Proton Beam Therapy

What is proton UCLA prostate cancer treatment ?

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conventional radiotherapy, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity modulated therapy are based X-rays to send radiation.

In addition to the X-Line, electrons, protons and neutrons and other particles such as atoms can also be used for radiotherapy. Proton-line external beam radiation therapy is a form of it, rather than using the transfer of a proton x ray radiation.

Proton line can be adjusted to achieve a particular depth of the organization and to achieve this depth pre-established, the ionization level increases rapidly, the line by adjusting the proton energy, the ionization energy can be wrapped around the tumor volume as a whole, which damage the DNA of tumor cells, while maximizing the protection of surrounding healthy tissue.

It also benefits from the line of protons, which could be better achieved tumor in three dimensions the right type of setting with the proton linear energy.

In addition, the line of protons differs from traditional radiation, so that normal cells have the ability to repair damage to the white line, and tumor cells died of irreversible damage beyond repair.

Currently used proton treatment for prostate cancer, with few clinical reports in the U.S., only a small number of centers is the realization of this project.

Preliminary results indicate that the rate of recurrence without PEA is an average of 80.2%. The homes in the prostate smaller, the probability of exposure, the greater the likelihood of cure. Proton-line treatment for long-term effect remains to be seen.