Future Of Proton Beam Therapy

Although proton radiation treatment has been available for more than 50 years, many clinical applications are still in their infancy.
Other countries like Sweden, Japan, Russia and others have been providing proton radiation treatment since the early 1950's, it wasn't until technology advanced to the point that doctors could more precisely deliver it to the patient, that the United States evolved.
In 1990, Loma Linda University became the first proton center within a hospital setting. Since that time, facilities have opened at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Midwest Proton Raditherapy Institute in Bloomington, Inidana, MD Anderson Medcial Center in Houston, Texas, and Shands Hosptial in Jacksonville, Florida.
There are at least seven more facilities currently in the planning or building stage.
Massachusetts Technology Institute has even developed room-sized facilitites that will make it possible for many other communitites to afford this amazing technology.
The "gold standard" has been open prostatectomy for many years, but that's all about to change. In fact, in my mind, it already has changed. Proton Beam Therapy could very well become the new "gold standard".

I write on Monday about a great opportunity I was pesented with last week.

Have a good weekend.
Blessings,
Rick