The Mayo Clinic is ready to launch construction on its $182 million proton beam therapy facility. Groundbreaking is taking place today on the project, with completion slated for 2016. Jim McVeigh with Mayo Clinic’s Division of Public Affairs tells GlobeSt.com that the facility at 5777 E. Mayo Blvd. will be open to patients in 2017.

Globe St. Phoenix,  by Amy Wolff, 12/2011

Additional coverage: ABC 15 Phoenix, News Medical

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