The OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute in Princeton welcomed its first proton therapy patient since opening in February of this year. Samantha Rux from OSF Healthcare says it's a big deal for patients in Central Illinois as this type of therapy is being offered for the first time in Illinois outside of Chicago.
Proton Therapy is a targeted treatment that is aimed at specifically targeting cancerous growths while leaving healthy cells and tissue intact. Radiation therapy can have the side effect of harming healthy tissue, proton therapy is a treatment that can attack cancer more directly.
