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• MRI reveals proton range in the liver says MGH team - Medical Physics Web
  

• The clinical case proton therapy - Mayo Clinic Clinical Paper
  

• Clinical Trials Advancing Proton Therapy Research Open at Chicago Proton Center
  

• Early Results Show Fewer Treatments, Higher Doses of Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer Well Tolerated
  

• UF Proton Therapy Researchers Score Pancreatic Cancer Find
  

• Proton Therapy Today - "National Proton Conference 2013"
  

• Four New Studies Affirm Prostate Cancer Benefits
  

• Loma Linda University Medical Center Expands Clinical Trial Eligibility for Proton Beam Treatment for Breast Cancer
  

• Latest Pediatric Survey Reveals 32% Increase in 2011 Cases
  
  
  • 2011 Pediatric Proton Survey Results
    
    
• Erectile Function, Incontinence, and Other Quality of Life
  Outcomes Following Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer in
  Men 60 Years Old and Younger
  

• Read Our Published Letter in Response to JAMA Article on Prostate Cancer
  

• Proton therapy: Radiation without the side effects?
  

• Technology, treatment and triumph -- City View chief gets precise radiation
  

• NCI Published Study Says Robotics May Not Reduce Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Surgery
  

• The Oncology Report: Protons Added to X-Ray Radiation Improve Chordoma Control (Oct. 2011)
  

• OncoLink has launched an online clinical Trial Matching Service for Proton Therapy - Learn More
  

• Frontiers in Radiation Oncology Article (Sept. 15, 2011) by UPENN: Proton Therapy: Ever Shifting Sands and the Opportunities and Obligations Within
  

• A newly published study in Ophthalmology Journal by the Mass. Eye and Hear Infirmary of 573 patients found that proton therapy is associated with preserving some vision and preventing eye removal in patients with tumors near the optic nerve. Read the full report.
  

• Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer:
  Published June, 2011 in Oncology Journal authored by physicians at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
  

• Fewer Side Effects From Proton Therapy in NSCLC - Internal Medicine News (May 17, 2011)
  

• Clinical Trial: Partial Breast Proton Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer Study Loma Linda University, southern, California. Phase 2 Trial, Start Date: May, 2011
  
  http://clinical trials.gov/ct/show/NCT01310530
  

• UF Study: Young Men Report Quality of Life Following Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer (Feb. 2011)
  

• Lung Cancer Proton News:
  
  
  • Pencil Beam Radiation Offers New Therapy Option for Lung Cancer Patients (October 2010)
    
    
  • New Study Says Proton Therapy Safe, Effective for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients (October 2010)
    
    
    
• Loma Linda Proton Therapy Liver Study Shows Promise (April 2010)
  

• Proton beam radiation had good long-term outcomes in sinonasal malignancies
  (March 10)
  

• Summary of New Proton-Therapy Studies Presented at November ASTRO Meeting (December 09)
  

• New M.D. Anderson Study Says Protons Benefit Long-Term Survivors of Prostate Cancer (June 09)
  

• Texas Hospitals Join Forces to Fight Eye Tumors in Children Using Proton Beam Therapy (Mar. 09)
  

• New Proton Therapy Equipment Enables More Tumors to be Treated at University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
  

• Journal Article by Dr. Alfred R. Smith. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, on Proton Therapy Published in the Journal of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Feb. 09)
  

• Every Prostate Cancer Patient Knows His Gleason Score: But Does He Know About the Man Who Invented It 40 Years Ago? (Jan. 09)
  

• New Study Examines the Benefits of Proton Therapy in Reducing Serious Side Effects of Lung Cancer Treatment ( Nov. 08)
  

• New Study Says Proton Beam Radiation Lowers Cancer Recurrence
  

• New AMA Study Says Radiation May Improve Survival Odds If Prostate Cancer Reappears  (July, 08)
  

• Proton Patients Reach 55,000 Worldwide (May 20, 08)
  

• UPenn makes it official: The 220-ton Cyclotron is now in place at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in downtown Philadelphia. (see article, Feb. 08)
  

• Comments and Controversies: Harvard's Dr. Michael Goitein and MD Anderson's Dr. James Cox Respond to Recent Journal Articles (by Mass. General's proton pioneer, Dr. Herman Suit, January 10, 2008, Journal of Clinical Oncology - see article)
  

• Prostate Cancer Patients Top All Other Conditions Treated with Protons . . . New Hopkins Study Says PSA Velocity Predicts Prostate Cancer Risk
  ( see article, Oct. 07)
  
  
• New Loma Linda Study Confirms Tissue-sparing Advantage of Proton Therapy for Partial Breast Irradiation
  Physicians at Loma Linda University Medical Center’s James Slater Proton Treatment Center published a study in the Cancer Journal (March/April, 2007) reporting that 20 breast cancer patients treated with protons resulted in substantial normal tissue protection when compared with standard x-ray radiation for partial breast treatment. (see article, June, 07).
  
  
• Northern Illinois University Joins Proton Community:
  Wins Endorsement From Key Congressional Leaders for New Treatment and Research Center
  What do ten congressional leaders from Illinois have in common besides being from the same state? They have all strongly endorsed proton therapy and especially the development of a world-class proton treatment and research center in Chicago’s western suburbs about 35 miles west of downtown Chicago. Starting with U.S. Senator and democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama (D-Ill), to former Speaker of the House, Congressman Dennis Hastert (R-Ill), they all pledged to work on behalf of Northern Illinois University’s proton therapy project now in development and scheduled to start treating patients in 2011. (see full article, Mar. 07)
  

• Dr. Carl Rossi, Prominent Prostate Cancer Doc, Compares Protons VS IMRT (see published article, March, 07)
  
  
• U.S. Cancer Death Rate Drops Again, But Baby Boomers May be Cause for Concern. (see Feb.07 article)

• We recommend an outstanding new book: You Can Beat Prostate Cancer by Robert J. Marckini, a prostate cancer survivor who declares You Don't Need Surgery to Do It. (see Feb.07 book review)
  
  

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