The Mayo Clinic has broken ground on a $182 million proton beam therapy facility at its Phoenix campus.
The facility will house the institution's proton beam therapy program, which will employ intensity-modulated proton therapy based on pencil-beam scanning, according to the Mayo Clinic. As part of the integrated program, Mayo will also build a facility on its campus in Minnesota.
The Mayo Clinic said it expects to begin design and construction at both facilities almost simultaneously. The first treatment rooms in Arizona are expected to open by early 2016, with the remaining rooms open by 2017.
