Proton International

01/08/2026

https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/oncology/proton-therapy-designated-new-standard-of-care-for-oropharyngeal-cancer/

Proton therapy offers better overall survival with less severe toxicity than standard radiation therapy in patients with advanced oropharyngeal cancer.

09/22/2025

Amazing The latest treatment is highly effective at eliminating hard-to-treat cancers while causing minimal side effects. This diagnosis was adenoid cystic carcinoma — a rare, highly invasive and often difficult-to-treat tumor — in the salivary gland.

“Managing this type of tumor is very difficult because of its natural tendency to be nerve-seeking,”

The latest treatment is highly effective at eliminating hard-to-treat cancers while causing minimal side effects. Radiation side effects can be severe for many cancer patients. However, a new approach to delivering radiation has shown promising results in treating a difficult-to-target cancer, wi

08/29/2025

Nostaligic post from Savannah Morning News & SavannahNow.com the past and relevant today. (news in Seoul https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10348913 & https://www.ncc.re.kr/sub07_News_view.ncc?nwsId=940&searchKey=total&searchValue=&pageNum=15)

When Curtis Poling found out he had prostate cancer, he momentarily considered doing nothing over the treatment options he was presented. "It's devastating what it could do to a man," said Poling, …

07/25/2025

Check out this book!

This book is presented as non-fiction and serves as a guide to research options for treatment of prostate cancer and other localized cancers, including pediatric cancers. It also serves as a guide for those who travel to South Korea for treatment. Finally, it serves as a guide for understanding...

05/14/2025

Still Standing. Still Grateful.
In 2007, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. A year later, I underwent 42 sessions of proton therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center. That experience changed my life—and launched the journey I’ve quietly shared over the years on my blog.
Today, I’m beyond grateful to say I remain cancer free.
The photos here tell a story of what came next. My wife Tracy Poling and I were recently honored with a Rock Star award for the olive farm we founded together 10 years ago—proof that new dreams can grow even after the hardest seasons. And always at my side: Mr. Samson, our border collie and my four-legged friend through it all.
I know many others haven’t had the same outcome. That’s why I share this—not just as a personal update, but as a message of hope. There is life after a cancer diagnosis. There is purpose, joy, and healing.
Thank you for reading—and for walking this road with me.
📖 Read more of the journey: https://lnkd.in/eHjXe3VW
🌿 Visit our farm: https://lnkd.in/eFC-Myxs

06/07/2024

Proton therapy achieved similar clinical outcomes while reducing malnutrition and feeding-tube dependency compared with traditional radiation therapy

According to preliminary data from a multi-institution Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) achieved similar clinical outcomes and offered significant patient benefits when compared to traditional intensity...

06/06/2024

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/clinical-research-provides-evidence-proton-135900797.html

WASHINGTON, June 05, 2024--Patients requiring radiation therapy for head and neck cancer benefit from proton therapy based on preliminary data from a multi-institution Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The results were presented today at the 202...

06/06/2024

I wanted to share some wonderful news: my latest lab results show no change after 16 years following my prostate cancer treatment with proton therapy in 2008. This means my cancer remains in complete remission. I'm proud to be an advocate for proton therapy, which has allowed me to lead a normal life with minimal side effects. How great is that! I understand that not everyone has this outcome, and my thoughts are with those individuals.

Here are three photos: one from May 2008, almost finishing up 42 proton sessions over three months; a recent snorkeling trip; and my best supporter, my loving spouse Tracy, who has been by my side through all these years. Life is good!

11/29/2023

https://heavyionkorea.org/ Our New Partner.

Completed in half the time of other therapy

11/29/2023

This September doc. MUDr. Jiří Kubeš, Ph.D. and a team of our doctors published the results of their long-term work in a prestigious foreign journal “Cancers”. The results of the study, which was conducted over a period of five years, includes data on 853 patients who underwent proton therapy for prostate cancer. The results showed that at 5 years after the end of therapy, 96.5% of patients with low-risk prostate cancer and over 90% of patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, were free of signs of the disease (i.e., no re-elevation of PSA blood levels). The results further suggest that the ultra-hypofractionated regimen, which consists of only five irradiation fractions, is an effective treatment for prostate cancer with a low risk of late side effects (toxicity). You can read more about proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer on our website www.ptc.cz . The study mentioned above is available for you at this link: https://1url.cz/

Image source: MDPI (Cancers journal)

07/31/2023

I am now settled back in beautiful New Zealand with my Dear Wife Sally and my Family, with beautiful fine, settled, sunny, warm weather.

07/31/2023

We added a patient experience to our ProtonKorea.org website.






https://protonkorea.org/guests-experiences

I am now settled back in beautiful New Zealand with my Dear Wife Sally and my Family, with beautiful fine, settled, sunny, warm weather.