The first compact proton therapy system -- one that would fit in any major cancer center and cost a fifth as much as a full-scale machine -- is one step closer to reality. Proton therapy is considered ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The wait continues at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for a proton radiation machine delivered in November 2011 but yet to be used for ...

RapidPlan PT is the first clinical application of machine learning in proton treatment planning RT Peer Review is designed to streamline and accelerate the radiation therapy peer review process ...

In a room at Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, Robert Johnson keeps a small collection of plastic heads. At first glance, they look like they’ve been lopped off the top of department store ...

The Southwest Florida Proton Oncology Center gets Proteus One, a $20 million machine doctors say will change cancer treatment with advanced proton therapy.

Current proton therapy uses cyclotrons or synchrotrons nearly 10 ft in diameter and weighing up to several hundred tons. An enormous gantry and bending magnets focus and direct the beams. Now, thanks ...

The $20 million proton machine, designed to zap cancerous cells while sparing healthy tissue through more precise beams of radiation, was delivered to Barnes in November 2011 but was held up by ...

When 30-year-old Olga Alarcon Cruz learned she had invasive breast cancer, she was terrified. A mother of two, Cruz pondered her treatment options, seeking one with fewer side effects than ...