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Ted had a cough that just wouldn’t quit. It turned out to be stage III lung cancer. After he was diagnosed, he saw pulmonologists at Lancaster General Health and found out he was a candidate for proton therapy radiation treatment at Penn Medicine’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center.

Unlike conventional radiation that can affect surrounding healthy tissue as it enters the body and targets the tumor, proton therapy’s precise, high dose of radiation is extremely targeted. When aimed at cancer tumors, protons pack impressive power. Protons release their energy completely once they enter a tumor, causing less damage to the healthy, surrounding tissues and resulting in fewer side effects.

After receiving proton therapy, all of Ted’s cancer cells were dead.

The Roberts Proton Therapy Center is the largest, most advanced facility of its kind in the world, and the only proton therapy center that is fully integrated with a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center.

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