By BILL BORTZFIELD • JUN 24, 2019
Mayo Clinic has announced it will build a $233 million oncology facility on its Jacksonville campus that will include proton beam therapy. The new 140,000-square-foot facility will be located near the Mangurian Building and is expected to be completed in late 2023.
The Mangurian Building. which opened last year, houses Mayo's hematology and oncology care, which will allow Mayo to keep its cancer treatment services close together on the Jacksonville campus.
"This facility will give us the ability to offer our patients the full spectrum of cancer treatment options, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, CAR-T cell (chimeric antigen receptor therapy T cell) therapy, surgery, proton beam therapy, gamma knife radiosurgery and traditional radiotherapy," said Dr. Kent Thielen, CEO of Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville campus in an email to WJCT News
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