Can Proton Therapy Cure Cancer?

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Can Proton Therapy Cure Cancer?
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Cancer is often analyzed as one of the second
leading causes of death worldwide, and the
mortality rates from cancer are estimated to
approximately 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Cancer
is a generic term, which is often used to
describe a large group of ailments affecting a
body part. However, one of the prominent features
of cancer is the collective and rapid formation
of cells that further grow beyond expected and
usual boundaries. Thus, it invades adjoining
parts of the body, thereby spreading in other
body organs, often referred to as metastasizing,
one of the major causes of death by
cancer. Some of the common types of
cancers reported are lung cancer with nearly 2.09
million registered cases, breast cancer with 2.09
million cases, colorectal cancer with 1.08
million cases and prostate cancer with 1.28
million cases. The average cost associated with
cancer care in the USA ranges from 157.77
billion, which showed a substantive increase from
124.57 billion in 2010. The shift mainly
resulted due to the rise in the prognosis of
prostate cancer by 42, breast cancer by 32.
Moreover, with the pertinent increases in the
figures, the estimated cost for cancer care in
2020 is expected to amount to 173 billion.
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• Based on recent research by the World Health
  Organisation (WHO), one out of six deaths
  globally is because of cancer. Meanwhile, in the
  case of Africa, the mean cost of treatment for
  Progression Free-State (PFS) and
  Diseases-Progression State (DPS) for all the
  diagnosed patients ranges from 11,566 and
  14,519, respectively. Due to the lack of adept
  infrastructure, the cancer facility in India is
  quite expensive and costs nearly up to INR 100
  crores, while the treatment can often go up to
  INR 20 lakhs a year. Chemotherapy is one of the
  common practices associated with destroying the
  rapidly growing cells, which is often a
  combination of myriad therapies to treat cancer.

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• Proton therapy is often considered as a part of
  radiation therapy, which works on the high-energy
  beams to diagnose tumors. On the other hand,
  radiation therapy with the use of X-rays has
  always been an effective way of treating cancer
  and noncancerous tumors. Proton therapy relies on
  the use of positively charged partiles, protons
  to detect tumors. Proton therapy is often used to
  detect brain tumors, breast cancers, eye
  melanoma, oesophageal cancer, lung cancer,
  prostate cancer and tumors affecting the spine
  and base of the skull. Moreover, the better
  control over proton therapy helps in inflicting
  maximum damage to cancer cells, thereby
  minimizing the harm to nearby tissues. Even
  doctors prefer proton therapy to chemotherapy.
• Moreover, proton therapy is often associated with
  a series of side effects, which mainly range from
  fatigue, headaches, hair loss, skin redness,
  mouth eating to digestion issues. On the other,
  proton therapy is a newer form of radiation
  therapy, which is comparatively more expensive
  than traditional radiation therapy. On the
  contrary, not all insurances cover for the
  expenses related to proton therapy.

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• Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), is Indias
  first multi-speciality chains of hospitals
  providing cancer patients with access to a
  specialized and advanced form of radiotherapy,
  which I tremendously precise in destroying cancer
  cells. The APCC hospital was inaugurated in
  Chennai by Honble Vice President of India,
  Venkaiah Naidu. This healthcare facility is a new
  frontier in cancer care that can accommodate
  nearly 150 cancer patients at the same time.
  Moreover, the integrated cancer hospital provides
  360? cancer care by offering progressive and
  advanced site/organ-specific personalized
  prognosis processes of cancer treatment in India.

On the other hand, APCC is powered with the use
of PROTEUSPLUS, an innovative proton therapy
solution to deals with complex tumors. The
pencil-beam scanning technology further helps
APCC is providing the highest degree of precision
in the invested task. The inauguration of the
first proton cancer therapy hospital in South
East Asia would not only decrease the extent of
mortality rates by cancer but also provided a new
direction to cancer treatment in India.
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• Furthermore, approximately INR 1,300 crore,
  thereby making India one of the 16 nations that
  offer proton cancer care facilities globally.
  Apart from that, the average cost associated with
  proton therapy for an individual patient amount
  to INR 2530 lakhs, which is approximately
  one-third of the fees charged by proton
  healthcare facilities in the USA. Moreover, with
  the current stance of economic scenario in India
  further makes it difficult for individuals to
  access proton therapy in the wider context.
• With the recent efforts by the hospital
  management to socialize proton therapy with
  myriad prime insurers and Third-Party
  Administrators (TPAs) in health insurance can
  further help in creating an awareness of the
  facility among the existent classes of people in
  India. Additionally, cost advantage is one of the
  core aspects of the Apollo mission that further
  helps in providing an affordable range of
  healthcare facilities to myriad groups. Scripps
  Proton Therapy Centre in San Diego is a 220
  million facility accommodates nearly 2,400
  patients. However, one of the major differences
  between proton facility in the USA and India are
  the cost difference, apart from that the
  inability of the insurances to cover for proton
  therapy in the USA is a major drawback to avail
  such services.

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• APCC is the beacon of hope for nearly 3.5 billion
  people the initial stages of the treatment start
  with a fully integrated treatment suite.
  Moreover, APCC approaches in eradicating cancer
  with the implementation of multidisciplinary
  approaches coming together under Cancer
  Management Teams (CMT), which further aims at
  delivering the best possible results to its
  patients. The initiative was undertaken in
  guidance and acre of Suneeta Reddy, Managing D
  director of Apollo Hospitals. Besides, some of
  the other eminent personalities associated with
  the projects are Dr. Sapna Nangia, Senior
  Consultant in Radiation Oncology specially
  trained for the proton therapy by observation
  ships at Miami Cancer Institute, Maryland Proton
  Treatment Center.

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• Texila Medicare is a premier healthcare facility
  in providing the best and affordable world-class
  medical services to a myriad of international
  patients. The Texila Medicare network has ties
  with top-rates hospitals and experienced medical
  executives that further provide effective
  guidance to the patients throughout the treatment
  procedure. On the other hand, the healthcare
  facility covers myriad cancer treatment
  facilities starting from the Progression
  Free-State (PFS) to Diseases-Progression State
  (DPS).

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