Author: Kansas City Proton Institute

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]If you are a cancer patient and you live in or near the Kansas City area, you have some advantages that many other cancer patients don’t. Not only do you have easy access to the newest kind of radiation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]You may have heard about proton therapy. This latest treatment for various cancers offers advantages that traditional radiation therapy can’t. Its precise and targeted radiation minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissues. In Kansas City, cancer patients can not only

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]There’s been a lot of talk about proton therapy in Kansas City. Proton therapy is the latest advancement in radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. So what makes proton therapy better, and what do you need to know

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Health care can have different costs depending on where you have treatment performed, which is why many people do not know that outpatient proton therapy is less expensive than hospital-based therapy. What Is Proton Therapy? Proton therapy is the latest kind

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Traditional radiation therapy (X-ray therapy) uses high doses of radiation over a generalized area of the body to kill cancer cells and reduce tumors. High-energy photon beams are passed through the body, damaging both healthy and cancerous cells, with

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Proton therapy is an advancement in radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. Instead of photon beams, this cutting-edge radiation uses proton beams which offer several advantages over traditional photon beams. KCPI Brings Office-Based Proton Therapy to Kansas City Our new,