Title: Proton Beam Therapy at Mayo Clinic. Beam On!

Speaker: Robert L. Foote, MD

Disclosures:

• Relevant financial relationship(s): none
• Off-Label and/or Investigational Uses: Hitachi Proton Beam Therapy  

Learning objectives - by the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Explain the physical advantage of proton beam therapy compared to x-ray therapy
• Describe the relationship between radiation dose and tumor control, survival and risk for complications
• Identify the advantages of proton beam therapy in the treatment of a variety of cancers

Audience: DLMP Consultants, Residents, Fellows, and Allied Health Staff

For credit information, see the DLMP Grand Rounds Group home page.

Each monthly session will be reviewed for credit; if a session does meet the credit criteria, it will be announced as such.

The following DLMP Grand Rounds Planning Committee members declare that they have nothing to disclose in relation to this presentation: Loralie J. Langman, Ph.D., Darci R. Block, Ph.D., Justin D. Kreuter, M.D., Anja C. Roden, M.D., Elitza S. Theel, Ph.D., Joanne Yi, M.D., Thomas Huntley, Denise Skudlarek