Programme for the implementation of proton therapy in the Spanish public health system
In October 2021, the Amancio Ortega Foundation arranged with the Spanish government and several autonomous communities to donate 280 million euros to install ten proton accelerators in the public health system.
Particularly suitable for treating cancer in children and hard-to-reach tumours, proton therapy is the most precise and advanced technology available to fight cancer through radiotherapy. With the incorporation of these first ten devices, the Spanish health care system will be in the leading group of countries with this technology and will have the capacity to treat thousands of patients close to home every year.
The proton accelerators will be located in the Autonomous Communities of: Galicia (Santiago de Compostela), Catalonia (Barcelona, two proton accelerators), Basque Country (Bizkaia), Madrid (two proton accelerators), Andalusia (Málaga and Seville), Valencia and the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria).
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