Creating the Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Penn Medicine

The Roberts Proton Therapy Center delivers the most precise form of advanced radiation therapy available. Proton therapy works by targeting a focused beam of high-dose radiation to a specific tumor site dramatically decreasing damage to surrounding normal tissue. This form of therapy results in fewer side effects and clinical complications for patients, and it enhances the physicians ability to more safely treat tumors close to critical organs and the spinal cord. To learn more about the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, visit http://www.pennmedicine.org/proton Approximately 75,000 square feet in size, the Robert Proton Therapy Center features five treatment rooms: four with treatment gantries and one fixed-beam room. The Center has the most advanced options available for patient positioning and comfort and will afford patients the opportunity to have multi-modality treatment with chemotherapy, surgery and other forms of radiation. The Center also has state-of-the-art research capabilities to assist our scientists in finding new and safer treatments for cancer patients. The Roberts Proton Therapy Center is expected to treat 3,000 patients a year, including several hundred children in partnership with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Penn also has established a partnership with Walter Reed Army Medical Center, through which proton therapy technology will be available to treat United States military personnel. The Roberts Proton Therapy Center was made possible in part through a generous gift from the Roberts family. To learn more about the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, visit http://www.pennmedicine.org/proton