Proton therapy safe, effective for early-stage lung cancer patients

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

Proton beam therapy is safe and effective and may be superior to other conventional treatments for Stage I inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, according to a study in the October issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

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