The University of Maryland School of Medicine    and Advanced Particle Therapy LLC of San Diego plan to start construction Tuesday on a new $200 million-plus proton treatment center on Baltimore’s west side.

The Maryland Proton Treatment Center will be located inside a new 110,000-square-foot building that is part of the University of Maryland BioPark.

Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation that hones in on cancerous tumors. The facility at UMB would be the first of its kind the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., region, and just the 12th in the U.S.

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