High energy proton beam therapy, an advanced form of radiotherapy, made its debut in the UK in 2018. Both the NHS and private clinics began offering this treatment in the same year, but they treated ...

Stephen McMahon has received funding from the European Commission. High energy proton beam therapy, an advanced form of radiotherapy, made its debut in the UK in 2018. Both the NHS and private clinics ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An expensive prostate cancer radiation treatment known as proton beam therapy has just as many side effects as a more common and cheaper radiation method, according to a ...

New proton therapy technology costs Medicare and seniors millions of dollars but offers zero improvement for prostate cancer patients. Radiation therapists use X-rays to show the exact position of a ...

An expert explained the benefits of proton therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, which delivers radiation directly to the tumor and spares surrounding areas. Proton therapy for the treatment ...

Treating prostate cancer with higher doses of proton therapy over a shorter amount of time leads to similar outcomes when compared to standard dose levels and treatments and is safe for patients, ...

In the largest observational study of its kind, a review of Medicare records found that men treated with proton beams had one-third more bowel problems than those who had conventional radiation. But ...

Patient-reported sexual outcomes and potency following proton therapy for the management of prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. This ...

Dennis takes a scientific approach to his health. A retired fisheries biologist living in Olympia, he worked for many years with the State of Washington and local tribes on salmon issues, especially ...