A group of leading community radiation oncologists and ProCure Treatment Centers announced that they will develop a state-of-the-art, 55,000-square-foot proton treatment center in Broward or Palm Beach County, Fla. with site selection near completion. The American Cancer Society estimates there were more than 101,920 new cases of cancer in Florida in 2008. About 60 percent of those patients (61,152) will receive radiation therapy at some point during treatment and, using conservative estimates, about 30 percent (18,345) of those patients could benefit from proton therapy.
This new facility, which will have the capacity to treat as many as 1,500 cancer patients a year, is expected to open within 26 months of breaking ground.
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Need for Proton Therapy in Florida
Cancer in Florida
The Leadership Team
For more information on the Florida project, visit www.procureflorida.com.
The Proton Therapy Center of Central DuPage Hospital received the unanimous approval of the Illinois Health facilities planning Board, the regulatory agency that controls the building of new medical treatment centers in September and is expected to begin treating patients by early 2011.
The center is a partnership of Central DuPage Hospital (CDH), Radiation Oncology Consultants, Ltd. (ROCL) – Illinois’ largest radiation oncology physician group – and ProCure Treatment Centers.
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Need for Proton Therapy in Illinois
Cancer in Illinois
The Leadership Team
Links
Central DuPage Hospital
www.cdh.org
Radiation Oncology Consultants Limited
www.chicagocancer.com
ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc.
www.ProCure.com
For more information on the Illinois project, visit www.protontherapyillinoisnews.com (for media).
For more information on the Illinois project, visit www.protontherapyillinois.com (for public).
Beaumont Hospitals and ProCure received approval from the Michigan Department of Community Health to develop the state’s first proton therapy center. The center is expected to begin treating patients by 2010.
Beaumont diagnoses more cancer patients than any other hospital in the state and is a leading provider of radiation oncology in Michigan. The proton center will have the capacity to treat more than 1,500 cancer patients a year.
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Background Information
Cancer in Michigan
The Leadership Team
Links
Beaumont Hospital
www.beaumonthospitals.com
ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc.
www.ProCure.com
For more information on the Michigan project, visit www.protontherapymichigannews.com (for media).
For more information on the Michigan project, visit www.protontherapymichigan.com (for public).
The first private practice proton center is being built in Oklahoma City through ProCure’s collaboration with a major community hospital network and private radiation oncologists. Ground was broken April 9, 2007 and the facility will open in 2009, a world-record 27 months.
Journey of 220-Ton Cyclotron from
IBA
Manufacturing Plant in Antwerp to
Oklahoma ProCure Treatment Center
in
Oklahoma City.
Illustration courtesy of
ProCure Treatment Centers
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Fast Facts: ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City
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