Proton Beam Therapy

" Five years ago -- with diagnosed with breast cancer. Reeves says she was faced with -- very difficult decisions how would she treat her illness and would she survive. I've always felt that Chris chancellor -- deceased person or another person that reminds them. Ironically Reeves worked at a -- help center where women were being diagnosed every day with the illness. I."

" I had spoken to my cardiologist. And when I was diagnosed with breast cancer He had. That may be IE (%expletive) considering mastectomy because of radiation being too close to my."

" and that's when Reeves heard about a clinical study being done at Loma Linda's proton treatment center for early stage breast cancer patient. Proton beam therapy allows doctors to radiate just the tumor area instead of the entire breast. Fifty women took part in the study."

" Candor radiation not available -- already senators would be treatment what what -- call photons or X ray treatment. He ended the difference between kind of regular radiation or proton proton radiation. That. X rays are constantly go all the way true meaning that there's no stock into that you what protons will do is they won't penetrate to a certain debt. And then stopped --"

" David bush as a cancer researcher who's -- current numbers have been low with survival rate pushing 90%. Most importantly doctors -- side -- diminished significantly in the patients took part in the study. Injury to the heart lung and chest from radiation was reduced significantly. --"

" Aired Tuesday. Typical whole breast radiation that is given for breast cancer. This was able to Begin in a shorter period of time over about two weeks. For this protocols so. Excellent cancer. Outcomes."