The Treatment
What is Proton Therapy?
- The most precise form of radiation treatment available. Proton therapy radiates primarily
the tumor site, leaving surrounding healthy tissue and organs intact and unharmed.
- Non-invasive and painless. Proton therapy maintains quality of lifestyle during the
treatment process on an out-patient basis.
- Minimal side effects.
- Highly effective treatment for tumors in the head, brain, neck, lung and prostate.
- Proton therapy is often used in conjunction with other cancer treatment modalities.
- Quickly becoming radiation therapy of choice for pediatric cancers.
