Medical industry is increasingly adopting proton therapy in the oncology field
Proton Therapy (PT), a minimally invasive radiation therapy method for the treatment of patients diagnosed with cancer, is now one of the most common cancer treatments. It can be administered in a variety of ways to many different parts of the body depending on the location of the tumor and the extent of the disease. The main advantage of PT is that it is the only therapy that directly targets the tumor itself for the elimination of cancerous growth. In this respect, it is unlike surgery or radiotherapy, which depends on the location and thickness of the targeted tumor for the surgical or radiotherapy treatment. Patients are normally admitted to a rehabilitation center or a Cancer Treatment Center (CTC), where they stay until the end of the procedure to allow them to recover completely. However, some patients opt to stay in a hospital or an outpatient clinic to undergo proton therapy under the care of a physician. There are certain advantages to this approach includ...