Cool Digs: The Maryland Proton Treatment Center is powered by this 90-ton machine

A 90-ton machine at the Maryland Proton Treatment Center produces a proton beam able to reach across five treatment rooms, roughly the wingspan of a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. The machine, called the cyclotron, is at the core of how the Baltimore center is able to treat deep-seated tumors inside the body using an advanced and precise form of radiation called proton therapy. But getting it into the building at 850 W. Baltimore St. was no easy feat. A spokeswoman for th e center said the three-story…
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