Minecraft 'helping kids through cancer treatment'

The Christie treats about 120 children each year with proton beam therapy, a specialist form of radiotherapy that targets ...
Post-Bulletin

With expansion on the way, Mayo Clinic's proton beam therapy program aims to treat as many patients as possible

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 ...
Fred Hutch

The Beam: Dr. Annemarie Shepherd on proton therapy for thymic cancers; NAPT celebrates successes and meet Dr. Winston Vuong

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 ...

NC teen becomes the 100th proton therapy patient at Atrium Health Levine Cancer

After completing two courses of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant for Hodgkin lymphoma, 15-year-old Ava Schmid became ...

Proton beam therapy gives targeted cancer treatment

A different kind of radiation therapy can help cancer patients preserve who they are. About half of all cancer patients typically receive radiation therapy as a common treatment. One of the downsides ...
Healio

Proton beam therapy shortens breast cancer treatment, creating access for more patients

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Blue Shield of California Scales Back Coverage for Proton Beam Therapy

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 ...

Duke Health files plans for $150M cancer center

The plans for a proton beam therapy center include demolishing an existing building in Durham.
WBAL-TV

Proton beam therapy delivers targeted cancer treatment, preserves surrounding tissue

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 ...
ABC7

Under-recognized prostate cancer therapy is less invasive, has fewer side effects than radiation

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proton therapy to treat prostate cancer has been available in Southern California for nearly 35 years. It's less invasive and offers fewer side effects compared to conventional ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

10 years after proton therapy, an esophageal cancer patient is thriving

Ten years after his successful treatment at the Fred Hutch proton facility, patient Keith Abbott wrote a thank you note to the staff. Due to a family history of esophageal cancer, Abbott underwent ...
Healio

Proton therapy, IMRT comparably effective for low-, intermediate-risk prostate cancer

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 ...