Daily News | What to know about proton therapy, the costly and controversial cancer radiation treatment
What’s the difference between the two radiation treatments?
The photons of conventional radiation release energy as they enter and exit the body. However, technological advances have helped minimize the resultingcomplex technology, called “intensity-modulated radiation therapy,” or IMRT, to Private insurance companies generally don’t cover proton radiation for the most common types of cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung. They will sometimes cover it for rare, hard-to-treat cancers, particularly spinal cord and brain tumors that can’t be fully removed with surgery. Insurers will typically cover proton treatment for children with cancer because there’s medical consensus that it’s less harmful to a developing brain and body.
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