Videos
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02/17/2020
Proton Therapy Benefits for Breast Cancer Treatment - Dr. John Han-Chih Chang
When we’re delivering treatment for breast cancer, there is a potential of causing damage to the lungs and damage to the heart. And so when we talk about the types of radiation that are given, the standard radiation can…
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02/17/2020
Prostate Cancer Treatment Success - Richard's Story
Proton therapy is very effective. The beam goes in at a much lower strength, hits the target, and then doesn’t go any further. And so knowing that I have that possibility of having treatments and not having potential…
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01/27/2020
Breast Cancer Treatment Success through Proton Therapy - Jami Sue Mitchell
In November 2015, I went for my annual mammogram, which I do every year, and had my mammogram, and then was told by the nurse that I needed to wait to speak with the radiologist, and the radiologist came in and had found some.....
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01/27/2020
Prostate Cancer Treatment Discussion with Barry Switzer
For us guys, as we get older, we've got to be thinking about the possibility of prostate cancer. I've been fortunate not to deal with it, but I had friends who had been diagnosed. What I've seen at Oklahoma Proton Center is pretty incredible....
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01/07/2020
Dr. Gary Larson talks about Treating Lung Cancer with Proton Therapy
Lung cancer is another area that we’re getting a lot of good results in with proton beam therapy. Most lung cancer is treated with a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and the side effects can be severe—frequently to the point that people can’t swallow enough to maintain their…
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01/07/2020
Dr. Gary Larson talks about Treating Brain Tumors with Proton Therapy
With every other tumor location that we treat in the body, protons are able to give less radiation to the healthy tissue. For instance, with a brain tumor, we can give the same dose of radiation to the tumor that you can give with conventional radiation but…
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