Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to Build First, Next Generation, Carbon Ion Therapy Treatment Facility in North America
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Nov. 20 -- Mayo Clinic issued the following news release:
Mayo Clinic and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement in principle to build a carbon ion treatment facility as part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced integrated oncology facility which will be constructed at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida.
While carbon ion therapy was discovered in the United States in the 1970s, there currently are no carbon ion therapy treatment centers . . .
Mayo Clinic and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement in principle to build a carbon ion treatment facility as part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced integrated oncology facility which will be constructed at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida.
While carbon ion therapy was discovered in the United States in the 1970s, there currently are no carbon ion therapy treatment centers . . .