Construction on the center, which will offer a new form of radiation therapy using proton beams, will begin in February. It is expected to open in 2014 for clinical treatments for a limited number of patients.
Other hospitals backing the development include Beth Israel Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital and Memorial–Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Read the Washington Square News report on the New York Proton Center.
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