The Side Effects of Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer
What is Proton Therapy? Proton therapy is a highly accurate and much less invasive form of cancer treatment. It uses revolutionary proton beam technology to precisely target cancer cells, avoiding healthy cells and organs. Physicians can attack prostate tumors, layer-by-layer, with
How to Help Your Loved One Choose A Cancer Treatment
Navigating Cancer Treatment Options Receiving a cancer diagnosis can turn a family member or a friend’s world upside down. We all want to do everything in our power to help our loved ones grappling with that sudden shift in reality. Yet
How To Help A Loved One Through Cancer Treatment
A little over a year ago, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with Stage I lung cancer. We were lucky that during a scan for another condition, the cancer was spotted and diagnosed very early. Her particular tumor was located extremely close
The Strength to Carry On
The Strength to Carry On I wear many hats here at California Protons, but my main role is as a Medical Coder. What this means is that I code the procedures and diagnosis codes and make sure everything and everyone is
Life, Maximized
Life, Maximized As a young medical student still finding my way, a fortuitous change of events led me from my original plan of studying diagnostic radiology, towards taking a keen interest instead in radiation oncology. I applied for a radiation oncology