{"id":573,"date":"2014-01-05T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2014-01-05T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:24:13","slug":"update-mayo-clinic-building-two-proton-treatment-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"Update: Mayo Clinic Building Two Proton Treatment Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/?p=273\">note about three years<\/a> ago about the exciting news that the Mayo Clinic had decided to embrace Proton treatment and was building two new facilities. This is just a short note on progress with their buildings.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/proton-beam-therapy\/our-program\">the Mayo Clinic is building two facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first facility is being built in\u00a0Rochester, Minnesota and the ground breaking took place on Sept 15, 2011. They are expecting to be treating patients some time in mid to late 2015. Below are some renderings of what the facility will look like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn1.jpeg\" alt=\"mcmn1\" width=\"632\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-574\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn1.jpeg 632w, http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn1-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn2.jpeg\" alt=\"mcmn2\" width=\"632\" height=\"439\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-575\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn2.jpeg 632w, http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcmn2-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second facility is being built in Phoenix, Arizona and the ground breaking took place on Dec 13, 2011. They are expecting to be receiving patients some time in early 2016. Below are some renderings of what the facility will look like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz1.jpeg\" alt=\"mcaz1\" width=\"632\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-577\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz1.jpeg 632w, http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz1-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz2.jpeg\" alt=\"mcaz2\" width=\"632\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-578\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz2.jpeg 632w, http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mcaz2-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an overview of the schedule for these two facilities as projected in January, 2014:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/timetable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/timetable.jpg\" alt=\"timetable\" width=\"599\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/timetable.jpg 599w, http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/timetable-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We posted a note about three years ago about the exciting news that the Mayo Clinic had decided to embrace Proton treatment and was building two new facilities. This is just a short note on progress with their buildings. As a reminder, the Mayo Clinic is building two facilities. 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