Items Tagged ‘prostate cancer’
January 7, 2020
‘The Beamer Gang’: Proton Therapy Patients Form Unique Friendship at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop 
An eclectic group of Mayo patients found themselves woven into a lasting friendship formed by the support they showed one another through treatments for prostate cancer.
Tags: Mayo Clinic in Arizona, prostate cancer, Proton Beam Therapy Program, Rick Dunteman
March 6, 2018
Patient Brings Unique Flair (and a Proposal) To Cancer Treatment
By In the Loop
Doug Walsh came to Mayo Clinic for prostate cancer treatment and decided that while he was there, he was going to make the most of it. And that’s exactly what he did.
Tags: Mayo Clinic in Arizona, prostate cancer, Proton Beam Therapy
January 16, 2018
Cancer Patient Crochets Blankets of Comfort and Hope for Others in Need
By In the Loop
Five years ago Bill Schluter began crocheting as part of his recovery from short-term memory loss. Since then, he’s made hundreds of blankets and given them away to help comfort others.
Tags: Cancer, Colon and Rectal Surgery, prostate cancer, Traumatic brain injury
July 16, 2015
Professional Driver Tommy Archer is Back in the Race After Beating Prostate Cancer
By In the Loop
Tommy Archer is used to living life in the fast lane. The very fast lane. Tommy is a Duluth-based professional road racer whose “racing resume is the stuff of legend,” reports his hometown paper, the Duluth News Tribune. Together with his teammate and brother Bobby, Tommy has won multiple Sports Car Club of America and […]
Tags: Dr Bradley Leibovich, Dr Eugene Kwon, Dr Igor Frank, Dr R. Jeffrey Karnes, prostate cancer
January 14, 2014
Steve Turchan, a Neenah, Wis., psychiatrist, considers himself a lucky man, with a good life, a great family and career, and faith. Any health issues he’s experienced, he says, are just ‘bumps in the road of life.’ That said, he’s had quite the bump-filled journey. According to a story in the Post-Crescent newspaper, the last 28 years of Turchan’s […]
Tags: bladder cancer, eye cancer, heart transplant, Hodgkin's disease, ICU, prostate cancer