LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proton therapy to treat prostate cancer has been available in Southern California for nearly 35 years. It's less invasive and offers fewer side effects compared to conventional ...

In 2020, shortly before he retired from a career working in information technology (IT), David Green's lifestyle included lifting weights, playing golf, doing house and yard work and hanging out with ...

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) - ...

Proton beam therapy continues to generate significant interest — and controversy — in prostate cancer. About 45 cancer centers in the US offer proton therapy to treat a variety of cancers, including ...

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...

Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) was similar between proton beam therapy (PBT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) among men with localized prostate cancer, the randomized PARTIQoL ...

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 ...

A large trial of people with earlier stages of prostate cancer compared two types of external radiation treatments head-to-head—proton beam therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy, or ...

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 ...

Proton beam therapy does not improve the patient-reported outcome of bowel function compared with IMRT. Bowel side effects do not differ between patients with localized prostate cancer who receive ...