Emory Proton Therapy Center completes treatment for 2022nd patient. A little over three years ago, a small group of staff gathered on the treatment level of the Emory Proton Therapy Center to press a button and summon an invisible beam of protons to treat their very first patients. Read full article here.
Emory Proton Therapy Center celebrates its second anniversary this month and has reached an important milestone: treating its 1,000th patient. Since opening in 2018, the Emory Proton Therapy Center has been a tremendous addition to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University’s (Winship) and the Department of Radiation Oncology’s advanced treatment options for patients with many […]
In the spring of 2018, a 55-year-old woman presented to her doctor with symptoms of sinus infection and numbness in the side of her face and lip. Based on a presumed diagnosis of chronic sinusitis, she underwent sinus surgery. Pathology revealed a soft tissue sarcoma, and she was referred to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory […]
Varian reports, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Atlanta, Georgia, the Varian-equipped Emory Proton Therapy Center officially opened. This five-treatment room facility features the Varian ProBeam® proton therapy system. Four of the rooms include 360-degree rotational gantries offering image-guided intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), and the fifth room is dedicated for fixed beam treatments. Read […]
Atlanta Magazine reports the latest tool to fight cancer is here in Atlanta. The new Emory Proton Therapy Center offers the most advanced radiation treatment available, under the care and expertise of renowned specialists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Georgia’s only National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Proton therapy combines advances in radiation […]
Patch reports the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is celebrating the milestone of having completed treatment for more than 100 patients at the Emory Proton Therapy Center since it opened in midtown Atlanta in December 2018. As the only proton center in the state of Georgia, the Emory Proton Therapy Center makes this powerful […]
WSB Atlanta reports Georgia pastor Stephen Brinkman lived cancer-free for 10 years before his brain tumor returned earlier this year. In the decade since, he’s become a father of four in a quiet Columbus suburb with his high school sweetheart. Now, he’s out of Columbus every day by 6 a.m., missing breakfast with the kids […]
ARCS reports, in early April, thirty ARCS members toured the Emory Proton Therapy Center, part of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. This facility is the only proton therapy center in Georgia, and one of only a few in the Southeast to offer this leading-edge type of radiation treatment. For a closer look and a […]