ADVANCE
Last month, ADVANCE was given the opportunity to see the future
of cancer therapy--up close and personal with one giant cyclotron.
Proton therapy, soon to be offered at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer
Center in Philadelphia, provides radiation dose that offers more
precise delivery than conventional radiation therapy in treating tumors.
We toured the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, the first such facility in
the mid-Atlantic region--joining only six centers in the nation (with
three more under construction). Expected to open this winter, the
excitement was palpable: this center will soon become world's most
comprehensive proton therapy center... Read More