Ultimate Cancer Treatment

Proton Therapy

Southern TOHOKU Proton Therapy Center

172-7choume,Yatsuyamada,Koriyama,Fukushima 963-8563 JAPAN


What is proton therapy
What is the difference between proton beam (particle beam) therapy and traditional radiotherapy?
What kind of things happens in the body after proton beam (particle beam) irradiation?
Case Study

Representative cases of cancer that is treatable with proton beam

 
Pre-treatment Post-treatment
Head and neck cancer

1. Pre-treatment

There is a recurrent cancer that is so large that it is projecting outward from the face.

2. 9 months post treatment

TRecurrent cancer has become smaller.

3. 12 months post treatment

4. 16 months post treatment

The advancement of the recurrent cancer is controlled.

 

1. Pre-treatment 2. 9 months post treatment 3. 12 months post treatment 4. 16 months post treatment


Prostate cancer

The cancer has disappeared at 12 months after treatment(No 3).

1. Pre-treatment 2. Treatment completed 3. 12 months post treatment


Lung cancer

The lung at the right is the previous lung cancer, and it was completely removed.
Thi s condi t ion does not allow surgery of the left lung. However, treatment is possible if it is proton beam.

1. Pre-treatment 2. 6 months post treatment 3. 24 months post treatment


Liver cancer

The cancer has disappeared at 6 months after treatment (No 3).

1. Pre-treatment 2. 3 months post treatment 3. 6 months post treatment


Images: Courtesy of Dr Yoshio Hishikawa,Director, Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center

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