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WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 39

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Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is offering new treatment options and giving young cancer patients a chance at life. PROTON THERAPY FOR HAWAIIAN 8-YEAR-OLD  Auriana Charbonneau, an 8-year-old girl from Honokaa, Hawaii who’s been fighting a brain tumor and travelled to Michigan for proton therapy over the summer, just completed her last session earlier this month. At 2 years old, Auriana underwent surgery to remove a tumor that caused headaches and loss of vision in her left eye. Due to its location, doctors felt additional surgery was no longer viable, fearing neurological damage or death. Ten months prior to her treatment in Michigan, an MRI scan showed her tumor was growing. After her... Full article

WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 38

Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is offering new treatment options and giving kids a chance. CROWDFUNDING FOR BRAVE AMELIA The parents of Amelia Elphee, a 4-year-old from West Yorkshire in the UK, are raising £3,000 to help fund overseas living expenses and outings to make her proton therapy treatments for a cancerous brain tumor a more positive experience. “My daughter Amelia has just been diagnosed with a high grade neuroepithelial brain tumor with MN1 alterations. This is a rare kind of brain... Full article

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WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 37

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Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is helping cancer kids in their battle against cancer, and their family to speak out during the Childhood Cancer Awareness month.  TEEN ON CHARITY RUN AFTER BEATING CANCER  Sam Varnam, a 17-year-old teen from Codnor in the UK, is taking on a 10-km obstacle course this month to raise funds for the charity... Full article

WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 36

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Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is helping children with cancer overcome life-threatening challenges.   HEADING TO HIGH SCHOOL AFTER CANCER  Audrey Anderson, a 12-year-old girl from Australia who was diagnosed with a tumor at the center of her brain when she was only 5, is now a healthy young girl heading to high school next year.... Full article

WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 35

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Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is offering hopeful alternatives to cancer patients from all around the world.  PRAYERS ANSWERED FOR LITTLE EVIE Evie Hughes, a 7-year-old schoolgirl from Wales in the UK who underwent brain surgery and months of pioneering treatment in America, has just returned home after being told her tumor has been... Full article

WEEKLY WEB REVIEW – WEEK 34

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Check out the latest news about proton therapy: this week, find out how this state-of-the-art treatment modality is giving hope to cancer patients from all over the world.   LITTLE FIGHTER NEEDS SUPPORT Chereez Nel, a 3-year-old girl from Boksburg in South Africa who suffers from stage 3 undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma, needs help to benefit from specialist proton therapy treatment in the USA.  Chereez was... Full article