Nebraska Medicine

1 month ago | unmc.edu | Jeffrey Robb |Kayla Thomas |Nebraska Medicine

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will be home to the first of its kind targeted particle therapy treatment in the state. Proton therapy will offer patients new hope, with construction starting the end of this month on a $36 million project at Nebraska Medical Center.  Proton therapy provides significant benefits to certain patients. The system focuses an extremely targeted dose of radiation for the treatment of tumors, minimizing damage to surrounding tissues and reducing side effects.

Dec 5, 2024 | unmc.edu | Jeffrey Robb |Kayla Thomas |Nebraska Medicine

The entrance of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney is drenched in natural light. Twinkling Christmas trees stand in every corner, waiting to welcome patients and their families. Everything is shiny and new, from the chairs in the infusion therapy area to the spacious new lab to the TrueBeam radiation therapy system. But the building had been missing its most important feature: The team who will treat cancer patients. As the sun set through the spacious windows on Dec.