On World Cancer Day, Wellness Wednesday is spotlighting a cutting-edge cancer treatment now available in the Oklahoma City metro: proton therapy. We spoke with Dr. Kole Melton, a radiation oncologist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first randomized study of photon and proton radiation for breast cancer showed both modalities preserve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for late feeding tube dependence was low and did not differ between intensity-modulated radiation therapy ...

(Editor's note: Gayle asked that we only use her first name.) A retired nurse from Lynnwood, Wash., Gayle, age 74, received back-to-back cancer diagnoses in 2011 and 2012 while working at Northwest ...

Radiation therapy works by using high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. MSK offers precise radiation therapy that kills throat cancer cells with fewer side effects from radiatio ...

Why: Established in 2016, at a time when there were only 13 proton centers across the country and none in the Maryland, DC, and Northern Virigina area, MPTC stood as a pioneer of ...

The National Association for Proton Therapy (NAPT), the nation's leading organization dedicated to increasing patient access to advanced cancer treatments, will convene the 2026 National Proton ...

A new study published today in The Lancet showed a significant survival benefit for patients with oropharyngeal cancers who were treated with proton therapy (IMPT) compared to those treated with ...

The first randomized trial to compare photon- and proton-based radiation therapy for breast cancer finds that patients report equally strong health-related quality of life with either treatment.

Leo Cancer Care's high-tech chair, which combines an upright patient positioning system and a CT scanner, received FDA clearance in July. Startup Leo Cancer Care is transforming proton radiation ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In early December 2025, the Atrium Health Levine Cancer ...

Radiation therapy treats roughly two-thirds of all cancer patients, yet healthy tissue has always absorbed collateral damage ...