February 14, 2018 Dr. Charles B. Simone II MD, medical director of the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, spoke at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting about the benefits of proton therapy in treating the thoracic region in adult and pediatric patients. His presentation was featured in an article [...]

December 22, 2017 Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) Patient John Abell spoke with CBS Baltimore regarding his experience with proton therapy. “Going through this, this new technology and the proton…I don’t want to say it’s fun, but it’s amazing. It’s fun because there’s a great team here,” Abell told CBS. [...]

December 14, 2016 The Varian Medical Systems Spot ON Blog recently featured a post from William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, the Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Endowed Chair and Professor in Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and Executive Director of the Maryland [...]

October 23, 2017 Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) Patient Teddy Wind and his family were featured in a story for NBC Baltimore (WBAL) on Teddy’s last day of treatment. Like all MPTC pediatric patients, Teddy made three wishes on his first day of proton therapy. Through the generosity of the [...]

September 28, 2017 The Maryland Proton Treatment Center Executive Director William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, the Isadore and Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discussed proton therapy on Montgomery Municipal Cable. Dr. Regine appeared on Housecall, a program [...]

August 15, 2017 Proton-beam radiotherapy is safe and appears to be effective in treating some cases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), an aggressive cancer that accounts for about 10 to 15 percent of all lung cancers, according to a new study published online in the journal Cancer. The study [...]

July 21, 2017 Mark Mishra, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, spoke with CBS Baltimore following the brain cancer diagnosis of Senator John McCain. According to the article, “McCain had surgery… to remove a blood clot, which led doctors to find a [...]

June 5, 2017 Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) Patient Emma Capell spoke with CBS Baltimore for a news story that aired on National Cancer Survivors Day 2017. Capell traveled from Australia for treatment at MPTC. Her journey began less than a year ago, when she lost hearing in one ear [...]

April 14, 2017 Doctor Radio, a 24/7 national radio channel, recently interviewed Maryland Proton Treatment Center Medical Director Charles B. Simone, II, MD, associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Simone appeared on the April 11 pulmonology show to discuss his recent study [...]

April 14, 2017 Fighting cancer often requires more than medical treatment – patients need help with everything from transportation to discussing the diagnosis with their family and colleagues. The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) Clinical Social Worker, Jessica Giordana, LCSW-C, is available to help patients with these needs. As you [...]