« There are certain patients with brain tumors who can live many years to decades. And we think that Radiotherapy for those patients with brain tumors can have long lasting side-effects. Proton Therapy allows us to treat the brain tumor and completely avoid radiation to normal brain tissue. Not just lowering the dose, but literally eliminating irradiation in these areas. Study showed that children treated with Proton Therapy had better cognitive functions down the road, better IQ (…) That’s a really meaningful improvement that we see with Proton Therapy (…)
Some adults with glioma can live many years to decades (…) we’re using Proton therapy to try treat that tumor, avoid as much unnecessary radiation dose to normal brain tissue, and see if we can help preserve their cognitive functions. »
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