Proton beam therapy cancer centre construction starts
Date published: 28 July 2015
Work to build a proton beam therapy unit at the Christie Hospital is to get under way.
A ceremony will take place later to mark the start of building work, which is set to be completed in 2018.
Many cancer patients currently have to travel abroad for the treatment, which uses a high-energy beam of protons to destroy cancerous cells.
Manchester and University College London were selected in 2012 as the two NHS centres for the new treatment.
It is hoped the new centre will treat up to 750 people a year.
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