DIBH and Breast Cancer
Deep Inspiration Breath Hold and Breast Cancer If you are diagnosed with breast cancer your doctors may recommend radiation as part of your treatment. Two types of radiation can be used 1) Proton Therapy or 2) X-Ray radiation which is sometimes referred to as Photon Radiation. You may hear other terms or acronyms associated with […]
Read MoreLung Cancer Awareness Through a Pandemic
Oklahoma Proton Center Offering Free Lung Screening for High-Risk Individuals in November Lung cancer is the 2nd most common cancer amongst men and women in the United States and is by far the leading cause of cancer-related death. “It’s a difficult disease, with potentially difficult outcomes,” says David Raubach, Chief Development Officer at Oklahoma Proton […]
Read MoreProton Therapy Safer Than Conventional Radiation Treatment Per Stanford Study
Proton Therapy reduces the risk of a second cancer diagnosis by 69% versus other forms of radiation treatment according to a paper recently released by a team from Stanford University. The study looked at 450,373 patients in the National Cancer Database who received either 3D conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), or […]
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