A proton therapy machine rotating around a patient for cancer treatment. Proton therapy revolutionizes cancer treatment with proton beams that stop precisely at the tumor.
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September 6, 2026 at 3:17 AM
A proton therapy machine rotating around a patient for cancer treatment. Proton therapy revolutionizes cancer treatment with proton beams that stop precisely at the tumor.
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He deliberately chose "proton laser therapy" as the example too because it sounds sufficiently sci-fi to make low-info people assume it's "medically unnecessary"
December 6, 2024 at 3:38 PM
He deliberately chose "proton laser therapy" as the example too because it sounds sufficiently sci-fi to make low-info people assume it's "medically unnecessary"
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
A team at the Trento Proton Therapy Centre in Italy has delivered the first clinical treatments using proton arc therapy. 🧪⚛️
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World's first patient treatments delivered with proton arc therapy – Physics World
Proton arc therapy offers a superior dose distribution compared with existing state-of-the-art proton delivery techniques
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February 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A team at the Trento Proton Therapy Centre in Italy has delivered the first clinical treatments using proton arc therapy. 🧪⚛️
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New step-and-shoot proton arc therapy treats rare and invasive head-and-neck cancer without causing any of the expected side effects. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/proton-arc...
Proton arc therapy eliminates hard-to-treat cancer with minimal side effects – Physics World
Patient with rare cancer is the first in the US to be treated with highly accurate step-and-shoot proton arc therapy
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May 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New step-and-shoot proton arc therapy treats rare and invasive head-and-neck cancer without causing any of the expected side effects. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/proton-arc...
Australians can’t get best practice care for brain tumours. It’s been around for 30y, but proton therapy is not available in Australia.
The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility.
The federal govt must step in.
The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility.
The federal govt must step in.
August 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Australians can’t get best practice care for brain tumours. It’s been around for 30y, but proton therapy is not available in Australia.
The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility.
The federal govt must step in.
The Vic govt abandoned plans for proton therapy at Peter Mac - the SA govt has failed to finish a facility.
The federal govt must step in.
Combining static proton arcs with shoot-through proton beams improves plan quality and reduces delivery times in upright proton therapy, with potential to make proton treatments more affordable and accessible. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/optimizing...
Optimizing upright proton therapy: hybrid delivery provides faster, sharper treatments – Physics World
Adding shoot-through proton layers to static proton arcs improves plan quality and reduces treatment times for upright proton therapy
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September 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Combining static proton arcs with shoot-through proton beams improves plan quality and reduces delivery times in upright proton therapy, with potential to make proton treatments more affordable and accessible. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/optimizing...
My husband was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in 2016. We were terrified. We are also luckily living in the NY- NJ area. Medical excellence resides here. My husband was treated with proton therapy & hormones. I’m happy to report he is alive, cancer free, working &doing great.
May 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My husband was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in 2016. We were terrified. We are also luckily living in the NY- NJ area. Medical excellence resides here. My husband was treated with proton therapy & hormones. I’m happy to report he is alive, cancer free, working &doing great.
Doh, I missed the “for a kid with seizures”. Proton therapy is cancer treatment. I am now not sure of the imagined treatment being referred to here based on the seizures bit.
Disclaimer I am not a doctor. Not sure how proton therapy is relevant to seizure unless it’s a brain tumor.
Disclaimer I am not a doctor. Not sure how proton therapy is relevant to seizure unless it’s a brain tumor.
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Doh, I missed the “for a kid with seizures”. Proton therapy is cancer treatment. I am now not sure of the imagined treatment being referred to here based on the seizures bit.
Disclaimer I am not a doctor. Not sure how proton therapy is relevant to seizure unless it’s a brain tumor.
Disclaimer I am not a doctor. Not sure how proton therapy is relevant to seizure unless it’s a brain tumor.
I mean, it’s not like a parent is coming up with ‘proton laser therapy’ on their own as a thing to demand. The kid’s doctor presumably recommended the treatment, that’s how this works.
December 6, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I mean, it’s not like a parent is coming up with ‘proton laser therapy’ on their own as a thing to demand. The kid’s doctor presumably recommended the treatment, that’s how this works.
First-in-human study shows how proton therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat ventricular tachycardia, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/proton-the...
Proton therapy could improve treatment options for dangerous heart rhythm disorder – Physics World
Proton-based cardiac radioablation may offer a less invasive treatment for patients with hard-to-treat ventricular tachycardia
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May 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
First-in-human study shows how proton therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat ventricular tachycardia, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/proton-the...
A proton therapy machine rotating around a patient for cancer treatment. Proton therapy revolutionizes cancer treatment with proton beams that stop precisely at the tumor.
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June 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A proton therapy machine rotating around a patient for cancer treatment. Proton therapy revolutionizes cancer treatment with proton beams that stop precisely at the tumor.
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Why do I get the impression that people aren't feeling that sorry about what's happened to this UHC CEO? This may be part of the reason: www.cancerhealth.com/article/judg...
