Medicare typically covers proton therapy when sparing surrounding tissue is not possible with traditional radiation therapy and when this approach would benefit the individual. Medicare Part A covers ...

Proton beam therapy continues to generate significant interest — and controversy — in prostate cancer. About 45 cancer centers in the US offer proton therapy to treat a variety of cancers, including ...

Stephen De La Torre, 7, is usually all smiles. But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment ...

Veronica Dalton, lead patient navigator at Fred Hutch Proton Therapy, supports patients and families with care and guidance, ...