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Proton Therapy for Esophageal Cancer

Because most esophageal cancers are in close proximity to many critical organs, the need to reduce exposure to surrounding, healthy tissue is a major treatment consideration. A number of clinical and modeling studies have demonstrated that proton therapy may be safer than, and equally effective as, more conventional radiation in certain scenarios:

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