In the stages of prostate cancer (localized, regional and distant) both conventional and hadron radiation therapy have its benefits when compared to one another; but both offer a different form of treatment. Currently proton therapy is one of the most technologically advanced treatment for cancer. In proton therapy, protons are split form a hydrogen atom and accelerated to roughly two thirds the speed of light; transported along an evacuated tube into the treatment rooms. Then administered to the patient in single lines 360O around the patient; with a much lower entrance dose and no exit dose. Meaning there is much less damage to surrounding healthy cells when compared to conventional radiation therapy.
Hadron therapy or often referred to as
Hadron therapy or often referred to as