From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin’s cancer center is the first facility in the state to offer proton therapy, the health network announced.
This form of radiation therapy precisely targets solid cancer tumors with “high-energy beams” of protons, rather than X-rays. It enables more targeted radiation while reducing exposure to health cells, in hopes of preventing complications and secondary cancers, the announcement notes.
The Froedtert & MCW Clinical Cancer Center on the Froedtert Hospital is now offering proton therapy to adults as well as children through a partnership with Children’s Wisconsin.
The new therapy option comes after a three-year construction process to build the facility to house the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System, which included specialized shielding and other clinical requirements. It was built by Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction.
“Today, cancer patients in Wisconsin have another tool in treating cancer,” said Dr. Christopher Schultz, a professor of radiation oncology at MCW. “We’re easing the burden by making this advanced treatment accessible without the need to travel far from home.”
Meanwhile, UW Health in Madison is also planning to begin offering proton therapy later this year, according to the health system’s website.
See more in the release below.
— A researcher at UW-Milwaukee is getting $200,000 in funding for an effort to study bone cancer treatment and recovery.
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has selected Priya Premnath, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the university, for the 2026 Shaw Early Career Research Award. The award’s name honors the late James D. and Dorothy Shaw, who donated to the foundation.
Her research project will explore if a cancer drug called UC2288 could also help regrow bone for patients who’ve had tumors removed, according to details from the university.
The compound, which inhibits a specific gene to fight cancer cells, could theoretically improve healing after bone therapy by influencing local stem cells into becoming bone cells.
See the release below.
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