A different kind of radiation therapy can help cancer patients preserve who they are. About half of all cancer patients ...

Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for late feeding tube dependence was low and did not differ between intensity-modulated radiation therapy ...

Oct. 27—The New Mexico Cancer Center is planning to build a $43 million proton beam therapy facility at its Albuquerque headquarters, bringing to the state for the first time a technology that fights ...

Proton beam radiation therapy performed 10% better at stopping cancer of the throat compared to traditional X-ray radiation, a new study shows, with 15% fewer side effects. “With this study, it is my ...

Proton Therapy reduces the risk of a second cancer diagnosis by 69% versus other forms of radiation treatment according to a paper recently released by a team from Stanford University. The study ...

Ten years after his successful treatment at the Fred Hutch proton facility, patient Keith Abbott wrote a thank you note to ...

18F-DOPA PET-guided proton beam therapy improved overall survival in older glioblastoma patients, with a median OS of 13.1 months and no grade 4 adverse events. The hypofractionated regimen, completed ...

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 ...

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Children with craniopharyngiomas have better neurocognitive outcomes when they are treated with proton-beam radiation instead of the usual approach ― traditional photon radiation ― without loss of ...