Helping patients learn about proton radiation.
About Proton Radiation Buddy
When Denise was prescribed proton radiation to treat her breast cancer, her insurance denied payment once, then twice. With the support of her doctor and the team at The Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Denise appealed her case. After weeks of back and fourth, Denise’s case was overturned and insurance covered her treatments. She knew when she was healed and ready, she wanted to give back.
Denise felt that there is a lack of patient stories available to those also trying to learn more about proton radiation. She launched this website and later in 2021 published a book, Prescription for Proton Radiation so patients could learn more about the treatment and how to navigate the insurance approval process.
Proton therapy patient stories
Patient Stories
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Be in the know
Read recent news and research about proton therapy treatments, cases and centers.
On October 6th, 2015, Kate Weissman received the call that every cancer survivor remembers; you have stage 2B cervical cancer. Kate’s story is inspiring, courageous and frustrating. After 30 rounds of photon radiation and six rounds of chemotherapy treatments, six months later in the spring of 2016, Kate had a PET/CT scan and her doctors found the cervical cancer had spread to two of her paraaortic lymph nodes. She needed more cancer treatment.