Proton therapy is a type of radiation that precisely targets tumors, potentially reducing damage to nearby healthy tissues like the heart and lungs. It may be most beneficial for individuals with a ...

The Senator Orrin G. Hatch Proton Therapy Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute opened in spring of 2021. Our radiation oncologists offer a range of the very best treatments individualized for patients.

You would be forgiven for assuming that we understand the proton. It is, after all, the main constituent of matter in the observable universe, the fuel of stellar furnaces. Studies of the proton—its ...