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 ...

Proton beam therapy is a new type of radiation therapy for liver cancer. Research suggests that it may be equally effective as traditional radiation therapy but cause fewer side effects. Proton beam ...

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 ...

This type of cancer treatment can have reduced side effects, yet be more precise in attacking cancer near sensitive organs.

Carilion Clinic reached fundraising goals for its seven-story cancer treatment center and is set to offer advanced radiation therapy with a $50 million fundraising goal.

Proton therapy provides a safer, targeted alternative to conventional radiation for some breast cancer patients. Radiation therapy has improved dramatically over the past few decades to allow for more ...

In 2020, shortly before he retired from a career working in information technology (IT), David Green's lifestyle included lifting weights, playing golf, doing house and yard work and hanging out with ...

After just four years with the cutting-edge technology, Inova Schar Cancer Institute celebrated 1,000 patients treated in their Inova Mather Proton Therapy Center. Dr. Ashish Chawla, department chair ...

DANBURY — A physicians group proposing to open a cancer center on the west side that would use proton therapy to kill tumors with fewer side effects is looking for state approval for a second time ...