I've had cancer and asked about Proton Therapy. Unless this is something new, from what I was told it wasn't any more effective than radiation. They even said it was slightly weaker. The big advantage to proton Therapy is that they can basically stop the radiation going completely through the body and causing further damage beyond. This is especially useful for brain tumors, but not really when just going through flesh and bone and most organs. I have a friend whose brother had a brain tumor before proton therapy was available and went blind in one eye from radiation and had he had proton therapy he likely would not have lost sight in that eye.
I've had cancer and asked about Proton Therapy. Unless this is something new, from what I was told it wasn't any more effective than radiation. They even said it was slightly weaker. The big advantage to proton Therapy is that they can basically stop the radiation going completely through the body and causing further damage beyond. This is especially useful for brain tumors, but not really when just going through flesh and bone and most organs. I have a friend whose brother had a brain tumor before proton therapy was available and went blind in one eye from radiation and had he had proton therapy he likely would not have lost sight in that eye.
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I don't know anything about it, Pede.