Beaumont Hospital Breaks Ground on $40M Proton Therapy Center in Royal Oak, Mich.

ROYAL OAK, MICH. — Construction has begun on a new proton therapy center at Beaumont Hospital’s Cancer Institute in Royal Oak, a northern suburb of Detroit. Proton therapy is a newer, high-tech alternative to treating certain types of cancer. The $40 million project will be the first single-room proton treatment center of its kind in Michigan. Upon completion, the two-story proton therapy building will be 25,200 square feet, including a basement. The first floor will house the Proton Therapy Center. The 10,000-square-foot space will include a cyclotron that produces the proton beams and a single-room treatment area. The first patients will undergo treatment at the proton therapy center in the spring of 2017. The 8,000-square-foot second floor will house the pediatric oncology and hematology program at Beaumont Children’s Hospital. Along with hundreds of construction jobs, the new proton therapy center will create at least 30 clinical positions at Beaumont. The hospital is developing the project in cooperation with Proton International, an Atlanta-based proton therapy development group with expertise in all phases of proton therapy development and operations.