January 24, 2020
America is about to get a powerful tool in the war against cancer
CNBCby Lori Ionannou America’s war on cancer is about to get another tool in its arsenal. The country’s first carbon ion therapy center to treat cancer is being built in collaboration with Hitachi on the campus of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. The cancer therapy treatment will be part of Mayo’s $233 million oncology […]
Tags: cancer treatment, carbon ion therapy, CNBC, Dr. Kent Thielen, Dr. Steven Buskirk, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
November 21, 2019
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville plans North America’s first carbon ion therapy center to fight cancer
Florida Times-Unionby Matt Soergel It’s still a few years away, but Mayo Clinic plans to add a “promising” cancer treatment to its Jacksonville campus, the first of its kind in North America. The Mayo Clinic plans to build a carbon ion treatment facility to fight cancer at its Jacksonville campus, which Mayo says would be […]
Tags: Cancer, carbon ion therapy, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Dr. Kent Thielen, Dr. Steven Buskirk, Florida Times-Union