2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 10 Number 5


January 2016


HUPTI's New PBS Technology Helps Fight Cancer in Hampton Roads


HUPTI's first PBS patient to complete treatment, John Heiser, is aligned and awaits treatment in gantry room with Ion Beam Applications (IBA) manufactured medical equipment: the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer.


It is troubling to know that one out of every three Virginians will develop some form of cancer during his or her lifetime, more troubling still,


likely


African Americans are more to


develop and die from


cancer than any other racial or ethnic population (according to the CDC and The American Cancer Society). The silver lining to these saddening facts however, can be seen just down the road at the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) with its installation of the most precise cancer treatment available, now sharper than ever, thanks to the addition of Pencil


Beam Scanning (PBS) also known as “spot scanning.”


treatments are nonsurgical, noninvasive and usually


At HUPTI, proton therapy result


resulting in minimal side


effects when combined and delivered using Pencil Beam Scanning technology. The


provides an even higher degree of precision,


further advancements minimizing


overall radiation exposure to healthy tissue.


“We’ve been working on new for the past several


years,” said Dr. Tyvin Rich, HUPTI FIGHT CANCER PAGE 11


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HUPTI's first PBS patient to complete treatment, John Heiser, celebrates with radiation therapists and HUPTI staff


Know The Cancer Facts Provided by the CDC and the American Cancer Society


1. Hampton Roads leads our nation in prostate cancer deaths. 2. African American males lead the world in prostate cancer incidences. 3. African American males have a higher mortality rate than whites for each of the major cancer sites (colon, male lung, female breast and prostate).


4. The death rate of prostate cancer is 2.4 times higher in African American males than white males.


5. The incidence rate of prostate cancer is 59% higher in African American males than white males.


6. The death rate of African American males is 38% higher than white males.


7. The death rate of African American females is 17% higher than white females.


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