SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KFSN) -- Radiation treatment for cancer has become as precise as the tip of a pencil. With pencil beam proton therapy, doctors can pinpoint tumors more accurately than ever before, ...

One of the great modern accomplishments of medical science is that cancer patients are living longer than ever before. This is largely attributed to the improved ability to fight cancer with improved ...

Dose distributions for (left) an uncollimated plan and (centre) a plan with apertures for proton therapy of an optic glioma; the right panel shows the dose differences. The use of apertures reduces ...

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mevion Medical Systems announces the treatment of the first patient in the world on the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System® at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital ...

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mevion Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System ® including HYPERSCAN™ pencil beam scanning (PBS) technology.

More than 250 total between Phoenix and Rochester, including 19 doctors and 19 physicists. About 500 construction jobs are expected to be created during construction of the Richard O. Jacobson Proton ...

Dose distributions for (left to right) VMAT, DSPT and PBS. The target volume (green) as well as the temporal lobes and substructures are contoured. (Courtesy: Laura Toussaint/ESTRO) Children ...

Mayo Clinic has announced plans to build proton beam therapy facilities at its Rochester, Minn., and Scottsdale, Ariz., cancer center sites, a combined $370 million project, according to a Mayo Clinic ...

A comparison of three types of radiotherapy for children's brain tumors suggests that a type of proton therapy called pencil beam scanning offers the best hope of preserving cognitive functions. The ...