WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington metropolitan area to offer Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte therapy, or TIL therapy, to treat metastatic melanoma.
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