MCLAREN PROTON THERAPY CENTER OFFERS NEWEST CANCER-FIGHTING TECHNOLOGY McLaren Health Care is proud to introduce the newest weapon in its arsenal of cancer-fighting technology: Proton Therapy.
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he most powerful and precise radiation oncology treatment available to treat cancer is now provided at the McLaren Proton Therapy Center, located on the campus of the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Flint, Michigan.
As one of only 28 proton therapy centers in the United States, the McLaren Proton Therapy Center features leading treatment technology and expertise to deliver proton therapy with supreme precision. This advanced
technology delivers higher doses of radiation to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue and organs, greatly lowering the risk of secondary cancer, reducing side effects, and resulting in strong cure rates.
Benefit of Proton Therapy: Radiation Stops at the Target Patients experience fewer side effects and complications when healthy tissues and organs are spared from unnecessary radiation. The goal of radiation therapy is to deliver the optimal amount of radiation to the target (the tumor), while minimizing the radiation to healthy parts of the body. That’s the power of proton
PRECISE TREATMENT SPARES HEALTHY TISSUE WITH FEWER SIDE EFFECTS
INSIDE OF THE GANTRY, OR TREATMENT ROOM AT THE MCLAREN PROTON THERAPY CENTER.
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therapy. It accurately and precisely targets the tumor while sparing healthy tissue more than any other form of radiation therapy. With proton therapy, the great majority of unnecessary radiation outside the target is avoided completely. Compared to traditional forms of radiation, proton therapy releases most of the radiation dose at an exact point inside the tumor and not along the path through which the beam exits the body. In fact, there is virtually no “exit dose” of radiation beyond the tumor volume, which means the protons stop at the tumor and do not continue on to harm healthy parts of the body.
