The country’s first proton therapy centre will be opening at the IPO cancer hospital in Porto within the next three to four months, thanks to a donation of €80 million from the Amancio Ortega foundation. Proton therapy is a form of precision radiotherapy used to treat cancerous and non-cancerous tumors in a way that leaves patients with less adverse side-effects than traditional radiotherapy. The Amancio Ortega foundation belongs to the Spanish billionaire founder of the Inditex group, owner of clothing brands Zara and Massimo Dutti, which is also behind a luxury resort planned for Tróia.
Portugal to have its own proton therapy centre
PM Luís Montenegro and a number of other government ministers attended the presentation of the new unit at the IPO in Porto. Image: José Coelho/ Lusa
