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Scripps Health has announced plans to open the first patient care facility in San Diego County to offer advanced proton therapy to cancer patients.
The Scripps Proton Therapy Center is expected to be open for patient care by spring 2013. Read more.
Video: Cyclotron Installation Signals Construction Milestone
San Diego celebrates a medical milestone, as installation begins on the region’s first superconducting cyclotron: a 90-ton piece of medical equipment that will be the driving force behind the $200 million Scripps Proton Therapy Center.
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What is proton therapy? Learn more about the treatment, and why it’s a more precise therapy for some cancerous and non-cancerous tumors.
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Learn more about the Scripps Proton Therapy Center facility. It will include 5 treatment rooms, as well as CT and MRI diagnostic capabilities, patient exam rooms and more.
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