The main advantage of proton therapy is its precision. Protons deposit most of their energy directly in the tumor with little spillover into surrounding tissue, explained Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, a ...

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 ...

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

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...

The Stanford School of Medicine unveiled a novel machine on Tuesday that treats cancer patients with a high degree of ...

Fred Hutch radiation oncologist Ralph Ermoian, MD, specializes in treating childhood brain cancers. He recently described his work as a series of relationships with patients, families, colleagues, ...

This is a big week in cancer care for patients in Southwest Florida and beyond. A huge cyclotron will be delivered Friday and will serve as the foundation for the only proton beam center on Florida’s ...

A study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute evaluates the efficacy and safety of proton therapy for patients with lower grade gliomas (LGGs). The single-arm prospective phase 2 ...

Reporters at the scene learned that a domestically produced “proton system” made in Hefei is scheduled to enter clinical trials in the first half of this year; with domestic substitution, proton ...