Proton Beam Therapy Offers Potential for Fewer Side Effects and Higher Cure Rates

Proton Beam Therapy Offers Potential for Fewer Side Effects and Higher Cure Rates

By
Dennis Douda

May 4, 2015

Mayo Clinic will soon begin treating cancer patients with its new, state-of-the-art proton beam therapy facility. The technology delivers radiation therapy in a way that offers the potential for fewer side effects and higher cure rates, often for patients whose cancers cannot be treated safely any other way. Here’s Dennis Douda for the Mayo Clinic News Network.

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