ROCHESTER — When Derek Gerlach, then 10 years old, was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in November 2018, his treatment began almost immediately. Within a month, Derek underwent surgery to remove ...

Monday's topping-off ceremony, which involved putting the Andersen Building's final steel beam into place, celebrated the building's structural integrity. The proton beam equipment arrives next year.

John Noseworthy, MD, president and CEO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, defends the system’s investment in two proton beam therapy facilities in a Star Tribune report. Dr. Noseworthy’s comments ...

Proton beam radiation therapy, long used in cancer care, has produced an approximately 80% reduction in dangerous ventricular tachycardia episodes for patients with no remaining treatment options.

Mayo Clinic researchers report that a highly targeted, noninvasive form of radiation therapy reduced episodes of a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder by nearly 80% in a first-in-human early ...

Aug. 16—Mayo Clinic is expanding its proton beam therapy program by spending $200 million to build a new 110,000-square-foot facility in downtown Rochester. The announcement was made this morning that ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer, but could it also help treat dangerous heart rhythms? Mayo Clinic recently completed the first clinical trial in humans using ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — 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 ...

A Mayo Clinic-led first-in-human trial found that proton beam therapy, a noninvasive radiation technique adapted from cancer care, reduced episodes of life-threatening ventricular tachycardia by ...

Proton beam therapy, a radiation treatment for cancer, may be effective as a treatment for refractory ventricular tachycardia ...

In seven patients, there were no signs of toxicity with proton-beam radioablation, clearing the way for future studies.