The turn of the calendar year marks a natural time to check in, evaluate goals, measure success and reset for the coming year and former patients of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy are no ...

PEORIA – It was no small feat when the particle accelerator, the device which produces the proton beam, arrived safe and sound Wednesday on the construction site of OSF HealthCare’s $237 million ...

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 ...

PEORIA – Designed to provide downstate Illinois with a one-stop location for cutting-edge cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, OSF HealthCare’s Cancer Institute is slated to open in late ...

Kansas City area resident George Benner, right, traveled to Minnesota to receive proton beam treatments for prostate cancer at the Mayo Clinic. Cancer survivors and their loved ones who attend ...

A proton is a positively charged subatomic particle. Protons are used within Proton Therapy, also known as Proton Beam Therapy, which is a treatment for cancer. At high energy, the protons can kill ...

ROCHESTER — When Derek Gerlach, then 10 years old, was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in November 2018, his treatment began almost immediately. Within a month, Derek underwent surgery to remove ...

Construction of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences oncology center that will be the only medical provider in the state that can offer proton beam therapy -- a radiation treatment -- is ...

Mayo Clinic is expanding its proton beam therapy program by spending $200 million to build a new 110,000-square-foot facility in downtown Rochester. The announcement was made this morning that the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Five years after the launch of its $188 million program, Mayo Clinic is the world leader in proton beam cancer treatment and its proponents are looking to build a second center in ...