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New technology uses targeted approach to battle against cancer

Proton treatment delivers a beam of radiation to tumor, disrupting the cancer cell’s DNA and destroying it.
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Proton treatment delivers a beam of radiation to tumor, disrupting the cancer cell’s DNA and destroying it.

The battle in the fight against cancer is evolving. Southwest Florida Proton recently unveiled the latest technology used to combat the disease by using a precise and targeted approach to eliminating tumors.

The facility is the first of its kind on the west coast of Florida and will help locals going through cancer treatments using proton radiation.

WGCU's Cary Barbor takes a look at the new technology.

New Tech Enters the Battle Against Cancer | WGCU News


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Cary Barbor is the local host of All Things Considered and a reporter for WGCU. She was a producer for Martha Stewart Radio on Sirius XM, where she hosted a live interview show with authors of new books called Books and Authors. She was a producer for The Leonard Lopate Show, a live, daily show that covered arts, culture, politics, and food on New York City’s public radio station WNYC. She also worked as a producer on Studio 360, a weekly culture magazine; and The Sunday Long Read, a show that features in-depth conversations with journalists and other writers. She has filed stories for The Pulse and Here & Now. In addition to radio, she has a career writing for magazines, including Salon, Teen Vogue, New York, Health, and More. She has published short stories and personal essays and is always working on a novel. She was a Knight Journalism Fellow, where she studied health reporting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and followed epidemiologists around Kenya and Alaska. She has a B.A. in English from Lafayette College and an M.A. in Literature from the University of Massachusetts.
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