MedStar Georgetown First and Only Center in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Region to Offer Proton Therapy for Cancer Patients
(Washington, D.C) April 17, 2018- For the first time, cancer patients in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region have access to the latest cancer-fighting technology, proton radiation therapy, now available at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Proton Therapy Center. Martha Ramos, 53 of Maryland became MedStar Georgetown’s first patient to receive proton therapy. Ramos is being treated for recurrence of a brain tumor. “It’s encouraging to know that this kind of radiation will result in less damage to the healthy area of my brain,” says Ramos. Proton therapy is more precise and targeted than conventional radiation. It works by using…
