In 2018, four-year-old Thomasina “Tommie” DeSantis was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of pediatric cancer.The news shattered her…
When Charlie was eight weeks old, I noticed his legs had become limp. We took him to the ER and…
I ran my first triathlon in the summer of 2015. Even with the 100-degree Texas heat, I fell in love…
The cost-value argument for expanding proton therapy coverage It may sound counterintuitive, but evidence suggests proton therapy for some indications costs less in total than conventional radiotherapy. Although the treatment is…
WHAT’S (ALMOST) AS BAD AS BRAIN CANCER? When a Citizen editor’s sister gets glioblastoma, her doctors recommend a cutting-edge treatment. Then she rams into the great American healthcare wall: Insurance.…
Aetna Life Insurance Co. will pay up to $3.4 million to settle a proposed class action claiming it wrongly refused to cover a cancer treatment called proton beam therapy. The settlement,…
The benefits of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are well known by those who enroll in them, support them or otherwise associate with them. Among the top five benefits,…
National Association for Proton Therapy Elects New Board Members January 31, 2023 – The National Association for Proton Therapy (NAPT), the nation’s leading organization dedicated to increasing patient access to…
The land’s been scraped bare, the brick and mortar will come soon. By the start of 2025, Southwest Florida will have its first proton therapy center to fight cancer. Dr. Ari Dosoretz…
Penn Medicine and Virtua Health are nearing the debut of their new proton therapy center at Virtua's Voorhees Hospital Campus in Camden County. The $45 million facility will be the…
