Prostate Cancer Patient Does His Research and Chooses Proton Therapy to Treat His Aggressive Disease
(Washington, D.C.) When Melvin Denwiddie, 73 was diagnosed with prostate cancer in late 2016 his physicians first told him the “watch and wait” strategy would be sufficient. But in 2017 further testing showed that his cancer had become more aggressive and it was time to get treated. “My prostate cancer was potentially fatal if I didn’t start treatment,” says Denwiddie. “My choices were surgery to remove the prostate, traditional radiation or proton radiation,” says the great-grandfather of three. “I did my research and I wanted proton therapy. I found that proton therapy would be the most accurate; it would follow…
