Noble,

I’ve had Proton Radiation about five years, which is the most precise and strongest type of radiation we have in the U.S., and believe it helped cure my cancer after four years and 7 recurrences and primary cancer.

It’s good you know of a center that drs it as the are about 29 places. There is a newer type Proton Radiation that is administered like IMRT called IMPT, as earlier type is timely as rad setting or zap. actually protons makes no noise unlike the zaps with IMRT, which I did twice. I did iORT twice during surgery and finally Proton Radiation.

Previously, it was restricted to certain head and neck cancers and recurrences. Now I understand it’s available to first line patients. You would need to be evaluated by the Proton center to see what’s best.

Good luck