Young girl battling cancer at UMD proton center

A 3-year-old girl traveled more than 7,000 miles to Baltimore to receive a rare cancer treatment. Chereez Nel traveled all the way from South Africa for treatment at the Maryland Proton Treatment Center.  Nel has stage 3 undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma cancer.  The Proton Treatment Center is located in the University of Maryland's Bio Park here in West Baltimore. The center offers what's called proton therapy. Doctors are using proton therapy treat her dangerous form of cancer. It's a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that used positively charged particles to destroy cancer cells. The process increases the dose of radiation to the tumor itself while decreasing amount to the healthy surrounding tissue.  Nel got her last dose of treatment Thursday morning, and she celebrated finishing her cancer treatment by ringing the bell of hope. The center's princess also stopped by to see Nel and to grant her wishes for her journey.