Proton therapy allowed me to continue working and walking every day and feel somewhat like an ordinary 27-year-old when life was anything but ordinary. Soon after proton therapy, I felt well enough even to have the nerve to sign up and train for the Chicago Marathon.- Keelin McGee (Stage 2A, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) Treated at: Cincinnati Children’s
I am 6 years post treatment and continue looking forward and making plans for the future. I know that radiation caused damage to the bad cells and some of the good cells, but proton therapy was able to better target the bad and avoid more of the good, which means a better outlook for me and my family.- Melissa Breedlove (Breast Cancer) Treated at: UF Health Proton Therapy Institute
Cancer is an awful journey for anyone to be on, and if proton therapy can save someone’s life and be less invasive and not have the negative side effects than other treatments do, it should absolutely be an option for a patient to consider.- Amy Delaney (Ocular Melanoma ) Treated at: Fred Hutch Cancer Center Proton Center (Formerly SCCA Proton Center)