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Proton therapy effective prostate cancer treatment

Proton therapy effective prostate cancer treatment

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Proton therapy is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer

  • This study is important because it will help set normal tissue guidelines in future trials
  • Over three years, 196 patients received the external beam treatments.
  • For men with prostate cancer, brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy using photons and protons are both highly effective treatments with similar relapse rates.

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