MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida and the state’s only member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, proudly announced today that it has officially opened South Florida’s first state-of-the-art Proton Therapy Center and is currently treating patients. Proton therapy is the latest addition to Miami Cancer Institute’s comprehensive radiation oncology program - the only cancer center in the world to offer each of the latest radiation therapies in one place.

Proton therapy is one of the most advanced methods of radiation oncology available today due to its unique ability to allow radiation treatment doses to be delivered to cancerous tumors while minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissues and organs, ultimately resulting in the potential for fewer short and long-term side effects for patients. Proton therapy is particularly effective in treating childhood cancers and adults diagnosed with cancers of the brain, head and neck, spine, lung, esophagus, liver, prostate, and certain left-sided breast cancers.

“We’re delighted to unveil our Proton Therapy Center and to have successfully treated our first patients, many of whom are adults and children diagnosed with aggressive cancer types that benefit most from proton therapy,” said Minesh Mehta, M.D., Deputy Director and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute. “As one of the most innovative treatment modalities available, proton therapy promises numerous advantages for patients and further positions the Institute’s radiation oncology program at the leading-edge of cancer treatment and care both locally and internationally.”

Offering one of the most advanced forms of pencil beam scanning (PBS) technology, Miami Cancer Institute’s Proton Therapy Center features three, gantry-based treatment rooms equipped with the latest generation proton therapy delivery platform by leading provider, IBA. Using PBS technology in conjunction with innovative volumetric and surface imaging technologies, the Institute’s Proton Therapy Center is able to maximize the delivery precision and accuracy of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) treatments to patients. Miami Cancer Institute’s Proton Therapy Center is the first and only center in the United States to bring each of these advances together, making this highly sophisticated cancer care easily accessible to patients in South Florida, as well as those in neighboring regions including Latin America and the Caribbean.

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