Proton Therapy

Proton therapy, or proton beam therapy, is a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer. At a high energy, the positively charged particles can destroy cancer cells.

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December 24, 2013 — A patient with a rare type of cancer (chondrosarcoma) at the base of the skull has become the first ...

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December 10, 2013 — American Shared Hospital Services, a provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced ...

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October 2, 2013 — Proton therapy is the most advanced radiation technique available. Unfortunately, access to proton ...

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September 26, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released its list of five radiation oncology ...

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September 26, 2013 — When used to treat pediatric patients with intracranial malignant tumors, proton therapy may limit ...

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September 22, 2013 — Proton therapy, an external beam radiotherapy in which protons deliver precise radiation doses to a ...

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The New York Proton Center (NYPC), a consortium of five leading hospitals in New York City, including Continuum Health ...

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September 11, 2013 -- Cancer patients from all over the world now have a new opportunity to access proton therapy at the ...

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September 9, 2013 — More than two decades after becoming the world’s first hospital-based proton therapy center, the ...

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RaySearch Laboratories AB has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from Provision Center for ...

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August 21, 2013 — Proton therapy, using high-energy subatomic particles, may offer a precise, organ-sparing treatment ...

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August 15, 2013 — Mevion Medical Systems Inc. has secured $55 million to accelerate the deployment of its revolutionary ...

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July 31, 2013 — The Proton Therapy Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center is helping lessen the fears associated ...

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June 24, 2013 — A new first for Georgia was celebrated Thursday, May 2, as Emory Healthcare and the Winship Cancer ...

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June 5, 2013 — Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) currently has openings in eight clinical trials for patients ...

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June 3, 2013 — Mevion Medical Systems has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron accelerator for its Mevion S250 ...

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May 17, 2013 — New hope for cancer patients is building in North Texas as construction begins on the $105 million Texas ...

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The Remote Mobile Anesthesia System, initially developed for use in proton treatment centers but useful in any medical ...

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April 24, 2013 — Varian Medical Systems and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) announced a collaboration to further advance ...

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April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...

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