[Filo]

I can't say. Here is what the expert quoted in the article said...

...And there's absolutely no evidence that proton beam therapy provides any additional benefit...

In the context of this type of cancer that might be true.

Overall it is not.

[qwicwted]

I work for the company that made the Proton Beam Accelerator. In fact, I have serviced the machine at MD Anderson and have gone over to Israel and worked on the machine there - it does save lives!

[Ole Okie]

In the context of this type of cancer that might be true. Overall it is not.

My mother died of glioblastoma multiforme. She lived 3 months after surgery. Any brain cancer beginning with glio is very bad news indeed. Glioblastoma spreads rapidly and is resistant to almost any treatment.

There was some excitement years ago about a man with glioblastoma who was treated with direct heat to the cancer. At one point the docs thought they had him cured, but I know nothing further about this. If it had been successful ultimately I would think research would be concentrating on heat treatment. And it isn't.