ProCure Treatment Centers Partners With Beaumont Hospitals for First Proton Beam Therapy Center in Michigan

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. and Beaumont Hospitals have announced an agreement to invest $159 million in Michigan to develop the state’s first proton beam therapy center. The center is expected to be operational by 2010. Beaumont filed a Certificate of Need application on March 3 with the state’s Department of Community Health for approval to develop the facility.

“We are partnering with Beaumont because of its reputation as one of the premier radiation oncology centers in the country,” says Hadley Ford, CEO of ProCure Treatment Centers Inc.

“By partnering with ProCure, we are able to combine its expertise in developing proton therapy centers with Beaumont’s clinical excellence to bring this life-saving technology to cancer patients as cost effectively and quickly as possible,” says Kenneth Matzick, president and CEO, Beaumont Hospitals.

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