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"Be grateful to the people in your life. Give friends, family and strangers a smile or a kind word. Think about the joy others bring to your life in their words, actions or simply their presence." 

The caption Dave Stevens and I we're thinking of using on this photo is "Look What Santa Brought Me!"  But that seems undeferential to use with a photo of an eminent physician and scientist who's known for leading the Anderson Proton Therapy Center to world prominence in cancer treatment with proton therapy.   

However as Dave Stevens gave him a Minnesota Wild hockey jersey and when I took this photo, I found it so telling and full of joy, that I thought it would be an acceptable gift to you on Christmas Eve; and to let you know all shall be well.

Merry Christmas.
J.E. Landry, Ban Capron, Dave Stevens, Peter Taaffe, Drew Cox
December 24, 2011

In Gratitude

We know gratefulness needs to be a year around thing, but it seems to come easier at Christmas. We have much to be thankful for - for God's many blessings, for family, for health, etc. and oh yes, for the Proton Center and the many workers there who cared for us. 

Although I was treated there two years ago I have nothing but positive memories of the experience and results. The discovery of the Proton Center was a miracle in itself. 

A friend at church handed me a magazine article about proton radiation thinking it may be interesting. Of course none of the doctors in Dallas mentioned proton radiation and I had never heard of it. Like most of the patients it was an incredible discovery, a total accident, although we thought we were diligently researching prostate cancer. 

We'll give thanks to the Proton Center, the many patients who crossed our path, the efforts of the ProtonPals to inform the public and keep us all up to date, to Dr. Andrew K. Lee, the other doctors and even friends, to mother Tai, Evangeline and all those who welcomed and cared for us, and the therapists who probed us and hit the target. Yes we have much to be grateful for. 

Ban Capron
December 12, 2009

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We're a group who chose proton beam therapy to cure their cancer and were treated at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Proton Therapy Center in Houston, Texas. The "Pals" formed a network in order to:

Stay up to date with treatment cure results

Provide support to others and Center activities

Be informed on any side- effects

Promote proton radiation since it's widely regarded to have a significant advantage over conventional x-rays.

Attract and nurture more Pals who support our cause, patient-to-patient and friend-to-friend