Tami Freeman Editor, medicalphysicsweb.org Earlier this month, experts from some of the leading US cancer centres gathered to discuss the role of proton therapy in breast cancer - an emerging application…
Proton therapy is a type of radiation used to treat cancer. And it gets at one of the thorniest questions about the health-care overhaul: How do you balance innovation and…
By Leonard Arzt Recent research has demonstrated that treating breast cancer patients with conventional radiation may cause significant damage to their hearts. Fortunately, proton therapy offers a safe and effective…
CAMERON--Dr. John M., the Founder, Chairman, and President of ProCure Treatment Centers, the country's leading provider of proton-based cancer treatment, died on Thursday in Bloomington, Indiana. He was 73. Dr.…
A number of important clinical papers showing promising results were presented at the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group – North America (PTCOG‐NA) meeting this week by leading physicians from across the…
Physicians from across the country gathered in Chicago last week to discuss the most recent advances in proton therapy at the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group – North America (PTCOG-NA) meeting.…
A proton therapy treatment gantry, such as this one at Roberts Proton Therapy Center, delivers precise proton beams to difficult-to-reach tumors. Photo credit: Penn Medicine's Roberts Proton Therapy Center and…
After losing his mother to breast cancer and then fighting testicular cancer himself, Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton started a foundation to help those touched by the disease. LAURA PANJWANI…
By DENISE ROLAND for The Wall Street Journal Proton-beam therapy machines, such as this one in the Czech Republic, are used in treating cancer patients. PHOTO: PETR DAVID JOSEK/ASSOCIATED PRESS…
By Mike McKnight for WOWT News ROCHESTER, Minn. (WOWT) - When a rare form of cancer struck a young Nebraska woman, she learned the treatment could save her life but…
