Regarding http://saint-archives.activeboard.com/t59873383/prague-proton-beam-treatment-saves-little-boy-with-brain-can/ : Quite the opposite to Lea's brain tumor whose treatment probably would have been better outside Prague. But I think the detection was too late for surviving anyway. And in 2004 there were even fewer treatment centers than today, see http://www.proton-therapy-today.com/where-to-get-pt/ .