NASHVILLE – A planned Knoxville cancer treatment center is set to become the first place in the state to offer proton therapy.
The state’s Health Services and Development Agency approved an application last week from Knoxville-based ProVision Trust to build a $118.8 million center and fill it with proton therapy cancer treatment equipment. ProVision has lined up support from the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Meanwhile, the Tennessean reports, a Franklin group is looking for a medical institution partner for a second planned center.
Proton therapy is considered a more precise form of radiation cancer treatment because it directly targets tumors without affecting surrounding healthy tissue. It’s also more costly than more conventional radiation-based treatments.