• Most precise form of radiation treatment available, radiates primarily the tumor site, leaving surrounding health tissue and organs intact and unharmed.
• Non-invasive, painless, maintains quality-of-life lifestyle during treatment process on an out-patient basis. Patients carry on normal activities.
• Minimum to no side effects resulting from treatment.
• Highly effective treatment for tumors in the head, brain, neck, lung and prostate.
• Treatment protocols being developed to treat breast cancer in the near future, as well as other areas of the body.
• Therapy often used in conjunction with other cancer treatment modalities.
• Treatment time can take from one day to seven weeks depending on affected site.
• Loma Linda University Medical Center opened the world's first hospital-based proton treatment facility in 1990.
• To date, about 10,000 patients have been treated with proton therapy at Loma Linda. Approximately 140-150 patients per day. Nearly 5,000 men have been treated with prostate cancer.
• Proton therapy is covered in the U.S. by Medicare and most insurance providers.
• Highly effective in treating children with tumors sparing side effects and trauma.

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