Proton therapy cancer unit debacle leads to $US32 million lawsuit

Seven years ago, cancer patients forced to travel overseas for proton therapy were promised an Australian-based service — but ...
Machine Design

Proton therapy: A better way to kill tumors

Proton therapy is considered the most advanced form of radiation therapy, but size and cost of these giant machines have limited its use to only six cancer centers nationwide. Current proton therapy ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The Beam: New radiation tech coming to the proton therapy facility; thoughtful gifts for cancer patients; meet a new radiation oncologist

What's new in proton therapy? Read the latest news and views from Fred Hutch's proton therapy facility’s patients and ...
Reuters

Proton therapy demand wave drives expansion of Belgium's IBA

LOUVAIN LA NEUVE, Belgium (Reuters) - When Yves Jongen stood at the controls of his proton therapy machine fifteen years ago to treat a cancer patient for the first time he was petrified. Now Jongen's ...
Fred Hutch

Equipment, Treatment Rooms and Software

Proton therapy relies on state-of-the-art technology, like our 220-ton cyclotron and specialized treatment rooms. Learn more about the technology we use in your care. The driving force behind proton ...
Orlando Sentinel

Hard-to-treat cancers are responding to proton therapy at Miami Cancer Institute

When 30-year-old Olga Alarcon Cruz learned she had invasive breast cancer, she was terrified. A mother of two, Cruz pondered her treatment options, seeking one with fewer side effects than ...