Proton therapy is a more precise form of radiation cancer treatment that can kill tumors without damaging the surrounding tissues.
MARYSVILLE, Wash. — It’s every parent’s nightmare: being told your toddler has a rare and aggressive cancer commonly known to have a 10% survival rate. For Cari Hanaway, a Snohomish County mom of two, the fear set in immediately.
But with an emerging type of radiation, a medical advancement for cancer doctors called proton therapy, turns out happy endings aren’t just for the storybooks.
“We are at a point where most days are just normal life,” said Hanaway.
Six-year-old Aisley Hanaway is an
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