Boy, 7, with Rare Brain Tumor Becomes First Patient to Receive Groundbreaking Proton Therapy Treatment

Stephen De La Torre's brain tumor was the size of a battery and close to his brain stem, so doctors found a way to shrink the ...
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Proton therapy was recommended for an eight-year-old when his brain tumor returned a third time

In 2019, at age four, Hedley Elliot got extreme head- and earaches. For his parents, it was an emotional time, and they urgently sought a diagnosis and treatment for his pain. Fortunately, they live ...
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Proton beam therapy delivers targeted cancer treatment, preserves surrounding tissue

I’M MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. RADIATION THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ABOUT HALF OF ALL CANCER PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE IT. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF TRADITIONAL RADIATION IS THAT ...
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The Beam: Good news for head and neck cancer patients, updates on FLASH proton therapy, meet a passionate radiation oncologist

A large clinical study recently published in The Lancet showed that patients treated with proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancers (cancers of the upper throat including the tonsils and back of the ...