New research suggests the targeted radiation treatment may reduce long-term side effects while maintaining strong cancer ...
After completing two courses of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant for Hodgkin lymphoma, 15-year-old Ava Schmid became ...
Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in Lipa, Batangas is now offering one of the world’s most advanced cancer treatments through a ...
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 ...
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 ...
The therapy is a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that uses charged particles in the form of a proton that that gets delivered with precision into a tumor that might be near a critical organ, ...
IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology and the world’s leading ...
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 ...
A Phase III clinical trial including patients at the University of Oklahoma found that proton therapy improved survival and resulted in fewer side effects among people with head and neck cancer. The ...
A girl was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, primary intracranial sarcoma, on her 11th birthday in September. Millie ...
Particle therapy using a mix of carbon-, oxygen- and neon-ion beams helps tune the fine balance between range robustness, uniform dose and high linear energy transfer ...