Trusting the Process: Jerome’s Proton Therapy Story
A Life Built on Family and Faith Jerome Reed grew up in Chicago, spent about 20 years in Cincinnati and settled in Oklahoma City in 2012. He and his wife, Lisa, are about to celebrate 36 years of marriage and have raised three children: Brandon, Jordan and Lauren. Faith is at the center of that […]
Read MoreA Long Road, a Grateful Heart: Glen Winters’ Proton Therapy Story
After facing both prostate and colon cancer, Glen Winters found hope, healing and a care team that felt like family close to home in Oklahoma. For Glen Wayne Winters, life in southwest Oklahoma has always centered on family, friendship and community. A native of Mangum and longtime resident of Altus, Glen and his wife recently […]
Read MoreFinding Advanced Care Far From Home: One Patient’s Proton Therapy Journey
A Diagnosis When routine blood work suggested that something might be wrong, a prostate cancer diagnosis was the last thing one Colorado man expected. “I was kind of shocked,” he recalled. “I didn’t know how the diagnosis was done through this process.” Randy and his wife live in Amherst, Colorado, a small farming community in […]
Read MoreA Journey of Gratitude
Glenn Winters’ Story For Glenn Winters, life has always revolved around family, community and staying busy. Glenn and his wife recently celebrated 50 years of marriage, and with their two sons and four grandchildren all living nearby in Altus, Oklahoma, there is rarely a shortage of things to do. From ballgames and livestock shows to […]
Read MoreFinding a Different Path: A Throat Cancer Survivor’s Story
“He didn’t say, ‘There’s no hope.’ He said, ‘Let’s get after this.’” Trevor Tindle never imagined a sore throat would change the course of his life. For nearly a year, recurring throat infections came and went. Antibiotics seemed to help at first, so cancer was never the first thought. Like many people, Trevor hadn’t been […]
Read MoreWhat Remains When Words Fall Away
For Jenny As National Glioblastoma Day approaches in June, alongside the anniversary of our dear friend and coworker Jenny’s passing, I found myself returning to her story with a level of clarity and understanding I did not yet possess when we first lost her. Jenny was more than a colleague and leader at Oklahoma Proton […]
Read MoreFrom Mammogram to Treatment: What to Know About Breast Cancer with Breast Surgeon Stephanie Taylor
What are the types of breast cancer? How is staging determined? What are standard treatments for breast cancer? What is the difference between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy? My family has a history of breast cancer, what are my screening guidelines? Dr. Taylor is the Breast Surgeon at the Premier Breast Health Institute in Oklahoma […]
Read MoreNo Place Too Far Gone: Michelle Raney’s Message of Hope
In this inspiring episode of The Cancer Project Podcast, Michelle Raney shares her extraordinary journey of resilience, hope, and healing. Diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at just 25 years old — and later facing recurrence with stage four metastatic disease Michelle opens up about the physical, mental, and spiritual battles she fought along the way. […]
Read MoreNew Clinical Trial Results: How This Changes Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
This episode features a detailed conversation with Dr. John Chang and David Raubach on newly published clinical trial data comparing proton therapy and traditional photon radiation for head and neck cancers. The discussion breaks down what head and neck and oropharyngeal cancers are, why treatment in this area is especially complex and how different radiation […]
Read MoreInside Proton Therapy: Precision in Cancer Treatment
On this episode of the Cancer Project, we cover the history of the Oklahoma Proton Center from opening in 2009 as one of the first proton centers in the country, to treating more than 6,000 patients from all 50 states and multiple countries. In this video you will learn what proton therapy is, how it […]
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