{"id":171617,"date":"2023-09-08T21:22:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T02:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/mayo-clinic-study-reveals-proton-beam-therapy-may-shorten-breast-cancer-treatment"},"modified":"2023-09-08T21:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T02:22:22","slug":"mayo-clinic-study-reveals-proton-beam-therapy-may-shorten-breast-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/mayo-clinic-study-reveals-proton-beam-therapy-may-shorten-breast-cancer-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Clinic study reveals proton beam therapy may shorten breast cancer treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mayo-clinic-study-reveals-proton-beam-therapy-may-shorten-breast-cancer-treatment.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ROCHESTER, Minn. \u2014 In a randomized trial, published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanonc\/article\/PIIS1470-2045(23)00388-1\/fulltext\">The Lancet Oncology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/departments-centers\/mayo-clinic-cancer-center\">Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a> researchers uncover evidence supporting a shorter treatment time for breast cancer patients. The study compared two separate dosing schedules of pencil-beam scanning proton therapy, the most advanced type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/proton-therapy\/about\/pac-20384758?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proton therapy<\/a> known for its precision in targeting cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue to reduce the risk of side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Survival rates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/breast-cancer\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20352470?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breast cancer<\/a> continue to improve due to advances in diagnosis and treatment, leading to increasing emphasis on reducing the long-term toxicity of cancer treatment, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/radiation-therapy-for-breast-cancer\/about\/pac-20384940?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radiotherapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this study, all patients treated with proton postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) had received a conventional 25-to 30-day course delivered five days per week over five to six weeks. The researchers hoped to demonstrate that condensing the course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/departments-centers\/proton-beam-therapy-program\/home\/orc-20185488?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proton beam therapy<\/a>, a form of particle therapy that could spare the heart and lungs from radiation damage, may result in a similar side effect profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCHESTER, Minn. \u2014 In a randomized trial, published in The Lancet Oncology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers uncover evidence supporting a shorter treatment time for breast cancer patients. The study compared two separate dosing schedules of pencil-beam scanning proton therapy, the most advanced type of proton therapy known for its precision in targeting cancer [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}