Is Proton Therapy Right for You?

"Should I get proton therapy?" is a question that my patients often ask me, and you may be thinking about it right now. The short answer is that "it depends." Only you and your oncologist should be making this decision.

Before deciding IF you should receive proton therapy, you need to know WHAT it is. Proton Therapy Center at M. D. Anderson, we often need to use many different beams to cover the tumor and this can result in more radiation exposure to normal tissues. This is where proton therapy has the edge.