Fred Hutch

The Beam: Dr. Annemarie Shepherd on proton therapy for thymic cancers; NAPT celebrates successes and meet Dr. Winston Vuong

Annemarie Shepherd, MD, medical director of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy, has a special interest in thymic cancers, a type of thoracic cancer. Thoracic cancers develops in the chest, or ...
Post-Bulletin

With expansion on the way, Mayo Clinic's proton beam therapy program aims to treat as many patients as possible

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 ...
Fred Hutch

The Beam: Proton therapy for rare cancers, an in-depth look at our team coordinators’ role and meet new medical assistant

Proton therapy is often a preferred form of radiation for cancers such as head and neck, brain, eye and lung. But other less common cancers may also benefit from this therapy. These can include ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Blue Shield of California Scales Back Coverage for Proton Beam Therapy

Blue Shield of California is the latest major insurer to scale back coverage for proton beam therapy for early stage prostate cancer, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In letters sent this ...
Healio

Proton beam therapy shortens breast cancer treatment, creating access for more patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hypofractionated postmastectomy proton radiotherapy shortened treatment duration. Both treatment groups ...
News4Jax

Talking Health: Exploring proton therapy for cancer treatment

Proton beam radiation therapy is a highly precise, noninvasive cancer treatment that delivers a beam of protons that damage a tumor's DNA and destroy cancer cells. Dr. Scot Ackerman from the Ackerman ...
The Conversation

Proton beam therapy: A modern treatment for cancer, but not in Canada (yet)

Derek Tsang receives research grant funding from ACCESS (https://accessforkidscancer.ca), the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, and the US National Cancer Institute. Tsang also received travel ...
ABC7

Under-recognized prostate cancer therapy is less invasive, has fewer side effects than radiation

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 ...
MedPage Today

Quality of Life Similar With Proton Beam Therapy vs IMRT for Prostate Cancer

Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between proton beam therapy (PBT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) among men with localized prostate cancer, the randomized PARTIQoL ...
Healio

Proton therapy, IMRT comparably effective for low-, intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer achieved similar quality-of-life outcomes whether they ...