Finding the Best Cancer Treatment Option Is Important

This has been a tough news week, and the calls that you have made to friends and family asking for prayers have been many. Late Friday afternoon, your daughter called to tell that her boyfriend, and soon to be husband, had been diagnosed with B Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. His local doctors removed and did a biopsy a couple weeks ago on a very swollen lymph node in his neck. Initially, the head and neck cancer treatment nurse called to say tests showed it was not cancer, but he got the news Friday that it is. There will not be any …

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Advanced Cancer Treatment Options Proton Beam Therapy

While there are a number of treatments available for various types of cancer, proton therapy has been demonstrating a level of positive results. Proton treatment is being used for brain, breast, head, neck, prostrate, and other forms of cancer. What Is Proton Therapy? If you aren’t familiar with proton therapy, it is a type of targeted radiation treatment for cancer. It is important to note that there are distinct differences between proton beam radiation and conventional radiation. The proton beam, for example, can be targeted at a very specific point. As a result, the radiation does not continue into the …

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