Research shows proton beam therapy improves cancer survival, lowers side effects

Proton beam radiation therapy performed 10% better at stopping cancer of the throat compared to traditional X-ray radiation, a new study shows, with 15% fewer side effects.
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Proton Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer Makes a Case for Standard of Care

Proton radiotherapy (RT) for oropharyngeal cancer matched conventional photon therapy for slowing disease progression and led ...

Proton beam therapy boosts throat cancer survival, study finds

Photon therapy offers strong outcomes in treating oropharyngeal cancers; however, some radiation can reach and damage nearby ...
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Six years after a spot was discovered in his eye, a Lacey man had proton therapy to eradicate ocular melanoma

When Ron White was told he had a suspicious spot at the back of his eye he was surprised to discover he had ocular melanoma.