overall for all new cancer diagnoses — from 0.4% in 2004 to 1.2% in 2018 (annual percent change [APC], 8.12; P ...

Proton beam therapy is a more precise treatment that can better focus radiation on a cancer, reducing the side-effects of treatment. However, proton therapy is not available in Canada.

A group of advocates and Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute representatives on Thursday called for Virginia to expand access to proton beam radiation therapy, though none of the bills ...