I’M MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. RADIATION THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ABOUT HALF OF ALL CANCER PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE IT. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF TRADITIONAL RADIATION IS THAT ...

Proton beam radiation therapy is a highly precise, noninvasive cancer treatment that delivers a beam of protons that damage a tumor's DNA and destroy cancer cells. Dr. Scot Ackerman from the Ackerman ...

Hadassah conducted the study at P-Cure’s Proton Therapy Center in Israel, the first and only facility in the world to routinely deliver proton therapy to patients using P-Cure’s upright technology.

For many cancer patients, side effects from radiation can be debilitating. But a new way of delivering radiation treatment has proven effective at eliminating a hard-to-treat cancer with the only side ...

A new study from MD Anderson Cancer Center is drawing national attention after finding higher survival rates among certain cancer patients treated with proton therapy, a more targeted form of ...

Proton therapy patient Keith Abbott recently sent a note to the care team at Fred Hutch – Proton Therapy. “In 2015 [10 years ago], I was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer,” he wrote. “After ...

Proton beam radiation therapy led to 10% more patients surviving cancer of the throat after 5 years compared to traditional X-ray radiation, a new study shows, with 15% fewer side effects. “With this ...

On World Cancer Day, Wellness Wednesday is spotlighting a cutting-edge cancer treatment now available in the Oklahoma City metro: proton therapy. We spoke with Dr. Kole Melton, a radiation oncologist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for late feeding tube dependence was low and did not differ between intensity-modulated radiation therapy ...