UNC Health system has plans to add advanced proton therapy at its main campus to treat cancer patients particularly among its pediatric patients in the Triangle area.
Officials say proton therapy is one of the most precise forms of radiation treatment available. And, according to a release, it will be the first in the Triangle to offer it. The $40 million project will be located inside UNC Health’s main campus in Chapel Hill, instead of being a standalone building.
Dr. Jean Wright chairs the department of Radiation Oncology at UNC, which is also leading the project. She said proton therapy gets to hard-to-reach areas without affecting other tissue around it…