"Our goal is to improve technology, find efficiencies and bring this therapy to patients faster than we can today," said Ford. "We broke a world record in Oklahoma by completing the Center in 27 months, working closely with our proton technology provider, Ion Beam Application of Belgium, to make that happen. For the sake of patients with cancer, we need to bring that timeline down and put more centers into operation."
The 60,000-square-foot Center will have four treatment rooms with a treatment capacity of 1,500 patients a year. Patients will be chosen according to medical appropriateness and evaluated by a Physician Review Board. Patients under treatment will have personal care teams of medical professionals who will remain with them throughout their treatment. The team will involve patients' personal physicians to allow for a continuum of care.
For more information about the Center, visit www.procure.com/ok. For more information about proton therapy or ProCure, visit www.procure.com.
About ProCure Treatment Centers
Headquartered in Bloomington, Ind., ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc. was founded in 2005 by Dr. John Cameron, a nuclear physicist and particle therapy physics pioneer who was pivotal in the development of the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, the third proton center to open in the U.S. ProCure provides management support and a model for the complete design, construction, operation and maintenance of world-class proton therapy centers. Through affiliations with leading radiation oncologists and hospitals, ProCure's business model reduces the time, effort and cost involved in creating a facility, which allows physicians more time to focus on patient care. ProCure plans to increase the number of centers across the country to make proton therapy affordable and accessible to patients who would benefit from the treatment.
About Radiation Medicine Associates (RMA)
Radiation Medicine Associates, a leading radiation oncology practice in Oklahoma City, is bringing proton therapy, the most advanced external radiation therapy treatment, to Oklahoma City. They are well known and respected clinical physicians with a long history of clinical excellence. The doctors practice at the leading institutions in the area and have pioneered the newest and most appropriate cancer treatment technologies in the community. The physicians are longstanding members of the Oklahoma community who have dedicated their professional lives to the improvement of cancer treatment.
About INTEGRIS Health
INTEGRIS Health is the state's largest Oklahoma-owned not-for-profit healthcare corporation, with hospitals, rehabilitation centers, physician clinics, mental health facilities, fitness centers, independent living centers and home health agencies throughout much of the state. Through its affiliates, INTEGRIS Health operates 13 hospitals, led in the Oklahoma City area by INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center and INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center. The organization has affiliated mental health providers in 50 Oklahoma towns and cities, and offers hospice services through Hospice of Oklahoma County.
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