Stanford Medicine opened a facility on Tuesday providing proton therapy to cancer patients. The treatment offers a new ...

The main advantage of proton therapy is its precision. Protons deposit most of their energy directly in the tumor with little ...

Annemarie Shepherd, MD, medical director of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy, has a special interest in thymic cancers, a type of thoracic cancer. Thoracic cancers develops in the chest, or ...

ROCHESTER — When Derek Gerlach, then 10 years old, was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in November 2018, his treatment began almost immediately. Within a month, Derek underwent surgery to remove ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hypofractionated postmastectomy proton radiotherapy shortened treatment duration. Both treatment groups ...

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's proposal to build a new proton beam therapy center will have to wait at least a month.

A contingent of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy staff attended the National Association of Proton Therapy (NAPT) Conference in Boston last month. The conference, which hosted 335 members ...

Blue Shield of California is the latest major insurer to scale back coverage for proton beam therapy for early stage prostate cancer, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In letters sent this ...

Radiation is a targeted form of cancer treatment used for up to half of all patients with cancer. Most radiation treatments are delivered using focused X-rays. Because X-rays travel through tissues, ...

State health regulators said Friday they have reached an agreement that will allow for the development of a second proton beam therapy center in Connecticut. The Office of Health Strategy said it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer achieved similar quality-of-life outcomes whether they ...