Proton Therapy is the most advanced form of cancer treatment available today. With a success rate of up to 96%, this form of radiotherapy is unique in its accuracy and in its heightened ability to avoid damage to healthy cells or tissues during treatment. Whereas conventional radiotherapy might cause unacceptable levels of damage to surrounding radio-sensitive tissues, the rays of Proton Therapy scatter less easily and experience minimal lateral dispersion due to the relatively enormous mass of a proton, thereby preventing radiation risk to healthy tissues beyond the cancerous cells. On average Proton Therapy will treat 70% less healthy tissues when compared to conventional radiation therapy.

Essentially, Proton Therapy is minimally invasive, provides a better quality of life for cancer survivors, and therefore is the most economic and efficient cancer treatment available today, sparing the cancer survivor repeated post-treatment complications that are common with more traditional options.

Treatment Procedure

Proton therapy is delivered in brief outpatient sessions. Each treatment is known as a ‘fraction’ and lasts less than one minute and patients are usually able to leave the center within 30 minutes of arrival. Patient treatment data shows on average a patient will have 30 fractions per treatment cycle over a period of 45 days. Due to the nature of the treatment, patients can engage in everyday activities even shortly after a session. These factors minimize the impact on both patients and their families and are major advantages of proton therapy as a form of cancer treatment.