Proton therapy for breast cancer
Tratamiento de alta precisión que protege el corazón, pulmones y vasos linfáticosHigh-precision treatment that protects the heart, lungs and lymphatic vessels
Proton therapy is particularly suitable for locally advanced breast cancer and aggressive tumours. By minimising radiation exposure to adjacent healthy tissues — the heart, lungs, major blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and joints — the risk of short- and long-term side effects is reduced, particularly cardiac toxicity, which is a critical concern in left-sided breast tumours.
Treatment courses are short, comprising 5 to 15 outpatient sessions lasting 10–20 minutes, and are compatible with daily life and work. Many breast tumours are treated in combination with other therapies—surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy—and proton therapy offers the advantage of reducing damage to healthy tissue during this process.
The University of Navarra Cancer Centre, with facilities in Madrid, has specialists in oncoplastic surgery and breast reconstruction.
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Indications for proton therapy in breast cancer
In selected cases of recurrent breast cancer, proton therapy may be a treatment option for patients who have already undergone conventional radiotherapy in the area near the site of the tumour recurrence. Proton therapy allows for more customised dose distributions in patients who have undergone breast reconstruction following a mastectomy.
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Recurrent breast cancer
- Triple-negative breast cancer
- Ductal carcinoma in situ
- Invasive ductal carcinoma
- Invasive lobular carcinoma
Why at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra
El Área del Cáncer de Mama del Cancer Center Clinica Universidad de Navarra cuenta con especialistas altamente cualificados en técnicas de cirugía oncoplástica y reconstrucción de la mama, en la administración de terapias de última generación como la inmunoterapia, y en tratamientos pioneros para mejorar la calidad de vida de la paciente.
Reference Center
The Clínica Universidad de Navarra is an international reference center in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, offering patients and their families access to an interdisciplinary approach to esophageal cancer.
A unique concept
First facility in Spain integrated in an Intrahospital Cancer Center, with all its assistance, academic and research support.
Advanced technology
As a highly complex center, we have the most advanced technology for the most accurate diagnosis in the shortest time possible.
The most precise radiation therapy for cancer
The protons deposit their energy within successive tumor layers extremely quickly, destroying them and then repairing them through normal scar tissue.
Radiation Oncology
