May 26, 2026
GammaTile® brachytherapy has been introduced at Penn Neurosurgery to deliver targeted, immediate irradiation at the brain tumor bed following surgery.
May 8, 2026
Radiation oncologist Alexander Lin, MD, provides insight for the Penn Medicine Physician Interviews podcast about a comparative clinical trial that found advantages for proton-vs-photon therapy in HPV+ head and neck cancers.
February 5, 2026
Before Barbara Coates met radiation oncologist John Plastaras, MD, PhD, it was impossible for her to walk without excruciating pain. Within 24 hours of her first treatment session with him, she was moving better than she had in years and crying tears of joy.
October 17, 2025
A 20-Gy consolidation radiation dose maintained
strong local control in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma
(HGBL) who achieved a complete response after chemoimmunotherapy, according to results of an international
phase 2 study.
April 28, 2025
Today, Penn Medicine celebrated the
groundbreaking of the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in University City, which
is expected to open for patient care in late 2027.
January 22, 2025
A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a
wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a
second.
October 24, 2024
For a patient facing radiation therapy for cancer,
the process is filled with unknowns. Imagine if, before their first dose of radiation—in addition to talking
with their care team and reading about what to expect during treatment—they could personally shadow another
patient’s treatment and get a private behind the scenes tour with the team members involved in every step of
their care.
July 30, 2024
Penn Medicine plans to open a fourth proton therapy
center in University City at Penn Presbyterian. Proton therapy is a more precise form of radiation than
traditional radiation therapy and has fewer side effects than other cancer treatments.
July 23, 2024
Proton International London is delighted to
announce a new online training for its oncologists who are interested in being trained to start treating
with proton beam therapy. The Penn Radiation Medicine Institute at the University of Pennsylvania will
provide a comprehensive education programme that meets NHS clinical training requirements for proton
therapy.
July 17, 2024
During her four-year term on the Presidential track,
Dr. Vapiwala will represent the society’s 10,000 members, who include physicians, physicists, biologists,
dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses, and other professions involved in radiation oncology care.
May 29, 2024
The RadComp study asks, could proton therapy reduce
some long-term side effects while maintaining comparable cure rates to traditional radiation?
May 29, 2024
The world’s largest and most advanced center for
proton beam radiation is applying its expertise to treat patients in communities beyond Philadelphia.
May 29, 2024
An experimental method delivering proton therapy
radiation in just a few doses lasting mere seconds each, could be a paradigm shift in radiation therapy.
May 29, 2024
Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer
patients with proton therapy—while leading the way in research on the healing potential of these positive
particles.
March 15, 2024
WestCan Proton Therapy Inc. has announced their
plans to invest in Canada’s first proton therapy treatment centre to be built in Edmonton. The centre will
officially be named in honour of Ben Stelter, beloved six-year-old Edmonton Oilers super-fan and team
ambassador whose father, Mike, was recently a recipient of proton therapy.
January 28, 2024
Hamad Medical Corporation has collaborated with the
Penn Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology at University of Pennsylvania Health System for the Middle
East Proton Therapy Summit, a pivotal event that took place recently for the first time in Qatar and the
Middle East.
October 24, 2023
While proton therapy has well and truly arrived as a
mainstream treatment option in radiation oncology – there are currently 42 operational proton facilities in
the US and a further 13 centres under construction – it’s evident that the clinical innovation is only just
getting started when it comes to at-scale deployment of protons for the treatment of cancer.
February 2, 2023
On February 1, a cancer patient at Penn Medicine
became the first person in the world to be treated on a Halcyon system equipped with HyperSight.
February 2, 2023
At Penn Medicine’s Jordan Center for
Gynecologic Cancers, radiation oncologist Neil Taunk, MD, cultivates a professional but friendly
relationship with his patients…
December 8, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Dogs are paving the way for a
potential new cancer treatment for human beings, and the revolutionary therapy is being tested in
Philadelphia…
November 9, 2022
Led by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Keith
Cengel and the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Brian Flesner, a new study is evaluating the safety and
efficacy of treating oral cancer in dogs with a palliative radiation in just two clinic visits.
October 27, 2022
Five years ago, Deb Harris of Voorhees, N.J., was
diagnosed with stage-four glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She underwent a successful
surgery at Penn Medicine, but that surgery was just the start…
August 26, 2022
In early 2018, Chuck Hurley was a healthy
41-year-old, married father of two small children when he experienced an ear infection that would not go
away. He and his family were shocked to learn that he had a rare form of cancer in his ear…
March 1, 2022
Researchers to study best methods for administering
emerging form of radiotherapy treatment with shorter duration and frequency.
September 21, 2017
Varian Halcyon™ system streamlines training,
shortens patient treatment time.
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