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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
News4Jax

Talking Health: Exploring proton therapy for cancer treatment

Proton beam radiation therapy is a highly precise, noninvasive cancer treatment that delivers a beam of protons that damage a tumor's DNA and destroy cancer cells. Dr. Scot Ackerman from the Ackerman ...
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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

4 health systems opening proton therapy centers

There are only 45 cancer centers in the U.S. that offer proton beam therapy, according to data from the National Association for Proton Therapy. Proton beam therapy delivers a high dose of radiation ...
Medical Xpress

Using proton beam therapy to treat heart rhythm disorder

Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer, but could it also help treat dangerous heart rhythms? Mayo Clinic recently completed the first clinical trial in humans using proton beam therapy, a ...
The Manila Times

IBA signs contract for a Proteus®ONE proton therapy system to be located at the MacKay Memorial Hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan

IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology and the world’s leading ...
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 ...