Enormous Machine Beams Protons into Tiny Tumor Cells (VIDEO)

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A person is diagnosed with a brain? Or spinal cord tumor about every six minutes in the US for many, the tumors are inoperable because they grow too close to critical parts of the body. But remarkable technology is giving those patients new hope -- a fascinating approach called proton therapy.

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