Proton therapy is a type of radiation that targets cancer cells more precisely, which may prolong a person’s life. However, proton therapy is new, and pancreatic cancer has a low survival rate, so ...

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors exist in a wide range of types, from aggressive to slow growing. Approximately two-thirds of the tumors that grow in the brain aren’t cancerous at all, ...

Proton beam therapy is a new type of radiation therapy for liver cancer. Research suggests that it may be equally effective as traditional radiation therapy but cause fewer side effects. Proton beam ...

In the article that accompanies this editorial, Howard et al 1 provide a state of the union summary regarding the status of proton therapy in the United States. Proton therapy is a rapidly growing ...

Charlotte Elwood will never let anyone tell her anything is impossible. When the Boise, Idaho resident was diagnosed in 1997 with a rare form of ovarian cancer called germ cell granulosa — despite ...

Stanford Medicine Cancer Center delivers the world’s first patient treatment using an ultra-compact proton therapy system installed in an existing conventional radiation therapy vault LITTLETON, Mass.

The therapy was delivered in a single, noninvasive session with proton beams directed to the area of the heart causing VT. There were no serious treatment-related side effects during follow-up of up ...

UAMS Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes stated that numerous obstacles remain in efforts to save the Proton Center of Arkansas due to significant financial discrepancies within the joint venture's revenue ...

Stephen De La Torre, 7, is usually all smiles. But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment ...

Proton therapy exploits the sharply defined Bragg peak of proton dose deposition to deliver high doses to tumours while sparing surrounding tissue. However, uncertainties in proton range can ...

The Federal Government is actively considering a Victorian proposal, with Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre emerging as a leading contender. The development follows years of uncertainty ...

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mevion Medical Systems today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the MEVION S250-FIT™ Proton Beam Radiation ...