Judge Criticizes UnitedHealthcare for Refusing Treatment to Cancer Patients
The justice recused himself from the case, saying the insurer’s denial of coverage of proton beam therapy was “immoral and barbaric.”
www.cancerhealth.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Why do I get the impression that people aren't feeling that sorry about what's happened to this UHC CEO? This may be part of the reason: www.cancerhealth.com/article/judg...
I am devastated to share the news that Professor Eleanor Maguire has died at the age of 51 after 3 operations and proton beam therapy for a spinal tumour. She was internationally renowned for her work on navigation, episodic memory and brain plasticity. #neuroscience #psychology
January 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I am devastated to share the news that Professor Eleanor Maguire has died at the age of 51 after 3 operations and proton beam therapy for a spinal tumour. She was internationally renowned for her work on navigation, episodic memory and brain plasticity. #neuroscience #psychology
Proton therapy is world's best practice care for some brain tumours & other complex cancers, but 🇦🇺’s are still forced to travel overseas to access it.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/health/conditions/cancer/heartless-and-embarrassing-famili[…]ns-cancer-care/news-story/0b4872de98712eff02737c7cb1cfe8f9
June 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Proton therapy is world's best practice care for some brain tumours & other complex cancers, but 🇦🇺’s are still forced to travel overseas to access it.
A new method for generating high-energy proton beams could one day improve the precision of proton therapy for treating cancer. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/amorphous-...
Amorphous carbon membrane creates precision proton beams for cancer therapy – Physics World
Ultraclean monolayer amorphous carbon can be used to generate high-current, low-scattering proton treatment beams
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August 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A new method for generating high-energy proton beams could one day improve the precision of proton therapy for treating cancer. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/amorphous-...
Not surprising. Proton beam radiation therapy is routinely denied by private ins as experimental/investigational (bc it’s more expensive), despite its development in 1988 and coverage by Medicare & Medicaid. And while UHC has fought its coverage, a UHC affiliate pledged $15m to build a PBRT clinic!
Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation has found.
Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
'Would he have lived?' When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients
Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.
www.nbcnews.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Not surprising. Proton beam radiation therapy is routinely denied by private ins as experimental/investigational (bc it’s more expensive), despite its development in 1988 and coverage by Medicare & Medicaid. And while UHC has fought its coverage, a UHC affiliate pledged $15m to build a PBRT clinic!
Stanford Medicine's new proton therapy facility welcomed its first patient this week — a 7-year-old with a rare brain tumor. stan.md/4o80S5j
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7-year-old is the first to receive proton therapy at Stanford Medicine
Stanford Medicine’s new proton therapy facility is ready for patients. On June 4 a child with a rare brain tumor became the first to receive treatment.
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June 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Stanford Medicine's new proton therapy facility welcomed its first patient this week — a 7-year-old with a rare brain tumor. stan.md/4o80S5j
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Stanford Medicine unveils world’s first ultracompact proton therapy facility 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/stanford-m...
April 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Stanford Medicine unveils world’s first ultracompact proton therapy facility 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/stanford-m...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer.
But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
Big Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for Cancer Treatment
Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator...
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November 7, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer.
But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
Wonky Graphene Could Sharpen Proton Therapy spectrum.ieee.org/proton-therapy
New Carbon Material Promises Sharper Proton Therapy Beams
How does a new carbon material promise to make proton therapy for cancer more precise and potent?
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August 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Wonky Graphene Could Sharpen Proton Therapy spectrum.ieee.org/proton-therapy
But LiTT is nothing to do with Proton therapy so "Laser Proton Therapy" is probably just a made up name and an example of the executive's disregard for his company's clients and the details of medical treatment. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treat...
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LiTT)
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) is a minimally invasive surgery for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, which involves seizures that don’t respond to medication.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM
But LiTT is nothing to do with Proton therapy so "Laser Proton Therapy" is probably just a made up name and an example of the executive's disregard for his company's clients and the details of medical treatment. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treat...
Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilities. The projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.
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Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilities
The projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.
www.inquirer.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilities. The projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/penn-...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/penn-...
People clearly did not get the point here: proton laser therapy is not a treatment for seizures. It is a treatment for cancer.
Someone has to tell people that no, you don't get infinity dollars for quack treatments.
Someone has to tell people that no, you don't get infinity dollars for quack treatments.
December 7, 2024 at 12:47 AM
People clearly did not get the point here: proton laser therapy is not a treatment for seizures. It is a treatment for cancer.
Someone has to tell people that no, you don't get infinity dollars for quack treatments.
Someone has to tell people that no, you don't get infinity dollars for quack treatments.
I'm so worried my insurance is going to deny the proton therapy or that it'll be more than a few days a week. It's such a far driiiive.
February 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I'm so worried my insurance is going to deny the proton therapy or that it'll be more than a few days a week. It's such a far driiiive.