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Proton therapy is an advanced type of radiation treatment that uses a beam of protons to deliver radiation directly to the tumor, destroying cancer cells while sparing healthy tissues. Protons enter the body with a low radiation dose, stop at the tumor, match its shape and volume or depth, and deposit the bulk of their cancer-fighting energy right at the tumor.
Therefore, the likelihood of urinary, rectal, sexual side effects, and secondary cancers is lower with proton. In 2010, Medicare spent $1.06 billion on conventional (X-ray) radiation therapy. That same year, Medicare spent $41.8 million on proton therapy, or less than 4% of X-ray cost.ottom Line. Proton therapy is NOT significantly more expensive than IMRT. Initial cost to treat with protons today is a few thousand dollars higher. Even if proton therapy were twice the cost of IMRT, the long term (total) cost is probably comparable, and maybe even lower than IMRT.