Proton radiation therapy patient stories

Posts in Benign Brain Tumor

Michelle Cooke

At Hopkins she learned the tumor resided on her optic nerve and it was inoperable. She needed radiation treatment to shrink the active tumor. Without treatment, she would continue to lose her vision and was told the loss was irreversible.

Benign Brain Tumordenise durginFebruary 5, 2019Maryland Proton Treatment CenterComment

Proton radiation therapy patient stories

proton therapy - the use of protons instead of X-rays - in radiation therapy - specifically target tumors as protons don’t travel beyond the target so there’s a lower risk to healthy tissue.

38 proton radiation therapy centers in the United States.

175,000 patients have been treated worldwide.

25+ types of cancers can be treated with Proton Therapy