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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April 1, 2013 — For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to ...

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February 6, 2013 — Radiation oncologists from some of the country’s leading cancer centers will meet in Phoenix to ...

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February 1, 2013 — Six clinical trials, including one evaluating the effectiveness of proton beam therapy in treating ...

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Apollo Hospitals, India's leading healthcare provider, in its yet another initiative to bring the best healthcare ...

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An innovative modification of a treatment chair used with cancer patients allows those who have problems lying down ...

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January 18, 2013 — Testing of a compact cancer treatment technology from ProTom International Inc. has demonstrated that ...

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For men undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer, fewer treatments with higher doses appear to be well tolerated ...

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At ASTRO 2012, IBA featured a scale model install of its Proteus One compact proton system combined with the Philips ...

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At ASTRO 2012, Mevion featured its compact Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System, which has a footprint comparable to ...

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November 2, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems announced the delivery of its fifth TriNiobium Core proton accelerator, the ...

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October 30, 2012 — IBA Group, a leader in advanced cancer diagnosis and therapy technologies, and Royal Philips ...

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October 15, 2012 — For many people the words “proton therapy” may conjure up images of some type of high-tech treatment ...

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September 24, 2012 — Three Texas healthcare leaders announced new details of their plan to provide cancer patients with ...

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July 24, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems announced today that it has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron for ...

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July 20, 2012 — The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, seeking to broaden its array of radiation ...

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June 28, 2012 — When a newly diagnosed cancer patient is considering treatment options, proton therapy might not be the ...

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June 11, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., a radiation therapy company dedicated to advancing the treatment of cancer ...

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June 1, 2012 —Frank Mackinson of Bound Brook, N.J., became the first patient to complete treatment at the ProCure Proton ...

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May 15, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems is showcasing a new user interface for its ProBeam proton therapy system at the ...

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Feature | Scott Branton and Tobias Gilk

Miniaturization is everywhere in imaging. Portable X-ray. Rolling, rapid scan computed tomography (CT). Handheld ...

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