Proton therapy is an advanced radiation treatment that precisely targets tumors with a goal of limiting harm to healthy tissue. It may help reduce short- and long-term side effects, lower the risk of ...

The technology, which in the past had been limited by size and cost, provides targeted doses of radiation to tumors, ...

Tri-Service General Hospital in Taiwan has entered a contract with Ion Beam Applications (IBA) for a ProteusONE compact ...

Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine has begun construction on the state’s first proton therapy system at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, also in Omaha.  The ...

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) began with a vision. After the instillation of the first proton cancer treatment institute in 1990, rumblings of the therapy’s success reached ...

Diagnosed with bone cancer near his ear when he was 40 years old, Chuck Hurley was a good candidate for proton therapy treatment. Traditional radiation therapy with X-rays can damage surrounding ...