Proton therapy can target head and neck tumors with unmatched precision while minimizing irradiation dose to the eyes, optic nerves, vocal cords, salivary glands, mouth, brain, jaw, and other nearby organs and structures. There is less risk of side effects like blindness, hearing loss, dry mouth, trouble swallowing, loss of taste or voice, and other endocrine disorders.
Head and neck cancers we treat with proton radiation therapy include
- Tonsil, base-of-tongue cancer, oral cavity, and other oropharynx cancers
- Nasopharynx cancers
- Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancers
- Throat cancers (nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal)
- Lacrimal gland cancers
- Esthesioneuroblastomas
- Salivary gland cancers
- Skin with perineural invasion or lymph node metastases
- Tumors of the eye/orbit
- Thyroid cancers
- Recurrent head and neck tumors