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If you are interested in learning more about the Brotherhood of the Balloon or about proton therapy, or wish to communicate with former proton therapy patients about their treatment experience, please send us an email message at dhickey@protonbob.com. If possible, please include your age, PSA, Gleason Score and T Score.

If you are interested in learning more about proton therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center, visit their website at www.protons.com or call 1-800-PROTONS.

The Purcell's fairy tale life came to a halt when the doctor diagnosed Pat with prostate cancer.

Little did they know that 25 years earlier, a doctor 1,200 miles away risked his entire career to pioneer proton treatment with virtually no side effects. “Against All Odds” follows a couple’s desire to fight cancer and unveils the historical account of a doctor’s passion to discover a better treatment option.

Watch the video.

Questions? Ask us anything.

Proton Therapy Advantages:

· Less damage to healthy tissue
· Non-invasive, painless
· Outpatient setting
· No recovery time
· Lower chance of recurrence
· Few, if any, side effects

Want to talk to former proton patients? Just ask.

You Can Beat Prostate Cancer — Second Edition

Written by former prostate cancer proton therapy patient and founder of the Brotherhood of the Balloon, Robert J. Marckini

Buy the book on Amazon. Or, listen to the audio version, narrated by Robert Marckini.