Fred Hutch recently added two dedicated child life specialists who solely see pediatric patients and their families at Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy. Erin Behen, CCLS, and Laurel Priddy, ...

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has opened its new St. Jude Red Frog Events Proton Therapy Center. Here are three things to know about the center. 1. It is the world’s first ...

UNC Health System will integrate the radiation technology into their main campus in Chapel Hill in 2028 to help treat cancer ...

There are only 45 cancer centers in the U.S. that offer proton beam therapy, according to data from the National Association for Proton Therapy. Proton beam therapy delivers a high dose of radiation ...

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 Christie treats about 120 children each year with proton beam therapy, a specialist form of radiotherapy that targets tumours precisely, limiting damage to surrounding healthy tissue. There are ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Pediatric and adult oncology patients at Atrium Health ...

Jacksonville, Fl — When it opened in 2006, the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute was the first proton therapy facility in Jacksonville, the first in Florida the first in the Southeast U.S. and fifth ...

I’M MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. RADIATION THERAPY IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ABOUT HALF OF ALL CANCER PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE IT. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF TRADITIONAL RADIATION IS THAT ...

Today, Penn Medicine celebrated the groundbreaking of the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in University City, which is expected to open for patient care in late 2027.