{"id":915020,"date":"2026-09-30T06:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915020\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:51:13","slug":"calgary-getting-its-first-cyclotron-to-expedite-medical-testing-cancer-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/915020\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary getting its first cyclotron to expedite medical testing, cancer treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary is getting its first cyclotron to expedite medical testing and cancer treatments.<\/p>\n<p>A cyclotron speeds up tiny charged particles and shoots them at a target to make radioactive materials for medical scans and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services Adriana LaGrange says Edmonton has two cyclotrons and that a third in Calgary will speed up testing, which is expected to triple in Alberta over the next 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclotron is part of $71 million in government and donor funding for a new radiopharmaceutical centre at Calgary&#8217;s Foothills Medical Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The centre will also support the development of next-generation radioactive medications.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected to be completed in three years.<\/p>\n<p>LaGrange told reporters Tuesday that timing is critical with radiopharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to these medicines, every second counts. They begin to decay as soon as they are produced,&#8221; LaGrange said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, every dose used in southern Alberta has to come from Edmonton. Producing them here in Calgary means less time in transit and more reliable supply for patients.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-915020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}