Testimonials

Dan Damon - Fallbrook, California

Treated 2013 · Posted 2016

My proton therapy experience at LLUCC can be described as follows: thorough, comfortable, special comraderie among patients and staff, spiritual, educational, and even fun (due to the gatherings and meetings for patients and their families).

Paul Siano - Manchester, Michigan

Treated 2004 · Posted 2016

Have a high Gleason score?  There’s hope!

Robert Glombowski - Sarasota, Florida

Treated 2005 • Posted 2016

My communication with Ed (former proton patient and BOB member) clearly illustrates out how important it is for those of us who have been blessed with protons to share our experiences with others. That is why I am sharing my story. 

Ken Ford , M.D. - Houston, Texas

Treated 2008 · Posted 2013 · Updated 2015

"As a practicing physician, my colleagues were unfamiliar with proton therapy and strongly urged me to have 'traditional' therapy. However, when I researched my options, it was obvious that the best choice for me was proton therapy."

Charlie Hart - Portland, OR

Treated 2011 · Posted 2017

"My experience at LLUCC was great. Side effects from [proton] treatment were, in fact, minimal, and all the other patients I spoke to, who came to Loma Linda from all over the world, had similar experiences."

Harry Marshall - Long Grove, Illinois

Treated 2005 • Posted 2008 • Updated 2015

Surgery at age 57 and the cancer returned. Salvage proton therapy did the job.

I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in March 2000 at the age of 57. My urologist outlined several options for treating the cancer, but he did not mention Proton Beam Therapy. As I investigated my treatment options, I was unaware of Proton Beam Therapy so I elected to have my prostate surgically removed. The radical prostatectomy was done in July 2000.

Jan Ruurda - Geneva, Switzerland

Treated 2013 • Posted 2016

I had 45 proton sessions in 9 weeks (including hormones due to my Gleason 9 prostate cancer). During my entire treatment, I felt perfectly fine and energetic. I had NO side effects.

Charles Asbury - Boothbay, Maine

Treated 2000 · Posted 2003 · Updated 2015 

When Charles was first diagnosed, he chose hormones and Cryosurgery. Then his PSA rose to 15. Next came Proton. PSA is 0.02 four years after treatment.

Most everybody already knows this. Prostate cancer is a big business. It became apparent to me that many physicians are quite narrow-minded when it comes to offering advice.

Pastor Fred Agnir - Wesley Chapel, Florida

Treated 2003 • Posted 2003 • Updated 2015

“Loma Linda has changed me from a cancer victim to a cancer survivor, from a person filled with fear of death to a person joyfully celebrating life - past, present and future . . .”

Below is Pastor Agnir's graduation speech from January 8, 2003: 

Marvin Graham - La Puente, California

Treated 2011 · Posted 2016

I would love to share my wonderful experience of proton treatment at Loma Linda University Cancer Center in California. While we were there, my wife and I felt very special. The staff was marvelous. They were so kind to us.

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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 "Against All Odds" video.

 

"I have not spent one dollar on medicines or follow-up procedures in my 13 years post-proton treatment."
- Wayne Swartz, BOB Member
"You owe it to yourself and to those who love you to safeguard your quality of life. Surgery will not do that ... proton therapy can."
- Jeannie Chase, Spouse
- Warren Johns, BOB member
"15 years have passed since exposure to the penetrating power of the proton and the superb medical skills of the 'beam team.'”
"The procedure was a breeze. It has been 10 years and I feel GREAT.”
- Tom Wright, BOB member
"As long as I live, I will do everything I can to spread the word about proton treatment.”
- Jim Tuggey, BOB member
"I am celebrating 8 years post-treatment with no recurrence, no side effects, and not one more penny for medications."
Robert T. Gore, M.D. F.A.C.O.G.

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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

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