One of the great modern accomplishments of medical science is that cancer patients are living longer than ever before. This is largely attributed to the improved ability to fight cancer with improved ...

Measurement set-up showing the 2D array ion chamber detector on top of the motion platform. (Courtesy: Eunsin Lee) Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered via proton pencil-beam scanning ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances reviews a pencil-beam scanning catheter for intracoronary optical coherence tomography. Cardiovascular disease is one of the diseases that seriously ...

Dose distributions for (left) an uncollimated plan and (centre) a plan with apertures for proton therapy of an optic glioma; the right panel shows the dose differences. The use of apertures reduces ...

The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning is reporting exceptional results in delivering cancer treatment since opening for patient care ...

Totally neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with mFOLFOX6 in locally advanced rectal cancer: A single-arm phase II study (FOTAC). A randomized phase II study of mFOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab versus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pencil beam scanning proton therapy consistently delivered the lowest amount of radiation to the hippocampus and ...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with immunotherapy: A real-world retrospective study.

The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning is reporting exceptional results in delivering cancer treatment since opening for patient care ...

A comparison of three types of radiotherapy for children's brain tumors suggests that a type of proton therapy called pencil beam scanning offers the best hope of preserving cognitive functions. The ...