For patients with intermediate- or low-risk localized prostate cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy are both safe and effective options, according to results of ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between ...

People with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with either of two types of contemporary radiation therapy - proton beam therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - ...

SOMERSET, N.J., Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spotlight the importance of early detection and treatment options for the one in eight men who ...

The therapy is a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that uses charged particles in the form of a proton that that gets ...

Florida is the first state in the U.S. – and in the entire western hemisphere – to launch a carbon ion therapy program for ...

A 64-year-old long-distance runner, Todd Elworthy was alarmed and confused when his routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) test was elevated in 2023, and a biopsy came back positive for prostate ...

While there are currently only 22 proton therapy centers in the United States, the growing interest in the advanced cancer therapy is causing more hospitals to weigh the benefits against the high cost ...

When it opened in 2006, the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute was the first proton therapy facility in Jacksonville, the first in Florida the first in the Southeast U.S. and fifth in the nation.