More and more research institutes and hospitals are investing in proton therapy to make the technology more accessible to patients. Research and Markets Company reports that the U.S. will become home to 29 proton treatment centers by 2018 (roughly double the current figure). They also predict the proton market will attain revenues approaching $1.2 billion. The report calls proton therapy “the most advanced radiation technique available … the Rolls Royce of radiation oncology.”

Operating Proton Centers in the U.S.

1. James M. Slater, M.D. Proton Treatment and Research Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA (1990)
2. UCSF Medical Center, Davis, CA (low energy system, treats only ocular tumors)
3. Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2003)
4. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Proton Center, Houston, TX (2006)
5. University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL (2006)
6. The Oklahoma Proton Center, Oklahoma City, OK (2009)
7. Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, Chicago, IL (2010)
8. Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, Hampton, VA (2010)
9. PENN Medicine Roberts Proton Therapy Center, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
10. ProCure Proton Therapy Center, Somerset, NJ (2012)
11. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy Center, Seattle, WA (2013)
12. The S. Lee Kling Proton Beam Center at Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO (2013)
13. Provision CARES Proton Therapy, Knoxville, TN (2014)
14. Willis-Knighton Proton Therapy Center, Shreveport, LA (2014)
15. Ackerman Cancer Center, Jacksonville, FL (2015)
16. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Laurie Proton Therapy Center, New Brunswick, NJ (2015)
17. Texas Center for Proton Therapy, Irving, TX (2015)
18. St. Jude Red Frog Events Proton Therapy Center, Memphis, TN (treats pediatric patients) (2015)
19. Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Center, Rochester, MN (2015)
20. Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Center, Phoenix, AZ (2016)
21. Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Baltimore, MD (Univ. of MD) (2016)
22. Center for Proton Therapy at Orlando Health/University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Orlando, FL (2016)
23. University Hospitals Proton Therapy Center/Seidman, Cleveland OH (2016)
24. Cincinnati Children’s Proton Therapy Center, Cincinnati, OH (treats pediatric patients) (2016)
25. UC Health Proton Therapy Center, Cincinnati, OH
26. Beaumont Proton Therapy Center, Royal Oak, MI (2017)
27. California Protons Cancer Therapy Center, San Diego, CA (2017)
28. Miami Cancer Institute Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL (2017)
29. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC (2018)
30. Emory Proton Therapy Center, Atlanta, GA (2018)
31. Provision CARES Proton Therapy, Nashville, TN (2018)
32. Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren, Flint, MI (2019)
33. New York Proton Center, New York, NY (opening July 2019)
34. South Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Delray Beach, FL

Proton Centers in Construction or Under Development

1. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
2. Dallas Proton Treatment Center, Dallas, TX
3. Johns Hopkins Sibley Hospital Proton Therapy Center, Washington, DC 
4. Los Angeles Proton Therapy Center, Montebello, CA
5. Scott Hamilton Proton Therapy Center, Franklin, TN
6. Stephenson Proton Center at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
7. University of Alabama, Birmingham
8. Provision New Orleans, LA
9. Provident ProtonCare at the Baton Rouge Health District, LA
10. Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute, Lancaster, PA

Other Proton Centers Around the World

View a list of all 63 proton/particle centers in the world. Note: While most of the 63 particle centers are proton centers (a few use carbon ions), not all the proton centers around the world produce enough energy to penetrate deep inside the body to treat prostate cancer.