摘要
顽固的癌症对质子治疗产生了反应。30岁的欧嘉·阿拉孔·克鲁兹得知自己罹患侵袭性乳腺癌之后,内心十分恐惧身为两个孩子的妈妈,克鲁兹认真思考自己的治疗方案,努力找寻副作用比化疗少、而且不像乳房切除术那么极端的疗法。她考察了质子治疗的可能性。这种疗法利用一部强大的机器,把质子形态的放射线集中成一道细如笔尖的射束,射向肿瘤的确切所在处。经过36次治疗之后,现在她的乳腺癌已经消失,而她后续会再接受一年的免疫治疗,以此强化身体的免疫系统以便对抗癌症。
Hard-to-treat cancers are responding to proton therapy.When 3O-year-old Olga Alarcon Cruz learned she had invasive breast cancer,she was terrified.A mother of two,Cruz pondered her treatment options,seeking one with fewer side effects than chemotherapy and less drastic than a mastectomy.
