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Proton therapy has been around for many years, but getting patients and payers to accept it has been challenging, said Jon Weinbach, CEO of the New York Proton Center, the city s and state s first such treatment center.
Proton therapy is a type of radiation treatment in which proton beams, rather than X-rays, are used to treat cancer. The New York Proton Center, which opened in 2019 in East Harlem, was formed through a partnership involving Memorial Sloan Kettering, the Montefiore Health System and the Mount Sinai Health System.
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