[Eli Kopter]

How is this different than the proton therapy that has been in the US for several years? Mainly for prostate cancer?

[PeterPrinciple]

Right now, only two private centres in Spain offer proton therapy. But from 2026 onwards, that’s all set to change. A whopping 10 new facilities will open across the country, thanks in large part to a €280 million donation from the Fundación Amancio Ortega

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might be the point of the article?

[A Navy Vet]

"Unlike traditional radiotherapy (which uses photons), this supercharged method fires protons directly into tumours, stopping the radiation from spilling over into surrounding healthy tissue."

This seems to be the difference.

[Tired of Taxes]

Yep. We already have proton therapy here in the U.S. Maybe Spain didn’t have it until now.

[WASCWatch]

It’s not just mainly prostate cancer. It’s useful for many types of cancer.

There are many cases of prostate cancer where proton therapy is not appropriate. Metastatic prostate cancer is one of them if it has spread to bones like mine was.