Prostate Cancer Treatment: Unproven Proton Radiation Therapy Wastes Millions of Dollars

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The High Price of Unnece$$ary Treatment

A growing controversy in medical circles concerns the treatment of prostate cancer with proton beam radiation therapy. This relatively new treatment, used on a variety of cancers, is provided in specially constructed facilities costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Although proton radiation therapy, or PRT, is recognized as a preferred option for treating children and some specific cancers, these cases are not prevalent enough to fill the necessary spots in centers. Thus, proton therapy centers have aggressively advertised their services for prostate cancer and other more common forms of cancer to maximize their revenue potential.

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