{"id":227757,"date":"2026-06-25T12:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227757\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:07:36","slug":"penn-medicine-gets-55-ton-cyclotron-for-proton-therapy-center-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227757\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn Medicine gets 55-ton cyclotron for proton therapy center \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennmedicine.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penn Medicine<\/a> is building its fourth proton therapy center and has taken a major step toward opening the facility.<\/p>\n<p>A 55-ton particle accelerator was delivered to the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in University City this week. <\/p>\n<p>Known as a \u201ccyclotron,\u201d the equipment powers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.pennmedicine.org\/treatments\/proton-therapy__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!syPfOoYDE2b4SnMT4wcIpQw8Xijd4E4RlKxuZto-SHTSF3iYO4uC56owS7rPZQemGACvZ5K6CjjiRgv4wUMN3yDtgNvCXIqXpoIsnw$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proton therapy treatment<\/a>\u00a0by providing a high-energy radiation beam to precisely target and kill cancer cells, while minimizing radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissues. <\/p>\n<p>Doctors said that proton therapy is particularly well-suited for treating certain cancer types in adults and for treating cancer in children. <\/p>\n<p>A partnership with the Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia will help support pediatric patients receiving care at the center.<\/p>\n<p>Penn broke ground of the $224 million Roberts Proton Therapy Center back in 2025 and is expected to open the doors in late 2027. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn Medicine is building its fourth proton therapy center and has taken a major step toward opening the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36854,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-227757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-penn-medicine","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}