
WHAT: Mayo Clinic is hosting a grand opening event for Mayo Clinic Building – Phoenix, home to the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and the new Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Program — the first such cancer treatment program in the Southwest. The new Proton Beam Therapy Program will begin treating patients in mid-March. Reporters can tour the facility and take photos.
Proton beam technology delivers radiation therapy in a way that offers the potential for fewer side effects and higher cure rates, often for patients whose cancers cannot be treated safely any other way.
WHERE: Mayo Clinic Phoenix campus – 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard (56th Street and Highway 101)
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:15 p.m. MST
MAYO CLINIC PROTON BEAM SNAPSHOT
Learn more about Proton Beam Therapy in this video report.
MEDIA CONTACT: Jim McVeigh, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs, 480-301-4222, mcveigh.jim@mayo.edu
About Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
As a leading institution funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center conducts basic, clinical and population science research, translating discoveries into improved methods for prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy. For information on cancer clinical trials, call 507-538-7623.
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About Mayo Clinic
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