Proton Beam Therapy
Treating cancer while sparing healthy tissue.
Conventional radiation therapy.
Passes all the way through the body, affecting neighboring tissues/organs.
Proton beam therapy.
Targets the tumor and stops.
- High-dosage radiation therapy
- Precise delivery to tumor cells
- Spares nearby healthy tissues/organs
This allows effective treatment of cancers in or near critical organs, reduces side effects for patients, and is especially important for treating children with cancer.
How it works.
Delivers radiation directly into the tumor, leaving surrounding tissue intact.
Destroy the entire tumor:
Intensity Modulated Pencil Beam Scanning, the most advanced proton beam therapy, conforms to the shape of the tumor. It scans across the tumor, essentially painting it with radiation.
Shattering the cancer's DNA:
Proton beam renders the cancer cells unable to reproduce.
The science of saving lives.
- A proton beam starts with water.
- The hydrogen atom is removed from the water molecule.
- The atom is an electric charge.
- A synchrotron uses magnets to accelerate these protons to 2/3 the speed of light.
- Protons travel down the beam line into treatment rooms.
- The proton beam is delivered precisely into tumor cells.
The benefits of proton beam therapy.
- Minimal radiation exposure to healthy tissues and organs.
- Fewer treatments for some cancers due to higher dose per treatment.
- Pediatric patients experience fewer long-term effects.