Conditions Treated with Proton Therapy
Proton therapy can be used in the treatment of many types of cancer, including:
- Adult Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
- Gastrointestinal and abdominal tumors
- Gynecologic tumors
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Ocular melanoma (choroidal)
- Pediatric tumors, including diseases that have spread to sites beyond where the tumor started, such as high-risk Ewings, rhabdomyosarcoma, and Hodgkins lymphoma
- Prostate cancer
- Recurrent tumors (previously irradiated targets)
- Skull base tumors, including chordomas and chondrosarcomas, pituitary tumors, acoustics tumors, and meningiomas