Treated 2016 · Posted 2022
"I hope those reading our story will find hope in knowing that proton therapy can deliver radiation directly to the tumor without damaging the healthy tissue around it. As a result, quality of life can be maintained. Merlen had NO incontinence, impotence, pain, or any…
Treated 2003 • Posted 2003 • Updated 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022
Dr. Wepsic is a physician/pathologist with a specialty in cancer biology and tumor immunology. When a cancer researcher chooses proton therapy to treat his prostate cancer, it speaks volumes about the efficacy of this treatment…
Treated 2001 · Posted 2001 · Updated 2014, 2016 & 2019
“PSA 436 - good heavens!”
My name is Arnd Hallmeyer. I'm living in Berlin, Germany working as a physician in the field of occupational medicine. I was 57 yrs. when I was diagnosed with prostate…
Treated 1999 • Posted 2000 • Updated 2010 & 2015 & 2016 & 2017 & 2019
Charlie had proton therapy in 1999 after a failed prostatectomy. "The proton beam did what surgery couldn't do. My PSA has been undetectable since 1999 when I left Loma Linda."…
Treated 2005 • Posted 2008 • Updated 2015 & 2019 & 2020
"I had surgery at age 57 and my prostate cancer returned. Proton therapy did the job."
I was diagnosed with prostate…
Treated 2013 · Posted 2020
"My urologist recommended surgery, explaining in detail the probable and possible side effects associated with the treatment. I then promptly picked myself…
Treated 2010 · Posted 2017
"My opinion is that proton therapy is the very best choice of all the prostate cancer treatment plans available. It is not invasive; there is no cutting or blood; it is most effective and efficient ... I've never had any more prostate cancer treatment since 2010."…
Treated 2014 · Posted 2016 · Updated 2017, 2019, 2020 & 2021
“Diagnosed at 45—I was shocked!"
When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on February 9, 2014, I was shocked. I didn’t have any symptoms; I was in great…
Treated 2008 • Posted 2017
In September 2007, at a yearly visit to my PCP, I learned that my PSA had increased from 1.5 to 4. Following a biopsy, I learned I had two lesions that were positive - one with a Gleason of 9 ...
I was advised to seek surgery…
Treated 2016 · Posted 2020
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016 at age 58. It was the most challenging time in my life. Even though I expected the diagnosis, the realization hit me like a brick, the shock of which culminated with my wife finding me crying in my office. From that point …