Since the official opening of the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City in June 2009, the facility has seen its first group of patients complete treatment and has added an additional treatment room. The center is the first in the state of Oklahoma and the sixth in the country to provide proton therapy, an alternative to X-ray radiation that spares healthy tissue and results in far fewer short- and long-term side effects.
The center recently added an additional Gantry Room, which doubles the number of patients and expands the types of tumors the center can treat with proton therapy. The first group of patients completed treatment in November 2009. Patients with head and neck, brain, central nervous system, prostate and some pediatric cancers, among others, are being treated at the 60,000 square ft. facility. Patients are coming to the center from all over the state of Oklahoma, as well as from neighboring states.
The ProCure center will treat 1,500 patients per year.
To learn more about proton therapy and the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City visit http://www.procure.com/ok or call (888) 592-2854.
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