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June 2017: PTCOG - Mariners and Prostates - Survivor Friendships - Staff Story Newsletter (view the full email campaign)
Highlights from the PTCOG Conference in Japan
Physics innovations. New techniques for better outcomes. Streamlined operations. These are just a few of the important presentations our staff gave at the recent Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) conference in Japan. PTCOG studies and promotes particle radiology’s application in the fight against cancer.
What do baseball and prostates have in common?
June is the perfect time for a baseball game. It’s also, coincidentally, Men’s Health Month! That means June is also a great time to focus on prostate health. That’s why SCCA Proton Therapy and the Mariners have picked June to team up to raise awareness about prostate cancer.
Forging Friendships Despite Cancer
Six weeks. Five days a week, sometimes twice a day. That’s up to 60 visits to the SCCA Proton Therapy Center for short treatments for cancer. But, just because you have cancer doesn’t mean you can’t use those 60 opportunities to make new friends. That’s what Robbie and Trina did as they were undergoing cancer treatment at SCCA Proton Therapy Center. Here are their stories.
Meet Grayden MacLennan
Grayden is a dosimetrist at the Center. He came to here with a background in IT and worked his magic with our dosimetric systems. Now he creates the dose plans for many of our patients. Here are our 5 Questions with Grayden.