Hospital in NEW JERSEY using PROTON THERAPHY as cancer treatment?
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http://www.proton-therapy.org/ We are strong advocates for proton therapy and the delivery and effectiveness of a superior and far more advanced form of radiation treatment that results in less morbidity and minimum to no side effects. Hey if I had cancer I would go for the proton therapy because of the minimum to no side effects plus the less morbidity. I never even knew they had a new option for radiation treatment.
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A friend of the family (his dad is a surgeon) had the proton therapy for a brain tumor. The tumor is now dead but the "side effects" are about 9 months and counting. He can't feel anything on the right side of his body and has had four operations to drain the puss from inside the brain. He was told this is "normal" and isn't really a side effect. Still, apparently other forms of radiation treatment are far worse so it's a step up if you're dealing with a situation that makes this a required option.
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Proton Therapy is a great way to have radiation if you have that choice.The difference between proton therapy and external beam radiation treatments is that protons can deliver all there energy at the site of the tumor and deliver no exit dose beyond the tumor.This results in greater tumor dose and less dose\damage to normal tissue.The treatment is much longer to do than traditional external beam due to the fact that positioning is extremely important.The actual beam will only be on for a very short time.
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