EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Eyewitness News got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a new center providing cancer patients rare access to one of the most advanced treatments in the world.
The $300 million, 140,000-square foot New York Proton Center in East Harlem was launched in partnership by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Health System, and Montefiore Health System.
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Proton therapy is an ultra-precise form of radiation therapy that can spare patients the side-effects resulting from traditional radiation by minimizing damage to surrounding normal tissues and organs.
It has been shown to be highly effective in treating a range of cancers.
The facility begins accepting patients next month, but on Wednesday, reporter Michelle Charlesworth got a sneak peak.
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Check out her report in the video player above.
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