The use of proton therapy is the most precise and advanced form of radiation therapy, and it is primarily used to treat cancer
Proton
therapy is the most precise and advanced type of radiation therapy, and it is
primarily used to treat cancer. It has significant advantages over traditional
radiation therapy in terms of efficacy and side effects. It is a painless,
non-invasive treatment that allows patients to maintain their quality of life
and quickly resume normal activities. It enables doctors to administer full or
higher treatment doses that destroy the primary tumor site while causing no
harm to surround healthy tissue or organs.
What
is the purpose of proton therapy?
Proton therapy, also known as proton
beam therapy, is a type of radiation therapy used to kill tumor cells. Instead
of x-rays, as in traditional radiation therapy, protons are used to send
high-energy beams that can target tumors more precisely than X-ray radiation.
According
to The National Association for Proton Therapy, there are 25 proton treatment
centers in the United States, with 11 more under construction, including UC
Davis Crocker Lab, Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center, and M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center; 8 new centers are being developed. Proton
therapy has been used to treat over 80,000 patients suffering from
cancers ranging from prostate cancer to brain tumors.
Proton radiation can be delivered using the scattered proton technique,
which allows protons to enter at a relatively constant scattered radiation
dose. Previously, synchrocyclotrons were used to deliver energy protons.
Isochronous cyclotrons are now used to deliver high-energy protons for therapy.
Proton therapy includes ionizing radiation-based external beam radiotherapy.
Ionization causes radiation to damage molecules within cells, particularly DNA.
The
demand for this type of treatment is expected to skyrocket as more medical
professionals and patients become interested in learning more about the proton
therapies treatment process. The growing number of cancer patients, as well as
the growing global recognition of proton therapy and its benefits, are driving
this growth. The key players in proton therapies are Ion Beam Applications,
Hitachi, Fermi Lab Scientists, and Varian Medical Systems.
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