HOUSTON – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on Thursday broke ground for an expansion of its Proton Therapy Center.
The expansion, which will cost $159 million, will double the center’s size to more than 160,000 square feet.
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Estimated to be completed by November 2023, the expanded facility will include eight radiation therapy machines that rotate 360 degrees around a patient to deliver a beam to the exact area intended for treatment.
Proton therapy is an advanced type of radiation treatment that uses a beam of protons to deliver radiation directly to a tumor, destroying cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue.
The therapy is issued to treat a number of cancers in adult and pediatric patients, including prostate, lung, head and neck, liver, esophagus and brain cancers and lymphoma.