Form: Schedule a Call with a Patient Care Coordinator Proton therapy is an advanced treatment that sends radiation to the exact size, shape and depth of your prostate tumor. It allows your physician ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proton therapy to treat prostate cancer has been available in Southern California for nearly 35 years. It's less invasive and offers fewer side effects compared to ...

For patients with intermediate- or low-risk localized prostate cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy are both safe and effective options, according to ...

Aetna Life Insurance Co. agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to settle a proposed class action by prostate cancer patients ...

Read full article: Proactive screening matters: How men can take charge of their prostate health ... to Ackerman Cancer Center, when it comes to radiation, Proton Therapy is the most precise ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. While many prostate cancers grow slowly and remain localized, other types are aggressive and spread quickly. That’s why Dr. Carlos Varga ...

There’s no single prostate cancer treatment option that’s right for every person, but there are plenty your doctor may consider. Before they recommend one for you, your doctor will consider ...

Patient with rare cancer is the first in the US to be treated with highly accurate step-and-shoot proton arc therapy ...

People with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with either of two types of contemporary radiation therapy - proton beam therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT ...

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...

A Medigap plan may help cover these additional costs. Does Medicare cover proton radiation therapy for prostate cancer? Medicare covers proton radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Is laser ...

Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between proton beam therapy (PBT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) among men with localized prostate cancer, the randomized ...