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SPOTLIGHT: PUTTING MARYLAND Proton therapy is now available in the state of Maryland. UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center earns the National Cancer Institute's highest designation bone marrow transplant. A person with breast cancer may be taking part in a clinical trial looking at a promising new radiation treatment technology invented by researchers at the University of Maryland. We're also focusing on cancer prevention in our community and educating the next generation of doctors and scientists. "With fewer than 50 comprehensive cancer centers throughout the United States, this new designation places T us in the very top tier of the most elite cancer centers in the country," says Kevin Cullen, MD, the cancer center's director, he word "cancer" comes from the Latin word for who also serves as the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum "crab." Cancer and crabs might seem like an Distinguished Professor of Oncology at the University of unlikely combination, although you may know the Maryland School of Medicine. "Becoming an NCI Compre- zodiac sign for cancer is a crab. At the University hensive Cancer Center is a recognition of our hard work of Maryland Medical Center, we think the connec- and growth in research into understanding cancer better tion makes sense because we are striving for our state to be and finding ways to treat and prevent it," Dr. Cullen says. The known for both our crabs and our cancer-fighting abilities. cancer center has been an NCI-designated Cancer Center NEW DESIGNATION Recently, the National Cancer Institute designated the since 2008. Now, a panel of experts has judged it as meeting the qualifications of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. What this designation means to the people of Maryland University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum is that the UMGCCC helps patients who have cancer today, Cancer Center as a Comprehensive Cancer Center develops prevention strategies to keep citizens from getting (NCI-CCC). This top honor was earned because of the cancer tomorrow, and comes up with new treatments and everyday activities inside what is now known as the therapies to help those who have cancer in the future. University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC). Here, teams of experts are helping patients of all ages NEW TECHNOLOGY: A RAY OF HOPE Another way in which we are building upon our reputation battle cancer. A child could be receiving chemotherapy in fighting cancer is with a brand-new proton center-the while someone with leukemia may be recovering from a only one in the Baltimore-Washington region. The Maryland 10 MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS To learn more about the NCI designation, watch a video at

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