Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month
Esophageal Awareness Month serves as a platform to educate the public about the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options for this disease. By raising awareness, we can encourage early detection, improve treatment outcomes, and support individuals and families affected by esophageal cancer. The esophagus is a long, muscular tube connecting the throat to the stomach. […]
Read MoreProton Therapy
Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation treatment that suits many types of cancers and tumor types. If a physician recommends radiation therapy as part of a patient’s cancer treatment, proton therapy is likely an option. Unlike common radiation treatments that use X-Rays or photons, protons have a unique physical property that allows radiation […]
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 […]
Read MoreRadiation Dose to the Heart is a Modifiable Cardiac Risk Factor in Cancer Treatment
As we head into November, which is Lung Cancer Awareness month, I wanted to give a general overview of data from this year showing the important link between Major Cardiac Events and Radiation Dose to the heart. To me, I think it is amazing that there are this many studies from this year. This isn’t […]
Read MoreProtons 101: Comparative Effectiveness of Proton Chemoradiotherapy to Photon Chemoradiotherapy
DISCLAIMER / About the Blog – Please read once if you haven’t. Below is a more technical post on what I think is one of the most powerful studies to come out this year. This study was presented at ASCO this summer and showed that by treating patients with protons rather than with traditional x-rays, […]
Read MoreProtons 101: What is radiation therapy?
DISCLAIMER / About the Blog – Please read once if you haven’t. The Three Primary Treatment Options for Cancer Patients The 3 main oncology (cancer) physician specialties are: Surgical Oncology: removes the cancer or the majority of it with an operation Radiation Oncology: destroys the cancer cells with radiation damage Medical Oncology: chemotherapy or whole […]
Read MoreProtons 101: Is Proton Therapy the best radiation option for me?
DISCLAIMER / About the Blog – Please read once if you haven’t. Today we will touch on really one the first questions that a cancer patient might have – are protons right for me? Notice that in that statement I use the phrase “we will touch” with regards to this topic. This is a big […]
Read MoreProtons 101: Proton Therapy cuts severe side effects for patients by well over 50% – New study results
A new study was just released showing that, across a variety of cancers, proton therapy results in dramatically less severe side effects for patients. Results from the Study Simply stated this study shows that if doctors recommend radiation and chemotherapy together to treat your cancer, you can cut your risk of severe side effects from […]
Read MoreProtons 101: Your first question – Should I have Proton Therapy?
If you get diagnosed with cancer, what are the very first questions to ask of your treatment team? 1. Should I have Proton Therapy? Like many things you see online, the first words and headings are designed to grab attention. This headline is like that in a way because the answer is so unexpected, but […]
Read MoreProtons 101: “My doctor would tell me if proton therapy was a good option, right?”
DISCLAIMER / About the Blog – Please read once if you haven’t. An extra disclaimer: Some of these post are really pretty easy to write and some of these post are pretty difficult. This one is on the more difficult side as it touches upon a lot of things that people and scientists don’t want […]
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