Expanding New Research Frontiers
Apart from its primary mission of saving lives,
the Roberts Proton Therapy Center has another
purpose: improving the treatment of cancer and
advancing medical science through research. Since
proton therapy is still a relatively new technique,
its true potential and promise have yet to be
fully explored.
The
Roberts Center will be at the forefront of those
explorations, serving as a leader in the clinical
trials that will provide new protocols to ultimately
increase and enhance the effectiveness of proton
therapy, and determine which cancers should be
treated with protons versus conventional radiation.
Among questions our radiation
oncology team will ask:
- How can chemotherapy
and proton therapy be combined in the most
beneficial ways?
- How can proton therapy be
used to improve surgical outcomes and reduce
radiation side effects?
- Which types of cancers
are the most appropriate for proton therapy,
and why?
Each patient who comes to Penn Medicine
will be asked to be part of this research as
our clinicians pursue these important questions
and work toward spreading their new knowledge
to help patients across the world.
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