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 ...

In seven patients, there were no signs of toxicity with proton-beam radioablation, clearing the way for future studies.

A first-in-human study suggests proton beam therapy, a cancer treatment, could sharply reduce ventricular tachycardia episodes in patients unresponsive to drugs or catheter ablation. The noninvasive ...

Proton beam radiation therapy led to 10% more patients surviving cancer of the throat after 5 years compared to traditional X-ray radiation, a new study shows, with 15% fewer side effects. “With this ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

Proton beam radiation therapy, long used in cancer care, has produced an approximately 80% reduction in dangerous ventricular tachycardia episodes for patients with no remaining treatment options.

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 ...

I’M MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. RADIATION THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ABOUT HALF OF ALL CANCER PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE IT. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF TRADITIONAL RADIATION IS THAT ...

OncoRay is receiving around 1.1 million euros in funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space under ...

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 ...